EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Available as a web-based app as well as mobile apps for iOS and Android devices, GooseChase EDU helps teachers create scavenger hunts with clues. You can also pick up useful content from different sources (such as Khan Academy, Coursera, YouTube etc.) These clues can be in the form of texts, photos or videos, or locations.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Language learning has long been a popular business, and the adoption of mobile devices has been accompanied by a proliferation of competing upstarts, including Babbel, Busuu and Memrise, along with more established players like Rosetta Stone. Coursera, which also offers access to online higher-ed courses, secured $103 million in April.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2020

Microsoft recently announced a training initiative to bring digital skills to 25 million people worldwide, with a focus on using data to identify the right in-demand jobs and learning paths. Guild Education recently developed Next Chapter to guide displaced workers into higher-wage roles through education.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2021

They’re about a decade behind their university counterparts, who helped to found edX in 2012 , the same year that startup Coursera launched its competing service, now worth millions. Data analysis from New America shows that half of adults with a short-term certificate who are employed earn $30,000 or less per year.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

Case in point: Online course provider Coursera reported more than 13 million new registered users since mid-March, a 535 percent increase from the same period last year. Schools may be looking to invest in affordable and creative solutions , such as low-cost mobile hotspots or hardware that runs on cell signals.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2017

Using GPS data, a runner can track her route and pace, and then share the activity with friends. Quickly I found that even as I logged runs on Strava daily, I struggled to find the time to log into platforms like Coursera, Udemy or Udacity to finish courses produced by my fellow instructional designers. billion kudos on the platform.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 9, 2015

University of Houston System via Coursera. Commonwealth Education Trust via Coursera. Instructional Design for Mobile Learning. Commonwealth Education Trust via Coursera. University of Oregon via Coursera. GSE3x: Introduction to Data Wise: A Collaborative Process to Improve Learning & Teaching.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare. There are, after all, only so many times you can put “mobile” on your list of “what’s on the horizon” before folks begin to suspect your insights might not be that… insightful. How accurate is her data? (I’d

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Edsurge

MAY 29, 2018

As online learning experiences become more and more realistic with technology like mobile devices, augmented reality and faster computers, we get better programs and better quality content. Try free online courses from Coursera , edX , and Udacity. He recommends getting involved in online learning if you want to learn more.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

Designing online learning experiences is essential to training employees, mobilizing customers, serving students, building marketing channels, and sustaining business models. Start with the “big four” that most people have heard of: Coursera, Udacity, Udemy, and EdX. But listen for the underlying pain points.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Beyond coursework, students swim in a flux of data, buffeted by phone calls, text messages, Facebook updates, Twitter tweets, news crawls, and other sources. Another is the rise of the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) or online instructional platforms like edX, Coursera, or Udacity. And students are changing.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 6, 2020

Nowadays, mobile technologies are shaping up to be just as ground-breaking. MOOCs are available from a variety of sources including Coursera , edX and individual participating universities. Graphing and diagramming, which contribute to data literacy, can also become a useful component of the lifelong learning process.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 20, 2023

Whether you need to present complex data in an interesting format for school or work, these infographic making apps are great: Adobe Express Desygner Design Lab 8. Additionally, these apps come complete with mobile access so teachers and students are always connected to their coursework - no matter where they are!

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

But it does mean that the expectations of employers and workers are shifting, and that data and algorithms are driving and measuring what workers have learned. Prior to the pandemic, about half of all corporate training hours were already being delivered in an online or mobile mode, and that has grown rapidly in the past 20 months.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

” Coursera highlights its mentors – its volunteer mentors – on its blog. Via Edsurge : “ Salesforce Announces Mobile App for Advising at Dreamforce.” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. ” Spoiler alert: not enough access to data. More on data and privacy in the politics section above.

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” The Omidyar Network has invested $850,000 in the “future of tech” research organization Data & Society. ” Udacity has updated its online "classroom."

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Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

” IHE blogger Joshua Kim offers “25 Million Reasons Why LinkedIn / Microsoft Will Buy Coursera.” And That Has Given It Some Eye-opening Data.” Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” More on enrollment data from the NCES and from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

” Via Gamasutra : “Parents take Subway Surfers devs to court over alleged misuse of kids’ data.” ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” ” More via Wired.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Udacity ’s mobile apps now support “ offline learning.” ” For more data on outsourcing online education to third-party providers, see the research section below. ” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. “Critical Educational Questions for Big Data ,” Parts 1 and 2 by Ben Williamson.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

This from the school district that is still reeling from a major student data privacy breach. " Tagged on: March 10, 2017 When Extensions Go Bad | The Electric Educator → Keeping your devices and data private requires vigilance and caution. Case in point: Chrome extensions gone bad.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Pokémon Go, a free augmented reality game developed by Niantic (a company spun out of Google in 2015), became the most popular mobile game in US history this year. Pokémon Go generated more than $160 million by the end of July, hitting $600 million in revenue within its first 90 days on the market – the fastest mobile game to do so. .”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

” Inside Higher Ed takes a closer look at a game called Givling , a mobile trivia app “that promises winners a payout of up to $50,000 on their student loan debt.” Via the Coursera blog : “Announcing the Global MBA from Macquarie University.” Thank you, big data, for giving people this insight.

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Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s First Ivy League Degree: An Online Master’s From the University of Pennsylvania.” ” ( Not mentioned : Penn was one of the very first investors in Coursera.). “ Was It Ethical for Dropbox to Share Customer Data with Scientists? ” asks The Atlantic.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.

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Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

He was an instructor in one of several high-profile Coursera failures back in 2013. Winnie is a new mobile app that, according to Techcrunch , “helps parents find family-friendly places, share their experiences.” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

a student who was born with cerebral palsy and whose mobility is impaired, was the catalyst for the first oral argument of the day, in Fry v. “ Coursera ’s new monthly subscriptions could monetize procrastination,” says Techcrunch. The mobile app developer has raised $25.76 Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

No doubt, Udacity, Coursera, and edX have been moving away from “free” and “open” online education for a while now , charging fees for courses and certificates and acting much more like online program management companies – third party vendors for Internet-based courses and degree programs.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

monthly subsidies toward cellular phone service or mobile broadband. ” A ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union raises interesting questions about the ownership of student data : “Exam scripts and examiner’s corrections are personal data of the exam candidate.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

” Also via Class Central : “ Coursera Lets Instructors A/B Test Their Courses, Experiments With Automated Coaching.” Or this one: “A Growth Mindset Can Reduce the Gender Gap in STEM,” claims Coursera’s blog. Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” More in The Hechinger Report.

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Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

Coursera has a new partner , the insurance company AXA , which will offer some 300 Coursera classes to its employees. Via KQED’s Mindshift : “ MIT’s Scratch Program Is Evolving For Greater, More Mobile Creativity.” “ Schools collect more data , but how is it used?”

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