Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). 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.). ” asks The Atlantic. ”). .”

Education 43

Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

Hack Education

JULY 15, 2016

“The Star Tribune is suing the Minneapolis Public Schools in an effort to force the release of data relating to student suspensions, school climate issues and district spending, among other concerns,” The Star Tribune reports. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Are MOOCs Forever ?”

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Education Blackboard Common Core MOOC 40

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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Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Tony Bates looks at “Brexit and online learning in Europe.” ” That’s the headline describing a conversation between Recode and Coursera ’s Daphne Koller. ” Try learning styles, maybe. month gives you a “personalized learning plan.” Priorities. More via Edsurge.

MOOC 48

MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

MARCH 17, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Student aid advocates and financial aid administrators say shutdown of IRS data retrieval tool has consequences beyond the FAFSA process.” ” “Online Tool to Apply for College Aid Was Taken Down Due to ‘Criminal Activity’,” The Wall Street Journal reports.

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Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

” Via Edsurge : “The Makings (and Misgivings) of a Statewide Effort to Personalize Learning in Massachusetts.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The GW Hatchet : “Oversight of online learning programs lacking in some schools, report finds.”

Education 48

Education Coursera MOOC Report 48

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Data-Protection Law Looms.” ” For those keeping track of how ed-tech is intertwined in all this, here’s a list of Yuri Milner ’s education investments : 17zuoye, Remind, Coursera, Clever, Codecademy, ClassDojo, and General Assembly. ” “Whatever happened to the promise of online learning ?”

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

.” Five years after “ the year of the MOOC ,” the acronym does not appear on the website of any of those high profile online course providers. Coursera also brought on a new CEO : Jeff Maggioncalda, whose previous job was in the financial planning industry. Udacity’s CMO Shernaz Daver left that company.

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MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55

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AUGUST 4, 2017

” 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.” ” Codecademy, Edsurge contends, is now a competitor to Coursera and Udacity.

Khan Academy 46

Khan Academy Elsevier Education MOOC 46

Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

” Via the Journal Sentinel : “More than 300 Kettle Moraine parents sign petition against online learning platform.” ” Also via Class Central : “ Coursera Lets Instructors A/B Test Their Courses, Experiments With Automated Coaching.” Vista Higher Learning has acquired SANTILLANA USA.

Education 44

Education Microsoft MOOC Coursera 44

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

Coursera has a new partner , the insurance company AXA , which will offer some 300 Coursera classes to its employees. ” “ Personalized learning ” equals cutting the teacher workforce in Oklahoma. “ Schools collect more data , but how is it used?” “What if the US had an OU?”

Education 46

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46