Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

With authoring software, instructional designers can steer online students through a mixtape of digital content—videos, graphs, weblinks, PDFs, drag-and-drop activities, PowerPoint slides, quizzes, survey tools and so on. Coursera is reportedly nearing a valuation of $1 billion , which would make it a “unicorn” in Silicon Valley parlance.

Online Learning 112

Online Learning MOOC Learning Coursera 112

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2019

Online education companies, including Coursera and Duolingo, also use Examity to verify the identities of students who earn certificates. According to London, all data collected during a test session is encrypted and stored on the company’s own servers. In most cases, he claims, information is deleted within 30 days.

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Online Learning ProctorU Kaplan Coursera 118

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

According to data from Burning Glass Technologies, 19 percent of U.S. MITx and edX from the beginning emphasized this approach in the launch of the MicroMasters—and this strategy that also allows learners to “try before they buy” a full degree is being explored by numerous edX and Coursera partner institutions offering online degrees.

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MOOC Coursera Course Data 102

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. In a SHRM survey, 68 percent of respondents reported sustaining their training budget through the pandemic.

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Training Education Learning Industry 146

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2023

In order to complete her homework assignments, she spent hours each night re-teaching herself the material, with help from Coursera and YouTube tutorials. Much of the data that boot camps provide comes only from the students who reply to surveys. She found most of them to be inadequate at explaining the material.

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Company Report Outcomes Data 94

myViewBoard

JUNE 20, 2019

of teachers surveyed use video in their teaching but access and the quality of good educational videos are a growing concern for teachers. The majority of teachers who responded to our survey reported they tend to search for videos online using search engines such as YouTube (83%) and Google (61%).

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Video Khan Academy Education Udemy 40

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

This is especially true when it comes to the growing share of jobs that are technology related and hinge on rapidly-evolving skillsets—which today make up more than a quarter of all job openings, according to data from Burning Glass Technologies.

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Digital Badges Industry Coursera Social Media 71

Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2017

A significant number of students are already blending their experience across online and offline channels—and numerous data points speak to the evolving value of blending online delivery with physical presence, as suggested by Amazon. Similarly, the U.S.

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Software Trends E-rate Coursera 85

Wired Campus

JUNE 16, 2015

Most students in free online courses don’t spend as much time doing classwork as do traditional college students, but they do log a significant number of hours, according to a new survey of more than 4,500 MOOC students by Class Central, a website that reviews free courses. stars higher, on average, than free courses were.

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Course MOOC Study Coursera 28

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

Start with the “big four” that most people have heard of: Coursera, Udacity, Udemy, and EdX. Pore through the feedback they submit on surveys. Finally, share your data, your lessons, and your failures with the broader learning design community when possible. But listen for the underlying pain points.

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Udemy Course Coursera MOOC 113

Edsurge

JULY 23, 2021

A study conducted by WECT before the pandemic found that only about 20 percent of colleges they surveyed charged less tuition and lower fees than they do to those who study in person. The survey also uncovered another revelation: online fees added to tuition can be so large that they are greater than tuition alone.

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MOOC Coursera Survey Study 178

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

In a national survey , we found that providing academic credit for experience and on-the-job learning was among employers’ top priorities for colleges and universities, alongside other work-integrated learning themes such industry validation and including real-world projects in the curriculum.

Digital Badges 150

Digital Badges Coursera Learning Industry 150

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

” Coursera highlights its mentors – its volunteer mentors – on its blog. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. Via the Stanford press office : “ Stanford explores case for code of ethics to tackle big data’s deluge in higher ed.” ” Spoiler alert: not enough access to data. Raise $146.1

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Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Headline changed from “ Coursera ’s Update Will Eliminate Hundreds of Courses” to “Coursera’s Update Will Migrate Hundreds of Courses to a New Platform.” ” Coursera, initially only emailing former students about their old course work, decided finally to blog about its platform change.

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Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

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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Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

Via the Coursera blog : “Coming soon to all courses: Flexible session-based schedules.” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. ” “What kinds of data do school districts release? .” ” “What kinds of data do school districts release?” ” Imperial College London has joined edX.

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Education MOOC Facebook Company 40

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. million.

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Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 45

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

That seems to be Coursera ’s business model. Coursera has raised another $64 million in funding from GSV Asset Management, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lampert Foundation, Learn Capital, and New Enterprise Associates. The New York Times profiles the teacherless coding bootcamp Holberton. ” News at 11. .”

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Education Coursera MOOC Udemy 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Many students cannot afford the heavy data usage required by geofencing apps, for starters. Furthermore, at launch, Pokémon Go demanded users sign over a great deal of personal data and grant permissions to the app that, for a time , gave it access to a user’s entire Google account. To data about students’ sexual identity?

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Data Technology Education Software 40

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

” From the Coursera blog : “ Coursera for Business Is Now Available to Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.” Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” Via The Hechinger Report : “Why your student’s personal data could be freely bought and sold.”

Education 46

Education MOOC Coursera Company 46

Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

Via the Coursera blog : “Announcing the Global MBA from Macquarie University.” Really great investigative work on Department of Education data on school shootings by NPR’s Anya Kamenetz, Alexis Arnold, and Emily Cardinali : “The School Shootings That Weren’t.” SDG Academy has joined edX.

Education 41

Education Social Media Company Data 41

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Here is venture capital well spent: “ Coursera Promotes Its ‘Affordable Online Courses’ With New TV Ad Spots ,” says Class Central. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. Bush Institute released a ‘State of Our Cities’ tool providing education data on some 100 cities.” Tests the Limits.”

Education 40

Education Coursera Facebook Social Media 40

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The IRS data retrieval tool that let financial aid applicants automatically import income information into the FAFSA won’t be restored for the current aid cycle, said James Runcie, chief operating officer of the Office of Federal Student Aid, in written testimony to Congress Wednesday.”

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

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. ” asks The Chronicle of Higher Education in an interview with Coursera’s Daphne Koller.

Education 40

Education Blackboard Common Core MOOC 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

And more online education news in the “Betteridge’s Law of Headlines” section and in the research and data section below. ” More news about a data breach at a testing company in the infosec section below. Via Techcrunch : “ Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support specialists.”

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Education Elsevier MOOC Knewton 44

Hack Education

JULY 8, 2016

“ ‘Top universities to offer full degrees online in five years’ ” says the BBC, citing a prediction made by Coursera ’s Daphne Koller. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. Via Education Week : “Teachers in High-Poverty Schools Less Confident in Ed-Tech Skills, Survey Finds.”

Education 49

Education Report Company Coursera 49

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “A pending Connecticut law will now mandate that the University of Connecticut and the state’s four other public universities publicly release data on which transfer student credits they accept and which they reject.” Coursera has a new CEO: Jeff Maggioncalda. ” Immigration and Education.

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

” More on how the IER, the Department of Education’s research arm, fails to protect student data in the infosec section below. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ Coursera Removes Biometric Identity Verification Using Keystroke Matching,” Class Central reports. From the HR Department.

Education 52

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill analyzes a recent interview with Coursera ’s CEO and argues the MOOC provider is “betting on OPM market and shift to low-cost masters degrees.” There’s some hiring and retiring data in the local politics and in the sports sections above. ” But it’s not Harvard.

Education 54

Education MOOC Report Data 54

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 Software 145

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.” secretary of education, Thursday to get answers on the ‘cause and scope’ of this month’s shutdown of a financial aid data tool by the U.S.

Education 46

Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

” That’s the headline describing a conversation between Recode and Coursera ’s Daphne Koller. It announced this week it has entered a “ strategic relationship ” with IBM , which will run its data centers and send out joint press releases making big claims about what IBM Watson can do for education.

MOOC 48

MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Via Recode : “ Coursera has ousted several senior executives along with many rank-and-file staffers.” ” Inside Higher Ed also looks at how data is being talked about at the higher ed ed-tech event. ” Via Campus Technology : “ Purdue App Puts Learning Data into Students’ Hands.”

Education 48

Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2016

” “It certainly makes a mockery of what Silicon Valley darlings Coursera and Udacity call courses,” Caulfield argued. The State Department did partner with Coursera – Laureate Education is an investor – to promote MOOCs globally. million in grant dollars. That’s what I do. Bloc acquired DevBridge.

Education 40

Education Technology Company Industry 40

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” Via Education Dive : “ Coursera ’s Tom Willerer talks personalization, access.” ” Data and “Research” The RAND Corporation is out with a study on personalized learning – “Modest Gains, Big Challenges,” reads the Education Week headline. (And ” Oh look.

Education 45

Education Pearson Report Robotics 45

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Via The Seattle Times : “A cellphone belonging to the man who claims he shot and wounded another man in self-defense during a demonstration last month at the University of Washington had been wiped clean of data before being seized by police, according to search-warrant documents filed in King County Superior Court.”

Education 45

Education Company MOOC Khan Academy 45

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

More MOOC job changes: Techcrunch reports that “ Coursera ’s chief product officer just left to become a VC.” Once upon a time, Coursera updates went in the MOOC section. ” From the Coursera blog : “New on Coursera: start-to-finish learning paths for starting a new career.”

Education 48

Education Coursera MOOC Report 48