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Edsurge profiles Dr. Chuck about his work on MOOCs with Coursera. ( From the Coursera blog : “Building India ’s Workforce for 2020.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “Higher Education, Digital Divides , and a Balkanized Internet” by Bryan Alexander.

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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.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. ” Via Education Dive : “ Coursera ’s Tom Willerer talks personalization, access.” for Robotics Contest.” Via The New York Times : “To Close Digital Divide, Microsoft to Harness Unused Television Channels.”

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Via WaPo : “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.” ” The provider in question is Coursera , which has raised some $146.1 ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via NPR : “Beyond DeVos , What 5 Key Trump Appointees Could Mean For Schools.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Robot essay graders — they grade just the same as human ones. Um, they do.)

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Coursera ’s 2018 Revenue Estimated to be $140 million,” Class Central estimates. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Futurism.com : “Here Are the States Where a Robot Is Most Likely to Steal Your Job.” Indiana University has joined edX. Thanks in advance.