Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2021

And Facebook (er, I guess now Meta) announced that it would partner with Coursera and edX to help push Meta’s curriculum in augmented and virtual reality, which it calls the Spark AR Curriculum. app—instead of watching TikTok videos on their phones,” Roose wrote.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

” (For what it’s worth, Kleiner Perkins made just one major investment in education in 2017, participating in Coursera’s $64 million round this summer. Coursera (online education) –- $64 million. Coursera (online education) – $210.1 Is this really a trend? Would it be valuable to KPCB if it were?”

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Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow is appealing a lower court’s ruling that it must repay $60 million to the state of Ohio as it cannot document students “attended” its online charter school. More via The NYT : “Harassment in the Tech Industry: Voices Grow on Social Media.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 19, 2016

Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights, according to court documents filed Monday.” It's rolling out a social media push today using the hashtag #DontSettle4Cs to promote the program, called March2Success. Testing, Testing… Via Politico : “The Army wants you… to use its test prep program.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

” University of Zurich professor Paul-Olivier Dehaye continued his case against Coursera, questioning the authority that the MOOC startup had to transfer European student data. Under surveillance when they use social media. Under surveillance by police. Under surveillance by governments. Under surveillance by gadgets.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

I missed this news earlier in April, via Class Central : financial aid applications for Coursera take at least 15 days. Via The Independent : “ Facebook research targeted insecure youth, leaked documents show.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Brown University joins edX. Well, not quite.

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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.). ” Via Chalkbeat : “New documents show what KIPP told Mike Feinberg leading up to his firing.”

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