EdTech4Beginners

APRIL 18, 2022

For school, educators can now customize instruction to meet the needs of individual students, and they can communicate with parents and guardians more easily. One great example of this is the website Coursera. Coursera also has a built-in assessment tool that allows educators to measure student progress.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

When you just meet: The Mask Youtube Clips, Warner Bros. Wanna come over tonight to Coursera and chill ? Whether you’re just looking to introduce yourself to new education tools—or you’re ready to propose and adopt, we’ve got some handy pickup lines to help you. Disclaimer: Use at your own risk. No money-back guarantees.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Well-funded MOOC providers Coursera, Udacity and EdX have evolved their business models to focus squarely on corporate learning and serving professionals seeking credentials. Pluralsight—an online IT training provider—has scaled to become an edtech “unicorn,” with a valuation over $1 billion. Similarly, LinkedIn’s $1.5

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Edtech, I believe, is going through a similar rebuilding moment powered by three trends: widely available infrastructure, the catalytic impact of spending by both the government and philanthropy in education, and—finally—the embrace of edtech by educational institutions and educators themselves. Not yet convinced?

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

My classmates from Stanford’s Learning Design and Technology master’s program have gone on to design for big brands like Airbnb and Google as well as edtech upstarts including the African Leadership University, General Assembly, Osmo and Udacity. Start with the “big four” that most people have heard of: Coursera, Udacity, Udemy, and EdX.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

The collection of edtech companies aimed at prepping educated, but still underprepared workers represents a virtual stampede of unicorns. The likes of Coursera, Udacity, Udemy, MasterClass, Lynda, and Pluralsight have together raised more than $1 billion and represent combined enterprise value of more than $5 billion.

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2018

Investment funding in what has traditionally been considered the “edtech” sector is now driven by firms that focus squarely on services and technologies related to talent development and acquisition.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2017

Interesting (to me, Sandy) that some digital learning groups/departments were created in the wake of Coursera. Notes from the General Discussion and Audience Questions To get uninterested teachers using technology, start with a need and show how tech can meet it. Meet people where they are, face-to-face. Applies to U.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Michael Feldstein, a longtime edtech consultant and blogger, highlighted what he saw as the “hypocrisy” of the deal in a blog post last week. Universities that paid into Coursera were paying fees to a vendor. The university also announced that the issue of the new nonprofit will be discussed at MIT’s September 22 faculty meeting.

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EdTech4Beginners

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

There are tons of free courses on sites like Coursera and edX , which bring knowledge closer to a wider audience. Everyone can take the online course they like, but these courses still have structure that has to meet the needs of a larger group of students. Thanks to online courses, everyone has access to knowledge.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2018

At the time they were not alone in their efforts; Coursera, Udacity (both of which were also co-founded by Stanford professors) and edX had launched MOOC platforms a year earlier. In those days the platform was called Venture Lab, and 78,000 students from 150 countries signed up for its first course, which was on technology entrepreneurship.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 20, 2023

That’s why I have compiled a list of what I think, based on my long experience of reviewing hundreds of edtech apps, are some of the best apps for schools! Here is a collection of som e of the best apps to access online courses: Udemy edX Coursera MasterClass O'Reilly 13.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

The district failed to meet its burden of proof and interpreted a state law in a way that is ‘offensive to fundamental rights of free speech,’ the judge said.” More on Coursera and certification in the certification section below.). ” More via Techcrunch. ” Accreditation and Certification.

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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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Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition). He anticipates needing to purchase around 2,000 to meet that goal. government, yet 92 percent of its most popular sites fail to meet basic standards for security, speed, mobile friendliness, or accessibility. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Via Edsurge : “How Proposed Title I Changes Impact School Funding and Edtech Vendors” – “ A Win for Edtech Vendors.” Here is venture capital well spent: “ Coursera Promotes Its ‘Affordable Online Courses’ With New TV Ad Spots ,” says Class Central.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Via the Journal & Courier : “Legislation that set the stage for Purdue's dive into online higher ed also exempts ‘New U’ from state’s open meetings, public records laws. I missed this news earlier in April, via Class Central : financial aid applications for Coursera take at least 15 days.

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Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ Coursera Removes Biometric Identity Verification Using Keystroke Matching,” Class Central reports. An update on Coursera co-founder Andrew Ng’s employment status in the HR section below. ” Ng is, of course, the co-founder of the MOOC startup Coursera.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “ University of Oregon officials offer to pardon students who drowned out the president’s speech last month if they meet with administrators.” ” That is, some schools are having “ scrum meetings ,” or something. .” (Selling it to his daughters, that is.).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Teachers Are Moonlighting As Instagram Influencers To Make Ends Meet,” Buzzfeed reported in 2018. And, of course, many teachers find themselves working as Uber drivers as they struggle to make ends meet on their salaries. In addition, he held meetings with the major publishers, such as Pearson Education, about partnering with Apple.

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Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

Via Broadly : “ Betsy DeVos to Meet with Men’s Rights Groups , Reports Say.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “After Meeting With DeVos, Title IX Activists Say They Still Have Many Questions.” ” Via Education Dive : “ Coursera ’s Tom Willerer talks personalization, access.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

“What Betsy DeVos means for edtech ,” according to venture capitalist Ryan Craig. ” The provider in question is Coursera , which has raised some $146.1 Via Chalkbeat : “That stunning statistic about a third of Tennessee graduates not meeting requirements? ” asks Edsurge. Disclosure alert.).

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Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

He was an instructor in one of several high-profile Coursera failures back in 2013. Via Edsurge : “Chasing China ’s Edtech Unicorns: A Cautionary Tale.” According to the conservative news site The Daily Caller , “Bailing On Common Core Tests Is Costing States Millions.” Remember Richard McKenzie?

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Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via ProPublica : “Meet the Hundreds of Officials Trump Has Quietly Installed Across the Government.” ” Via eCampus News : “The 2 edtech fields with the most potential under Trump.” ” Via The Washington Post : “ Muslim students tried to meet with a lawmaker.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

” The proposal would expand the gainful employment rule to all schools that receive federal aid, but it would remove any penalties for schools that fail to meet acceptable levels. Coursera co-founder “ Andrew Ng officially launches his $175M AI Fund,” says Techcrunch. It isn’t really a fund per se.

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Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

Where Is the Office of EdTech ?” From the Department of Education press release : “ Federal Commission on School Safety Meeting to Focus on the Effects of Entertainment , Media , Cyberbullying and Social Media on Violence and Student Safety.” “The Dept. Reorganization Plan is Out. ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Via Edsurge : “ Office of Edtech Wants Help Making Sense of All Those Higher Ed Providers.” In Move Towards More Online Degrees, Coursera Introduces Its First Bachelor ’s.” Edsurge on ”Words to Never Use If You Want to Build a Diverse Edtech Company." ” asks Julie Halpert in The Atlantic.

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Hack Education

APRIL 7, 2017

Pretty sure “meet with Pitbull” and “spend millions on protection services from the Federal Marshals” are not on anyone’s list of education priorities. ” Via Edsurge : “What Federal Education Budget Cuts Mean for Edtech.” “2 Education Dept. .”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Breaking with longstanding tradition – through Democratic and Republican administrations – President Trump will not host a meeting with this year’s American Nobel laureates.” Coursera announces on its blog that it’s expanding to Brazil. Via Edsurge : “Help!

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Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

” Protestors were outside the meeting in force. Coursera has a new partner , the insurance company AXA , which will offer some 300 Coursera classes to its employees. Via Edsurge : “At Louisville Summer Camps, Robots Meet Literacy to Support Vulnerable Students.” “Local control,” sure.

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

” “ No Sign of Edtech In Department of Education’s Full Federal Budget Proposal,” Edsurge frets. ” According to this Techcrunch article , MOOCs like Udacity and Coursera weren’t working out for AirBnB so now it is “running its own internal university to teach data science.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

” “ Coursera Monthly Subscriptions Channel Lynda and Pluralsight ,” says EduKwest’s Kirsten Winkler. Via Edsurge : “The Edtech World is a ‘ Swamp of Gimmicks ’ – and Here’s How We Can Drain It.”

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