Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Just a few weeks after Daphne Koller ’s announcement she was leaving the MOOC startup she co-founded, Coursera unveiled “ Coursera for Business ” this week, marking its pivot from “democratizing higher ed” to “ training corporate employees.” Robots probably won’t take your jobs.

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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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APRIL 14, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” “Is Your Edtech Product a Refrigerator or Washing Machine?” “Why Fixing the Pipeline Alone Won’t End Edtech’s Diversity Problem ,” says Edsurge.

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MAY 25, 2018

” IHE blogger Joshua Kim offers “25 Million Reasons Why LinkedIn / Microsoft Will Buy Coursera.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Common Sense Media : “2018 State of EdTech Privacy Report.” ” “ Cyber Charters in at Least 5 States Face Closure. ” asks NJ.com.

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JUNE 16, 2018

” From the Coursera blog : “ Coursera for Business Is Now Available to Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.” Edsurge on replacing the Horizon Report : “Group Looks for New Ways to Peer Over the Edtech Horizon.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” The Business of Job Training.

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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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MAY 5, 2017

I missed this news earlier in April, via Class Central : financial aid applications for Coursera take at least 15 days. ” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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MARCH 24, 2017

Via The USA Today : “Kids on winning robotics team told, ‘Go back to Mexico’ ” The kids were from Pleasant Run Elementary School in Indianapolis. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ Coursera Removes Biometric Identity Verification Using Keystroke Matching,” Class Central reports.

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JANUARY 19, 2018

Via Techcrunch : “ Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support specialists.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Geek Dad : “Little Robot Friends Teach Kids to Code With Empathy.” He was a faculty member at Michigan State. The Business of Job Training. ” asks Edsurge.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

” Via Campus Technology : “ Coursera ’s CEO on the Evolving Meaning of ‘MOOC’ ” There’s more ECOT news – there’s always more ECOT news – in the “state and local politics” section above. .” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Via Recode : “ Coursera has ousted several senior executives along with many rank-and-file staffers.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” The $1700 robot dog also requires a subscription plan. Robot stories are also Betteridge’s Law of Headlines stories, wouldn’t you know it? ” asks Wired.

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JULY 1, 2016

“ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” ” That’s the headline describing a conversation between Recode and Coursera ’s Daphne Koller. edtech https://t.co/DOo11lof2f “US Edtech Brings in $225M in May.” ” Try learning styles, maybe.

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JULY 14, 2017

” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. ” Via Education Dive : “ Coursera ’s Tom Willerer talks personalization, access.” for Robotics Contest.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. .” Via The Atlantic : “The Schools Transforming Immigrant Education.”

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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 ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “In an age of robots , schools are teaching our children to be redundant,” says George Monbiot.

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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.”

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Imagine Discovering That Your Teaching Assistant Really Is a Robot,” The Wall Street Journal gushed in 2016 , documenting an experiment undertaken at Georgia Tech in which a chatbot called “Jill Watson” answered questions in a course’s online forum. Robot essay graders — they grade just the same as human ones. Chatbot Instructors.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Imperial College London will teach a class on artificial intelligence on the Coursera platform. Via Edsurge : “ Jefferson Education Accelerator Winds Down, Rebrands to Focus on Edtech Reviews and Procurement.” Faces New Setback in Battle Over GI Bill Funds.” More via Inside Higher Ed. Don’t be ridiculous.

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MARCH 10, 2017

” Via eCampus News : “The 2 edtech fields with the most potential under Trump.” ” Via The Financial Times : “ Coursera chief on the future of online learning and the Trump era.” ” New Nanodegrees from Udacity : Digital Marketing and Robotics. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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MARCH 31, 2017

.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Online education platform Coursera has set a goal of offering 15 to 20 degree programs by the end of 2019. ” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s Rick Levin on the Evolution of MOOCs and Microcredentials.”

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Coursera co-founder “ Andrew Ng officially launches his $175M AI Fund,” says Techcrunch. EdTech Strategies’ Doug Levin has released a new study on the many security and privacy issues with school (and school district and department of education) websites.

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JUNE 22, 2018

Where Is the Office of EdTech ?” ” Also via Class Central : “ Coursera Lets Instructors A/B Test Their Courses, Experiments With Automated Coaching.” Or this one: “A Growth Mindset Can Reduce the Gender Gap in STEM,” claims Coursera’s blog. “The Dept. Reorganization Plan is Out.

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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.” “ Coursera More than Doubles Number of Degrees on Its Platform,” says Campus Technology. Vive la MOOC révolution.

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APRIL 7, 2017

” Via Edsurge : “What Federal Education Budget Cuts Mean for Edtech.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “ Coursera now offers free trials for most Specializations.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Billion Worldwide This Year.”

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AUGUST 4, 2017

” Codecademy, Edsurge contends, is now a competitor to Coursera and Udacity. ” Not sure why these are the four, but there you go: Udemy , Lynda , Coursera , and Skillshare. ” Not sure why these are the four, but there you go: Udemy , Lynda , Coursera , and Skillshare. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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JULY 21, 2017

Coursera has a new partner , the insurance company AXA , which will offer some 300 Coursera classes to its employees. Via NPR : “Students Compete In First-Ever International High School Robotics Competition.” ” The New York Times reports that “ Burundi Robotics Team Vanishes After U.S. Competition.”

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Coursera announces on its blog that it’s expanding to Brazil. Here’s Coursera arguing “Why Everyone Should Learn Sales.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. This Edtech Company Says It Uses AI. .” “Whatever Happened To MOOCs ?” ” asks Stanford’s Larry Cuban.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

” Via Politico : “ Stanley Buchesky , formerly a managing partner at the venture capital firm The EdTech Fund , will work [at the Department of Education] on budget and finance issues.” ” Among The EdTech Fund’s investments : Teachboost and Citelighter. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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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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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.” ” “So-So Social Media Privacy?

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