The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Our Twitter hashtag is #stemx13, and we have some resources for publicizing at [link]. MP3 and MP4 versions will be available as well as the full Blackboard Collaborate recordings, although they take some days to process. Spreading the word : this a free event, so be sure to tell others! See you online!

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Edsurge

AUGUST 25, 2019

Together they have run the ASU GSV Summit , the annual must-go-to event for business leaders and investors in edtech. We invested in Twitter when it was private; in Dropbox, Spotify, Lyft, you know, all-important companies that are in the education-talent space. Coursera’s six years old and has 40 million students on its platform.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 4, 2015

What Technology Does What: The Ultimate #edtech Chart For Teachers. But fundamentally, using a frame work ( this one, for example ), they could then use YouTube channels & iTunesU to access compelling content, WordPress to reflect on their ideas and progress, and twitter to publicize their thinking. twitter, tumblr, reddit.

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Learning with 'e's

APRIL 16, 2015

It''s a mishmash of edtech, 80s pop culture, animated GIFs, retro toys, ds106 art, and all things cinema. I think that''s what I love most about the edtech space, the ability to try and make sense of the cultural moment we are living through by way of analogy and metaphor. You can see it for yourself at Twitter hashtag #ds106.

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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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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. ” asks NPR.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

” That for-profit is Laureate Education , the largest chain of for-profit schools in the world and an investor in Coursera. Edsurge’s Jeffrey Young (formerly of The Chronicle of Higher Education) weighed in today: “ Why Rafter Failed and What It Means for Edtech.” ” More via The NYT.

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” (Probably worth checking out Sara Goldrick-Rab’s comments on Twitter about this one.). ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Big HR news about Coursera in the HR section below. Coursera has a new CEO: Jeff Maggioncalda. Athletics director, head coach ordered to each pay $100,000.”

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Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Via Techcrunch : “ Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support specialists.” ” More on teen social media usage, this time from Buzzfeed : “‘Tweetdecking’ Is Taking Over Twitter. He was a faculty member at Michigan State. The Business of Job Training. ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education

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. Via Class Central : “ Monetizing A MOOC Platform.”

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Education MOOC Blackboard E-rate 54

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

It is the instructional designer and tenured professor’s signal — “to the barricades!” — and everyone snipes at the other side from the Twitter trenches for a week, until there’s an unspoken truce that lasts until the next “ban laptops” op-ed gets published. A “ban laptops” op-ed may be the greatest piece of ed-tech clickbait ever devised.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

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. .” It isn’t really a fund per se.

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Education MOOC Company Pearson 45

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. “ Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : ”Why Twitter Is Calling Abigail Fisher ’ Becky With the Bad Grades ’: A Brief Explainer.”

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Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

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

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Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

Coursera has a new partner , the insurance company AXA , which will offer some 300 Coursera classes to its employees. Via Edsurge : “How Much Do Educators Care About Edtech Efficacy ? There’s a nifty infographic, which Melinda Gates shared on Twitter. ( “What if the US had an OU?”

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Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46

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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