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Guest post: Caston Binger Explains How the Digital Revolution Has Transformed Education

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The digital revolution has profoundly impacted all aspects of our lives, including education. Traditional educational methods are no longer adequate in preparing students for the workforce of the 21st century. In particular, it has a profound impact on education. How Has The Digital Revolution Changed Education?

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As Facebook Changes Name to Meta, Company Wants to Pull Education Into Its 'Metaverse'

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And he is targeting education as one key part of that vision. And it has committed real dollars to the educational part of its effort, promising that its Facebook Reality Labs will invest $150 million in an education program to assist with tech development and to train people to use augmented and virtual reality tools.

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Early Edtech Giant PowerSchool Goes Public

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Much of that money will apparently go toward paying off debt and covering fees related to going public, though officials say they are also putting $1 million in a donation to “philanthropic initiatives to benefit K-12 educators.” Shares did rise nearly 3 percent in early trading, giving the software provider a valuation of about $3.6

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Will COVID-19 Lead to Another MOOC Moment?

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Large-scale courses known as MOOCs were invented to get free or low-cost education to people who could not afford or get access to traditional options. Coursera decided to expand free access to a wider audience, for a limited time, so that they can make use of MOOC content in their teaching. As the virus spread to the U.S.,

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EdSurge HigherEd Year in Review: Our Top Higher Education Stories of 2018

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While not quite the “Year of the MOOC,” 2018 saw a resurgence in interest around the ways these massive open online courses are delivering free (and more often these days, not free) online education around the world, and how these providers are increasingly turning to traditional institutions of learning. Not Buying Your Education Startup.).

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The Pandemic Pushed Colleges to Record Lectures. The Practice May Be Here to Stay.

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Students ripping the videos down and putting them out of context on social media is always a concern,” Albat says. The University of Michigan has experience navigating intellectual property rights questions thanks in part to its prolific partnership with open-course provider Coursera, Pendse says.

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Riipen Raises $3.75 Million to Unite College Students and Employers Via Course Projects

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SEI Ventures, the seed-stage venture arm of Capella owner Strategic Education Inc., participated along with Reach Capital, Strada Education Network, EduLab, Entangled Group, Atrium and Arizona State University’s ScaleU. This year has seen major investment in companies that tout services to connect education, students and employers.

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