Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

We are just getting started with voice technology in education. From simple commands that retrieve stored information to a future where voice-activated AI coaches help us set and reach educational goals across a lifetime, the potential for growth is undeniable. We are just getting started with voice technology in education.

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Coursera Technology Education Company 162

Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2022

What happened to this market that many analysts consistently describe as profitable and growing, and that many critics fret would take over and privatize much of higher education? The Acceleration The acceleration is that 2U is going all in on the education platform strategy that started with the company’s acquisition of edX last year.

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eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2023

Key points: The COVID-19 pandemic facilitated the introduction of new learning technologies into the mainstream Educators and students were forced to adapt to new edtech tools, which now have a permanent place in today’s classrooms It goes without saying that the Covid-19 pandemic affected every aspect of our lives in one way or another.

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Online Learning Coursera Learning Trends 81

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 25, 2019

Cristopher Burge who runs the website Cloud Storage Advice , has a great rundown on how cloud computing has revolutionized education: The concept of cloud computing saw its beginnings in the educational sector ever since the first open source websites saw the light of day. Cloud Computing in the Educational Sector.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 22, 2020

Although some academic institutions and educational professionals still doubt the high value of eLearning software, technology-based education is no longer a myth. Lockdown aside, why are more teachers turning to online educational software? What are the benefits and drawbacks of its everyday usage? Let’s find out.

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Software Classroom Coursera EdTech 195

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Her career journey, which led her to Coursera, a startup that develops online courses and educational programs, highlights a trend that has become more pronounced in the last few years. I was an educator so I understand where they are coming from,” she said. “I

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2020

COVID-19 has transformed the education technology landscape in ways few could have anticipated. Online learning—often touted as an up-and-coming way of delivering education—took its place on the world stage as the de facto model, regardless of how prepared students, employees and educators were for the experience. In the U.S.,

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

The premise back then was that classes would make high-quality online education accessible for all—and for free. And popular providers like Coursera and edX are increasingly partnering with colleges and universities to offer MOOC-based degrees online. Take a look at AWS Educate's evolution and hear about what is next.

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MOOC Coursera Course Trends 121

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Education policy leaders at the federal level and beyond were exploring the growing role of competency-based education and non-traditional providers —and calls were growing for stronger connections between universities and the world of employment. To start off, it’s worth thinking back to 2016.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

Here is a list of the top five MOOC providers by registered users: Coursera: 30 million users. Coursera saw paying users rise by 70 percent this year. Coursera plans to launch 15-20 degrees by 2019, while FutureLearn has announced that they will launch 50 degrees in partnership with Coventry University. edX: 14 million users.

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MOOC Coursera Trends Course 81

Edsurge

MARCH 25, 2020

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

JANUARY 28, 2019

I see four AI use and ethics trends set to disrupt classrooms and conference rooms. Education focused on deeper learning and understanding of this transformative technology will be critical to furthering the debate and ensuring positive progress that protects social good. Funding for AI literacy and public education will skyrocket.

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Coursera Education Robotics Industry 139

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. Maia Sharpley’s career in education includes serving in executive positions with the New York City Department of Education, Kaplan and Charter Schools USA. Our higher education system formed around libraries.

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Udemy Kaplan Industry Coursera 109

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Marissa Mierow It’s no secret that voice-enabled technology is taking off in the domestic sphere, but how is this increasingly robust technology impacting education? To find out, we talked to Marissa Mierow, who leads Alexa Education at Amazon, delivering innovative experiences for both students and developers focused on education technology.

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Technology Kickboard Education Coursera 152

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 29, 2021

Digital alternatives at residential colleges and other new ways of delivering education have exploded since the pandemic forced schools to shut down in March 2020, forcing a reckoning in a sector already reeling from enrollment declines, rising tuition and unmanageable, often hidden student debt. Credit: Liz Willen for The Hechinger Report.

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Education Coursera Trends Online Learning 120

Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2020

Two trends have helped to define the U.S. education technology sector in 2019. based education companies that raised a round of at least $250,000. Companies that primarily offer financial and loan services that serve education as one of many markets were also not included. For this year’s review, EdSurge looked at U.S.-based

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Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2020

With an uncertain fall and a deep economic downturn, many believe two-year colleges may be the best answer to meeting the higher education needs of both traditional and non-traditional students and workers looking to learn new skills. Department of Education data. Nearly 40 percent of all undergraduates in the U.S.

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Digital Badges MOOC Trends Industry 195

Edsurge

JULY 22, 2021

Today’s move is expected to have little impact on the company’s strategy, meaning little will change for educators who use Canvas. Meanwhile, some educators worried that the company was cashing in by selling out the privacy of its users. Season of IPOs The IPO is part of a trend of edtech companies going public, though.

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Student Data Privacy EdTech Coursera Company 147

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

While the pandemic has disrupted education much more than any Silicon Valley fad, it has also accelerated the kinds of technology adoption that the industry has long pined for. As people are forced to learn from home, some online educational services are in greater demand than ever. But investors’ checkbooks remain open.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

In the next few days, thousands of edtech entrepreneurs, investors, educators and policymakers will flood a hotel in San Diego to attend the Mecca of Education Innovation Optimism known as ASU GSV. based education and workforce technology companies, together amounting to more than $150 billion in market capitalization.

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EdTech Chegg Udemy Company 172

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

The rallying cry among many higher-education startups is “disrupting” college as we know it. But the intense focus on “disruption” as a guiding principle often overlooks that delivering higher education is a large, diversified, and resilient market— $600 billion in the U.S. The Rise of Enablement Businesses.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. the ideology of Silicon Valley [into public schools].”. the ideology of Silicon Valley [into public schools].”.

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Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 143

Edsurge

DECEMBER 29, 2016

A quarter of them signed up through regional MOOC providers such as XuetangX (initiated by Tsinghua University and the Ministry of Education in China) and Miríada X (a joint initiative of Telefónica Educación Digital and Banco Santander through Universia in Latin America). million Udacity - 4 million. And it seems to be working.

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MOOC Coursera Course Company 79

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

“They’re promising, but we’re still learning,” says Louis Soares, chief learning and innovation officer of the American Council on Education. “If If there’s affordability with enough support provided and enough flexibility, it’s a lower-risk way to engage” with higher education.

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MOOC Coursera Course Trends 85

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The education industry didn’t. School closures have forced people to not only rely more on digital tools in the short term, but also reimagine what education can be once it’s safe to return. COVID’s Immediate Aftermath As the pandemic shuttered schools, many educators found themselves turning to tools to support remote instruction.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2017

Jamie Najera Jamie Najera, an administrator at Colegio Nexus School in Monterrey, Mexico, traveled about 300 miles this week to attend the International Society for Technology in Education ( ISTE ) conference, where he hoped to find new technologies to support his students. “We You know education is not a big business in Mexico.

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EdTech Trends Coursera Company 119

Bryan Alexander

MAY 27, 2016

” What does open education mean for higher education? After one conversation with Cable Green , my Future Trends Forum pursued this theme further on April 27th with excellent and dramatic guest Curtis Bonk. Curt points to his syllabus for P540 Learning and Cognition in Education.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

The sudden shift gave leaders at DreamBox Learning, a math education company headquartered nearby, an early glimpse at the upheaval to come and an inkling that digital teaching tools would soon be in high demand around the country. Maybe that’s a trend that will stick over time.” But how to make the most of the moment?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2017

These days, most MOOC providers let learners start courses whenever they like (or on a bi-weekly or monthly basis, as Coursera does). The on-demand MOOC trend has led to a drastic reduction in forum activity within MOOC cohorts. At one point Coursera boasted about a average forum response time of 22 minutes; that’s no longer the case.

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MOOC Coursera Course Trends 84

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

Publicly traded education technology companies are rare. Those funds will be used to purchase a privately held education company, which will then become public as a result of the transaction. He’s long been bullish about the online education market , having authored the first of many theses about this industry in 1996.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

At the end of a student’s journey, are bootcamps and online-learning platforms—just two examples of the recent explosion in new education providers that equip students with professional skills to be successful in jobs—that different from one another? And he argues that the distinction matters. center around the job, not the credential.

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Education Coursera Training Online Learning 106

TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Education & Teaching (50). University of California, San Diego via Coursera. Commonwealth Education Trust via Coursera. Education, Mini-Course III: Accountability and National Standards. University of Oregon via Coursera. Early Childhood Education. Education in a Changing World.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Meanwhile, the education dialogue has shifted to a focus on employment-related themes such as competencies and skills. Well-funded MOOC providers Coursera, Udacity and EdX have evolved their business models to focus squarely on corporate learning and serving professionals seeking credentials.

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2018

The postsecondary education sector is on a collision course with the world of work. Entrepreneurs and investors, government leaders, foundations and others are increasingly framing their goals around the concept of developing “talent”–or human capital–with less regard to where and how the education takes place. The share of U.S.

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Education Company Coursera Policies 94

Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2016

At Coursera, we’ve seen registered users in China climb by more than 500 percent between 2013 and 2016, crossing the one million mark in 2015. When Coursera partnered with Guokr in 2013 , we were featured with only a few other partners. At Coursera, our relationships have been more targeted. billion by 2018.

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Company Coursera EdTech E-rate 68

Linways Technologies

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Institutions and educators are trying to prepare students for a future that is still taking form. The stakes are higher for educational institutions because to stay relevant, they have to aptly identify the needs and requirements of the students and the future to adapt. Education will not end at graduation.

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