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‘Talent’ Has Become the New Theme Uniting Education and Employment

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This theme was evident as thought leaders and executives gathered at the recent ASU+GSV Summit, an event that itself was framed around talent just as much as education. Meanwhile, a whole new technology infrastructure sector is emerging to help companies and professionals document and share competencies in a world of digital credentialing.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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From the Coursera blog : “Announcing ‘ AI for Everyone ’: a new course from deeplearning.ai on Coursera.” is the new company of Andrew Ng , Coursera’s co-founder.) Via Techcrunch : “ Google partners with MotherCoders to bring tech training to moms in New York City.” million total.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Among the education highlights: Republican VP candidate Mike Pence made up a name for the university hosting the event. ” Coursera highlights its mentors – its volunteer mentors – on its blog. Google had a big press event this week too, unveiling shiny stuff to a cheering crowd of stenographers.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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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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Driverless Ed-Tech: The History of the Future of Automation in Education

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The event was organized by Sebastian Thrun, who at the beginning of the year had announced that he was resigning his full time professor position at Stanford in order to launch Udacity, his online education startup. Google versus Uber. Google versus Didi (a Chinese self-driving car company). Efficiency.

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I missed this news earlier in April, via Class Central : financial aid applications for Coursera take at least 15 days. Microsoft had a media event this week. CNN tries to explain “Why Google , Apple and Microsoft are battling for education.” Not sure why this is called a MOOC. Don’t click. Never click.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Or the company will have to start charging for the software. In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

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