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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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” Via the Coursera blog : “What’s Next in Employee Learning: Virtual Reality.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” More via Wired.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

.” Note the significant difference in language in this headline from The Verge , for example – “ Harvard’s Root robot teaches kids how to code ” – and the way in which Seymour would describe the LOGO Turtle – that students would using programming to teach the robot.

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

“Robots are coming for your job.” “Robots are coming for your job.” Robots don’t do anything they’re not programmed to do. Robots don’t just roll into the human resources department on their own accord, ready to outperform others. Robots don’t apply for jobs.

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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. .” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools.

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Hack Education

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. ” There’s an infographic (but perhaps no cognitive scientist on staff, eh). ” Try learning styles, maybe.

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Hack Education

MARCH 17, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “A Corporate Learning Revolution” – a Coursera webinar. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Are MOOCs webinars? Are webinars now MOOCs?). ” Also via Class Central : “ MéxicoX : Meet the MOOC Platform Funded by the Mexican Government.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

” 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. ” asks Edsurge. “How One Provider Taps 2,500 Volunteers.” Disclosure alert.).

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

On video games , for example – yes, that old canard. Imperial College London will teach a class on artificial intelligence on the Coursera platform. I’ve got all the “learn-to-code” news in the job training section, because let’s be honest… Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” For those keeping track of how ed-tech is intertwined in all this, here’s a list of Yuri Milner ’s education investments : 17zuoye, Remind, Coursera, Clever, Codecademy, ClassDojo, and General Assembly. But anyway… Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Something something robots something something. ” No.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

” “ The Most Popular Courses of 2016 ” on Coursera. Edsurge rewrites Coursera’s infographic – because journalism – about which classes are popular in “red states” and which ones are popular in “blue states.” “Could robots be marking your homework ?”

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Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

Coursera has a new partner , the insurance company AXA , which will offer some 300 Coursera classes to its employees. This is a good example of why we should be more critical when we hear about schools that boast everyone was admitted to college – at what cost? Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Competition.”

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