Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

” That’s Joel Rose ’s School of One software. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” ” The Google Memo. Via The LA Times : “Former L.A. ” More via Wired.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

But.truth is, the US government isn't the early adopter here; Amazon, Google and Facebook are really the front-line developers of the surveillance state." " Hopefully, not shades of future conversations about learning analytics.

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EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

The work is also supported by companies including Apple, Google and Expedia, as well as education organizations including the CollegeBoard, Teach For America and STEMx.” Google’s Alphabet Inc. and Facebook Inc. Google’s Alphabet Inc. and Facebook Inc. What it hasn’t delivered are many jobs.

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

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. Via Techcrunch : “ Workplace by Facebook opens to sell enterprise social networking to the masses.” ” I look forward to the opinion pieces on how Workplace by Facebook will replace the LMS.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

I missed this news earlier in April, via Class Central : financial aid applications for Coursera take at least 15 days. Via Gizmodo : “ Facebook Will Add 3,000 More People to Watch Murders and Suicides.” In other HR news from Facebook : “ Facebook replaces Oculus computer vision head at center of underage sex scandal.”

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

Silicon Valley does include Mountain View, where Google is headquartered. Turns out that “free” might not be the best business model for a for-profit company, particularly one that cannot rely on advertising the same way that other “free” products like Facebook and Google can.

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Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 15, 2016

” asks The Chronicle of Higher Education in an interview with Coursera’s Daphne Koller. “ Facebook ’s third diversity report in two years shows its demographics have shifted very little, with African Americans and Hispanics still comprising a tiny fraction of the tech giant’s workforce,” USA Today reports.

Education 40

Education Blackboard Common Core MOOC 40

Hack Education

JULY 8, 2016

“ ‘Top universities to offer full degrees online in five years’ ” says the BBC, citing a prediction made by Coursera ’s Daphne Koller. Via Fortune : “ Android Co-Founder To Lead Google ’s New Education Project.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Like, 99%.

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” 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. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Facebook , an Online Learning Platform?” “ Google Drive will soon back up your entire computer,” says The Verge.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill analyzes a recent interview with Coursera ’s CEO and argues the MOOC provider is “betting on OPM market and shift to low-cost masters degrees.” Via e-Literate : “Experience Economy: Enterprise software view into persistence and future of LMS market.”

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Education MOOC Report Data 54

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Daphne Koller left Coursera this year. Last year, Mark Zuckerberg made headlines when he announced he would donate 99% of his Facebook shares to his philanthropic LLC, the Chan Zuckerberg initiative. The learning management system is a piece of “enterprise” software after all. The Procurement Problem.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Launches Online School to Teach Software Development.” More MOOC job changes: Techcrunch reports that “ Coursera ’s chief product officer just left to become a VC.” It’s one of a number of departures from Edsurge recently: Mary Jo Madda is now at Google.

Education 48

Education Coursera MOOC Report 48

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Kremlin Cash Behind Billionaire’s Twitter and Facebook Investments.” ” Via The Guardian : “ Russia funded Facebook and Twitter investments through Kushner associate.” Facebook breaks democracy and then turns around and sells you the fix.

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via Education Week : “The Ohio education department could seek repayment of more than $80 million from nine full-time online schools , based on audits of software-login records that led state officials to determine the schools had overstated their student enrollment.” ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

Education 46

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

“ Coursera ’s 2018 Revenue Estimated to be $140 million,” Class Central estimates. Via The New York Times : “How Google Protected Andy Rubin , the ‘Father of Android ’ ” “Google could have fired Mr. Rubin and paid him little to nothing on the way out. Is It the Best Role Model?

Education 60

Education Khan Academy Company MOOC 60

Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

” That’s a school district in Wisconsin , and the learning software in question is the Summit Learning Platform , created by the Summit charter school chain and built by Facebook and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. “ Can an AR and VR Pilot Program From Google Prepare Kids for Future Careers?

Education 44

Education Microsoft MOOC Coursera 44

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

” Via Education Week : “ Iowa schools to stop using $14M testing software after audit.” Related: “‘ Harvard Crimson ’ Site Is Hacked to Take Jabs at Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg ,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. How Google is ruining the Web.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

million in charges from a Minnesota company over a software system that repeatedly failed during mandatory statewide elementary school testing.” ” “ Coursera Monthly Subscriptions Channel Lynda and Pluralsight ,” says EduKwest’s Kirsten Winkler. college testing scam , to be deported.”

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