Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

Via the Coursera blog : “Coming soon to all courses: Flexible session-based schedules.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Association of American Publishers complains about Cal State librarian who studies popularity of pirated scientific papers. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Education MOOC Facebook Company 40

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

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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Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” ” Facebook gets in the “ literacy ” business. “Facebook’s News Literacy Advice Is Harmful to News Literacy,” says Mike Caulfield.

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Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

” IHE blogger Joshua Kim offers “25 Million Reasons Why LinkedIn / Microsoft Will Buy Coursera.” “What Happened to Facebook ’s Grand Plan to Wire the World?” Via Chalkbeat : “From an ‘F’ to an ‘A’, Tennessee now sets high expectations for students, says Harvard study.”

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Education MOOC Social Media Report 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

I first read an article by Seymour Papert in a Women’s Studies class in the mid 1990s – “ Epistemological Pluralism ,” which he co-wrote with Sherry Turkle. and Facebook Inc. Never forget: Bill Gates once called constructionism “b t.” ” ). “Hardly anyone,” either way.).

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

” From the Coursera blog : “ Coursera for Business Is Now Available to Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Facebook Adds Community Colleges to Program.” Via Inc : “Kids Whose Parents Limit Screen Time Do Worse in College, New Study Shows.”

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Education MOOC Coursera Company 46

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

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Edsurge profiles Dr. Chuck about his work on MOOCs with Coursera. ( From the Coursera blog : “Building India ’s Workforce for 2020.” ” Via The Richmond Times-Dispatch : “ Police seeking Facebook release of Virginia Tech instructor’s activity.” Venture Capital and the Business of Ed-Tech.

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MOOC Education Company Coursera 47

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Via Education Week : “Congress Budget Deal Bans New Gold-Standard Studies of Federal Vouchers.” 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.”

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Students selling notes online a legal gray area, schools say | ArkansasOnline → University of Arkansas faculty members are debating how to best deal with the selling of lecture notes by students, spurred on by the practices of online study resource companies known for aggressive recruiting tactics.

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EdTech Coursera Data Case Study 170

Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

Via Wired : “Congress Has a $65 Million Proposal to Study Tech’s Effect on Kids.” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s First Ivy League Degree: An Online Master’s From the University of Pennsylvania.” ” ( Not mentioned : Penn was one of the very first investors in Coursera.).

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Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

Rather it’s a history itself – ideally one that’s useful for our thinking about the past, present, and future in the way in which the study of history always should be. To become a platform is to be “the next Facebook” or “the next Google” (and as such, to be a windfall for investors).

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Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64

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.

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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. A study on for-profits and adjunct labor in the research section below. Such students are 40 percent less likely to graduate, according to the study.”

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Education Report Company Coursera 49

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?” Entangled Solutions’ consultants Deborah Seymour and Michael B.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Meanwhile, as The New York Times reports : “ Facebook , Under Fire in Russia Inquiry, Posts 79% Rise in Profit.” " The majors include sociology, media studies, and political science. Via Getting Smart : “ Digital Promise and Facebook Developing New Micro-Credentials Program.” ” LOL.

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Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. For their part, critics of laptop bans claimed the studies the op-eds frequently cite were flawed, reductive, and out-of-date. The Intel Education Study App has now too been discontinued. And on and on and on.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

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. .” Via Class Central : “ Monetizing A MOOC Platform.”

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Education MOOC Blackboard E-rate 54

Hack Education

MARCH 17, 2017

Cuts to work study. Via Reuters : “ Apple , Google , Facebook skip legal challenge to new travel ban.” ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “A Corporate Learning Revolution” – a Coursera webinar. billion cut from the Department of Education ’s budget.

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Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 7, 2018

This study says fix unstable housing, not schools.” 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.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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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. Sebastian Thrun stepped down as Udacity’s CEO. Jen Medbery stepped down as CEO of Kickboard.

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Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

” The provider in question is Coursera , which has raised some $146.1 Via the Naples Daily News : “ East Naples teacher reassigned after Facebook post about immigrants.” ” Via Education Week : “ Online Charter Students in Ohio Perform Far Worse Than Peers, Study Finds.” ” asks Edsurge.

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Education Company MOOC Khan Academy 45

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

More MOOC job changes: Techcrunch reports that “ Coursera ’s chief product officer just left to become a VC.” Once upon a time, Coursera updates went in the MOOC section. ” From the Coursera blog : “New on Coursera: start-to-finish learning paths for starting a new career.”

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Education Coursera MOOC Report 48

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Imperial College London will teach a class on artificial intelligence on the Coursera platform. Inside Higher Ed on professor pay : “Faculty members earn 15 percent less than others with advanced degrees, study finds. ” Via Politico : “ Facebook ’s next project: American inequality.”

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Education Company Data Elsevier 46

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Via The New York Times : “Turn Off Messenger Kids , Health Experts Plead to Facebook.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Americans don’t fear artificial intelligence as much as is commonly believed, a new study by Gallup and Northeastern University has found. A new study says yes.” But that’s okay.

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Education MOOC Company Pearson 45

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.” ” That’s Tariq Ramadan , a professor of contemporary Islamic studies.

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Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

MARCH 31, 2017

.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Online education platform Coursera has set a goal of offering 15 to 20 degree programs by the end of 2019. ” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s Rick Levin on the Evolution of MOOCs and Microcredentials.”

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Education Coursera Pearson Report 40

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via the BBC : “ Facebook Reports BBC to Police Over Investigation Into Child Sex Images.” ” More on this story and concerns about how Facebook moderates content via Techcrunch. ” Via The Financial Times : “ Coursera chief on the future of online learning and the Trump era.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit rejected a nursing student’s claim that his free speech and due process rights were violated when his school punished him for his off-campus Facebook posts. “ Coursera ’s new monthly subscriptions could monetize procrastination,” says Techcrunch.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

No doubt, Udacity, Coursera, and edX have been moving away from “free” and “open” online education for a while now , charging fees for courses and certificates and acting much more like online program management companies – third party vendors for Internet-based courses and degree programs.

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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.” ” Victoria University of Wellington has joined edX.

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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. Or this one: “A Growth Mindset Can Reduce the Gender Gap in STEM,” claims Coursera’s blog.

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Education Microsoft MOOC Coursera 44

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

In Move Towards More Online Degrees, Coursera Introduces Its First Bachelor ’s.” ” “Coursera and other purveyors of massive open online courses supposedly signaled the end of traditional credentials and, as some told it, universities. Now the company is betting big on both,” says Inside Higher Ed.

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Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

“ Coursera ’s 2018 Revenue Estimated to be $140 million,” Class Central estimates. ” Bible study, I’m guessing. The folks at Getting Smart promote CS and SEL resources on Facebook for Education. Indiana University has joined edX. Via Education Dive : “ Hobby Lobby is buying a college campus.

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Education Khan Academy Company MOOC 60

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

” Via Chalkbeat : “ Trump education nominee pleads ignorance about high-profile voucher studies showing negative results.” Coursera announces on its blog that it’s expanding to Brazil. Here’s Coursera arguing “Why Everyone Should Learn Sales.” ” “Whatever Happened To MOOCs ?”

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Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

Via NBC : “ Arizona : Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination In Mexican American Studies Ban Back in Court.” Coursera has a new partner , the insurance company AXA , which will offer some 300 Coursera classes to its employees. ” Education in the Courts. “What if the US had an OU?”

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Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s New Strategy Takes Inspiration From Netflix – and LinkedIn.” ” Via the Coursera blog : “Announcing Coursera for Governments & Nonprofits.” ” Yup. Go, School Sports Team!

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Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40