Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Tagged on: March 2, 2017 Apple’s Devices Lose Luster in American Classrooms | New York Times → With Google products rising in popularity, Apple is losing its grip on American classrooms. At stake: "technology companies have long used to hook students on their brands for life."

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EdTech Coursera Data Case Study 170

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his kids have iPads. The iPad would solve that,” he said. His idea was to hire great textbook writers to create digital versions, and make them a feature of the iPad. But if we can make the textbooks free, and they come with the iPad, then they don’t have to be certified. Google Reader.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Daphne Koller left Coursera this year. Schools do continue to turn away from the iPad as the tablet hasn’t proven to be quite as revolutionary as some predicted. The organization’s first target was Apple, which it found charged different districts different prices for identical iPads. Surprise, surprise.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

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. Once upon a time, Coursera updates went in the MOOC section. ” From the HR Department. ”).

Education 48

Education Coursera MOOC Report 48

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Via Wired : “Ex- Google Employee Claims Wrongful Firing For Criticizing James Damore ’s Memo.” Imperial College London will teach a class on artificial intelligence on the Coursera platform. Via The Verge : “ James Damore ’s labor complaint against Google was completely shut down.”

Education 46

Education Company Data Elsevier 46

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.”

Education 40

Education Coursera Pearson Report 40

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via The Financial Times : “ Coursera chief on the future of online learning and the Trump era.” Via The Outline : “ Google ’s featured snippets are worse than fake news.” Google is acquiring machine learning contest site Kaggle. ” iPad use?! Remember the Thiel Fellows ?

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

From the Coursera blog : “Coursera pilots a new course format.” ” More via I Programmer on Coursera ’s decision to remove old courses from its platform. .” ” More via I Programmer on Coursera ’s decision to remove old courses from its platform. “Can U.S.

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Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

” Codecademy, Edsurge contends, is now a competitor to Coursera and Udacity. ” Not sure why these are the four, but there you go: Udemy , Lynda , Coursera , and Skillshare. ” Not sure why these are the four, but there you go: Udemy , Lynda , Coursera , and Skillshare. Upgrades and Downgrades.

Khan Academy 46

Khan Academy Elsevier Education MOOC 46