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?We Don’t Need More Alternatives to College

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Even Coursera, which has historically partnered with universities, jumped on the employer bandwagon, announcing a new content partnership with Google this year. Our best chance at building educational models that prepare students for the future is to combine the best of university learning with bursts of career-focused training.

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Notes from Leadership for the Digital Age with Alan November - Day 2

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Notes from the Discussion We no longer have to go to school if we want to learn. Coursera is another option for higher ed MOOCS. Twitter is his favorite tool for professional learning. Click here to see all of them.) November''s son is taking courses through edX and will get an associate''s degree from Harvard.

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STEMxCon - Today Is the Final Deadline for Proposals; Great Keynotes + Sessions; Need Volunteers!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Sueann Galt, STEM Coordinator Does the use of ‘Learning Menus’ increase students’ intrinsic motivation?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” That’s the headline describing a conversation between Recode and Coursera ’s Daphne Koller. ” Try learning styles, maybe. “ What We Learned From Talking with 100 MOOC Students ” by Justin Reich (and George Veletsianos and Laura Pasquini). ” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” 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. Via Getting Smart : “ Competency-Based Micro-credentials are Transforming Professional Learning.”