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Elite Colleges Started EdX as a Nonprofit Alternative to Coursera. How Is It Doing?

Edsurge

Amidst the hype, two competing entities were formed within a few weeks of each other: One of them was Coursera, a for-profit startup backed by the biggest-name investors in Silicon Valley, who argued that they were building a billion-dollar company, a rare “unicorn,” as venture capitalists say.

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Pros and Cons of Using eLearning Software in Your Classroom

Educational Technology Guy

Although some academic institutions and educational professionals still doubt the high value of eLearning software, technology-based education is no longer a myth. Lockdown aside, why are more teachers turning to online educational software? What are the benefits and drawbacks of its everyday usage? Here are some of them.

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Guest post: Caston Binger Explains How the Digital Revolution Has Transformed Education

EdTech4Beginners

Students can find information on any topic they study with a simple Google search. However, with the advent of social media and collaborative software tools, students can now work together from anywhere. One great example of this is the website Coursera. Easier For Students To Access information.

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The Past Decade Forecasts a New Wave of Economic Opportunity in Education

Edsurge

In a world where the largest software vendors like Apple and Google don’t write the apps, we are at a tipping point as the worldwide gap widens between skills delivered by the current educational systems and those required by the digital economy.

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Is the Solution to College Zoom Fatigue … a Different Video Platform?

Edsurge

EdSurge put that question to Engageli’s co-founder, Dan Avida, a venture capitalist who was an early board member of Coursera—the online course giant that his wife, Daphne Koller, co-founded. What’s wrong with the videoconferencing tools that have become standard and familiar, like Zoom and Google Meet or Microsoft Teams?

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How Blockbuster MOOCs Could Shape the Future of Teaching

Edsurge

But both Coursera and EdX, two of the largest providers, do release lists of their most popular courses. Both edX and Coursera typically split revenue 50-50 with their partners, and it’s up to each college or organization to decide how their cut is shared. We’re counting the crypto-currency tech course.)

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What Happens When Ed-Tech Forgets? Some Thoughts on Rehabilitating Reputations

Hack Education

" I like to cite, as an example, a New Yorker article from a few years ago that interviewed Anthony Levandoski, the Uber engineer sued by Google for stealing its self-driving car technology. Despite the failure of AllLearn, in 2014, Levin was named the CEO of Coursera. Plagiarism detection software originated at universities.