EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Innovative and creative technologies and strategies make it easier for teachers to keep their students interested in the topic, distribute pre-class, in-class, and post-class study material, and gauge how much each student really understood the concept discussed in class. . The way of teaching and learning is changing every day.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Rogier ten Kate of Durham College in Ontario, Canada, explains how to use Riipen. Coursera raised $103 million this year and became a unicorn, and Lambda School raised $30 million. SEI Ventures, the seed-stage venture arm of Capella owner Strategic Education Inc., This round brings Riipen’s total funding to date to about $6 million.

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Kyle Pace

JUNE 14, 2023

When they write code, they learn how to break down complex problems into smaller, manageable tasks. Introducing coding to kids can initially seem daunting, but there are many resources and strategies available that make this process straightforward and fun. Introducing Coding to Kids: Where to Start?

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

The 30-credit GSV MBA program offered by Belhaven University is designed for people who want to start businesses and are ready to learn how to develop concrete plans and attract investors. Over the years, GSV has invested in the likes of Facebook, Spotify and Twitter alongside education companies including Chegg and Coursera.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

By mid-March, schools closed, sending students home to figure out how to keep learning from their kitchen tables. But how to make the most of the moment? If we deliver some value to them in this crisis, we hope we become an essential part of their mathematics strategy and practice,” says DreamBox CEO Jessie Woolley-Wilson.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects. University of California, San Diego via Coursera. Commonwealth Education Trust via Coursera. University of Oregon via Coursera. University of California, Irvine via Coursera. University System of Georgia via Coursera.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Based on each student’s actions, when a student gets stuck, the system automatically suggests strategies on how to get out of it and proceed to mastery. Coursera is reportedly nearing a valuation of $1 billion , which would make it a “unicorn” in Silicon Valley parlance.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 9, 2015

University of Houston System via Coursera. Commonwealth Education Trust via Coursera. Commonwealth Education Trust via Coursera. University of Oregon via Coursera. University of California, Irvine via Coursera. University of London International Programmes via Coursera. University of Michigan via Coursera.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

But it’s not the first time the company has promoted this strategy. While other MOOC providers such as Coursera have recently added more of these kinds of degree programs to their platform, Udacity founder Sebastian Thrun said his company has no plans to expand its offerings in coordination with other universities.

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Wired Campus

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

Some of the biggest MOOC producers, including Daphne Koller’s Coursera, may have figured out how to get employers to accept free online courses as credentials: Get big-name companies to help design them. She says it also lets Coursera play a role in “bridging the gap” between higher education and industry.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

Teachers have spent decades learning how to reliably help students master new skills, debunk misconceptions, and connect their prior knowledge to new concepts. Start with the “big four” that most people have heard of: Coursera, Udacity, Udemy, and EdX. Lesson 2: Ground yourself in the fundamentals of learning science.

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Linways Technologies

DECEMBER 14, 2018

We shall also see better competition and quality standards in learning opportunities as online universities and certification courses like Coursera and Edx becomes more popular. Useful links : How to redesign your classrooms for best teaching-learning experiences. How do we learn. 7 ways to optimise your teaching potential.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

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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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 6, 2020

Learn how to learn. Here’s how to make this easy, from an Ask a Tech Teacher contributor: In the past, a university degree provided a majority of graduates with the skills they needed to succeed in their chosen careers. Yet many students do not have a solid understanding of how to effectively go about the process of upskilling.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

Coursera is another option for higher ed MOOCS. November suggests Stratosphere which talks about how to evaluate technology projects. Also tell teachers principal will show up 30, 60, and 90 days after PD to look for specific strategies that were communicated in the workshop. Are we showing kids how to do really good searching?

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2021

edX had fallen behind rivals like Coursera, a similar platform founded by Stanford University professors, in fundraising and reach, though it still boasts 35 million users and more than 3,000 courses. They’ve never had a real strategy behind them, and they needed to do something,” he said of edX. “2U

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Linways Technologies

JULY 9, 2020

Being in touch with students will give you great insights into how you can manage the classroom and how to inspire your students to perform better. How you choose to teach influences how the learner understands the topic, and retain the information. There are several ways you learn how to teach, and be really good at it.

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Edsurge

JULY 23, 2021

So it’s worth illuminating various cases for different pricing strategies for online tuition. In fact, I argue that the debate about how to price tuition is among the academy’s most threatening struggles.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Some have tried a slight-of-hand strategy, called “ tuition resets ,” in which colleges announce a cut, only to roll back grants and scholarships, keeping the net price just where it was before they marketed enticing, but deceptive, lower prices. The higher ed family is puzzled as to how to deal with the strain."

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Karla Pobke Coordinator Personalised Learning Born Accessible STEM: Making Sure Accessibility is Not Just an Afterthought - Anh Bui Director of Product Strategy for Global Literacy Project-Based Learning: You''re almost doing it already! Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary?

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

Making Sense of the News: News Literacy Lessons for Digital Citizens (by the University of Hong Kong and Stony Brook University): A six-week, distance learning course hosted on Coursera. How Does "Fake" News Become News? (by by KQED's Above the Noise): A good overview of this shocking new evolution of manipulated media.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

” But of course, that’s not quite true: my first introduction to Papert's work was actually a decade earlier, when I sat at an Apple II and taught a Turtle how to move about the screen. Ignoring corporate and consumer dependency on an on-demand gig workforce is not a sustainable strategy.

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Foreign faculty and researchers traveling to Canada to work on projects at public universities and affiliated research institutions will be allowed to stay for up to 120 days without a work permit as part of a new Global Skills Strategy announced Monday by Canada’s government.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

” “How to Con Black Law Students: A Case Study” – Elie Mystal in The New York Times on a partnership between the HBCU Bethune-Cookman and the for-profit Arizona Summit Law School. An update on Coursera co-founder Andrew Ng’s employment status in the HR section below. ” The accused: John R. .

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

” Testing, Testing… Via Edsurge : “How to Overcome Apathy and Disillusionment When Standardized Tests Fail Kids.” Via Recode : “ Coursera has ousted several senior executives along with many rank-and-file staffers.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Green Light for Competency-Based Teacher Ed.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

After all, Amazon knows how to run online marketplaces; Amazon knows how to sell texts. US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan called badges a “game-changing strategy.”. Pearson announced in July that it planned to abandon its traditional textbook publishing model, opting instead for a “digital first” strategy.

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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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