Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Tom Webster, the VP of strategy at the market research firm Edison Research, argued that the report should be viewed as “an extremely effective piece of content marketing,” pointing to the number of slides that cite data about or by a portfolio company of Meeker’s employer, the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Smith Caulfield.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Kaplan Will Offer Free Online PSAT Prep.” More on Coursera and certification in the certification section below.). When Coursera announced its pivot to corporate training, it boasted that its certificates were the second most frequently listed on LinkedIn. ” More via Techcrunch.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

“ Purdue-Kaplan online university one step closer to reality,” the Journal & Courier reports. Via Inside Higher Ed : “2-Pronged Strategy Against ‘ Gainful ’ Rule.” Via the Coursera blog : “What’s Next in Employee Learning: Virtual Reality.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. Kaplan is closing Dev Bootcamp , a coding bootcamp it acquired in 2014. ” Via Education Dive : “ Coursera ’s Tom Willerer talks personalization, access.” for Robotics Contest.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan called badges a “game-changing strategy.”. Imagine Discovering That Your Teaching Assistant Really Is a Robot,” The Wall Street Journal gushed in 2016 , documenting an experiment undertaken at Georgia Tech in which a chatbot called “Jill Watson” answered questions in a course’s online forum.

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

.” Via The Conversation : “ Purdue-Kaplan deal blurs lines between for-profit and public colleges.” ” There’s more on the new Kaplan in the accreditation section below. In Move Towards More Online Degrees, Coursera Introduces Its First Bachelor ’s.” Via Edsurge : “?In

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