Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Charles Severance was one of the first professors at the University of Michigan to give the massive open online courses (MOOC) platform Coursera a try. But while Severance—who’s better known by some as Dr. Chuck—says his first MOOC was a success, there was one thing about his in-person classes he missed: seeing his students.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2020

With an uncertain fall and a deep economic downturn, many believe two-year colleges may be the best answer to meeting the higher education needs of both traditional and non-traditional students and workers looking to learn new skills. But are community colleges ready for this digital transformation?

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2021

There are also new technologies that have yet to meet their potential, she adds: “There is some skepticism around AI and machine learning, but there are substantive pieces of technology being built, and education is just in the first inning of productively applying them to improve teaching and learning.” billion in 2017.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Well-funded MOOC providers Coursera, Udacity and EdX have evolved their business models to focus squarely on corporate learning and serving professionals seeking credentials. New Options One major reason is the explosion of relatively high-quality, free or low-cost professional learning options in recent years.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

It’s not just, ‘I pick up my tray and I go here and I meet with my advisor,’ then, ‘I pick up my tray and I go to an online lecture.’ But Barrett said that these days students have plenty of new educational options that are high quality, including low-cost microcredentials from MOOC providers like Coursera, edX and Udacity. “It

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Wired Campus

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Concerns about Yik Yak and analysis of MOOCs and online teaching were among the most popular stories this past year on our Wired Campus blog. And while massive open online courses have largely fallen out of the national headlines, three of the top 10 articles in 2015 involved MOOCs (in one case, charting their fade from prominence).

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2020

MOOC catalog site Class Central has reported a 900 percent spike in traffic , and course enrollment has surged at Coursera. And, perhaps employers will be more willing to fund job-related microcredentials that meet training needs but still provide employees with the portability of credentials that they desire.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2017

MOOCs, technology infusion projects, online masters or pathways to credit, research. Interesting (to me, Sandy) that some digital learning groups/departments were created in the wake of Coursera. Meet people where they are, face-to-face. Owens: Impact tech enhanced education on campus and beyond. Applies to U.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

Before becoming too beholden to the particular features (or limitations) of a technology platform, try to think bigger and more creatively about how you can meet the needs of your learners. Start with the “big four” that most people have heard of: Coursera, Udacity, Udemy, and EdX. Lesson 8: Collect student feedback.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

edX - www.edex.org - MOOC site, courses are all free, people who teach the courses are from Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, University of Texas, etc. Coursera is another option for higher ed MOOCS. Close to 10% of students got into MIT by excelling in a MOOC. Click here to see all of them.) Org charts need to change.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Usman Khaliq was an engineering student in northeastern Pakistan when he took his first MOOC. verified certificates from Coursera and completed 11 social entrepreneurship courses from +Acumen. complete multiple MOOCs. complete multiple MOOCs. Between 2014 and 2016 Usman earned 21. Rethinking the 5% Completion Rate.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2017

Since the New York Times named 2012 the year of massive open online courses (MOOCs), millions have flocked to platforms offering them such as edX and Coursera. The six-week long MOOC will touch on topics including open educational resources (OER), open pedagogy and practice, open knowledge and open research. George Siemens.

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Wired Campus

MARCH 10, 2015

Students would meet in virtual classrooms where they would discuss course material using videoconferencing technology. In 2013 it joined with Coursera and started building MOOCs. The online program, to be offered by the Yale School of Medicine, would aim to replicate its residential program for training physicians’ assistants.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

“The creation of EdX was positioned as a direct response to those dirty, grubby capitalists from Stanford who were going to privatize higher education with Coursera,” he wrote, referring to the venture-backed competitor that went public this year. Universities that paid into Coursera were paying fees to a vendor. It was a public good.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2017

Coursera is quietly testing elements of a new strategy, with the goal of moving from a platform for courses to a broader career-building service. It’s part of a continued evolution of MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses. Coursera and Chill? But the company recently added a feature that asks users: “What’s your main goal?”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2018

At the time they were not alone in their efforts; Coursera, Udacity (both of which were also co-founded by Stanford professors) and edX had launched MOOC platforms a year earlier. The pair then started the company in January 2013. These online courses are easy to sign up for, yet few students actually stick through and finish them.

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 4, 2017

The Teacher Slam takes place at the beginning of any large meeting. It helps teachers to get recognized in front of their colleagues (along with maybe a bar of chocolate) and also sets the tone for productive discussions during the meetings. 7.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

The district failed to meet its burden of proof and interpreted a state law in a way that is ‘offensive to fundamental rights of free speech,’ the judge said.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). More on Coursera and certification in the certification section below.).

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). From the Coursera blog : “Announcing ‘ AI for Everyone ’: a new course from deeplearning.ai on Coursera.” is the new company of Andrew Ng , Coursera’s co-founder.) More robot news up in the MOOC section above.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

“In a sweeping move, the for-profit school chain has been told to lock its doors after parliament demanded it halt operations in response to its failure to meet educational and infrastructure standards.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Imperial College London has joined edX.

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Headline changed from “ Coursera ’s Update Will Eliminate Hundreds of Courses” to “Coursera’s Update Will Migrate Hundreds of Courses to a New Platform.” ” “Like it’s a TV show.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” If you can’t create revenue, raise venture capital. That seems to be Coursera ’s business model. Via The New York Times : “ Climate Science Meets a Stubborn Obstacle: Students.” The MOOC provider has now raised $210 million total.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” Via the Coursera blog : “What’s Next in Employee Learning: Virtual Reality.” .” Via Reuters : “Some U.S.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Here is venture capital well spent: “ Coursera Promotes Its ‘Affordable Online Courses’ With New TV Ad Spots ,” says Class Central. ” Something something Brexit something something MOOCs will save British higher ed.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Via the Journal & Courier : “Legislation that set the stage for Purdue's dive into online higher ed also exempts ‘New U’ from state’s open meetings, public records laws. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Brown University joins edX. Not sure why this is called a MOOC.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

’” In February, the Department of Education’s chief information officer Danny Harris was “ hammered ” at a committee hearing meeting for the ongoing vulnerabilities in the agency’s information systems. Harris resigned shortly afterwards.

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

” We can see in Reagan’s pledge the roots of ongoing efforts to defund public education, something that enabled for-profit schools to step in to meet the demand for college. This is part of the push for MOOCs, we must be honest.). Teachers can adapt or create new playlists and projects to meet their students’ needs.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Teachers Are Moonlighting As Instagram Influencers To Make Ends Meet,” Buzzfeed reported in 2018. In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness.

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Hack Education

MARCH 17, 2017

” Last year , the Ugandan government decreed that company’s schools be shut down because they failed to meet education and sanitation requirements; Kenyan courts have also ordered the schools to close. Are MOOCs webinars? Are webinars now MOOCs?).

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Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ Coursera Removes Biometric Identity Verification Using Keystroke Matching,” Class Central reports. An update on Coursera co-founder Andrew Ng’s employment status in the HR section below. ” The accused: John R. Something about unbundling.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2016

.” “It certainly makes a mockery of what Silicon Valley darlings Coursera and Udacity call courses,” Caulfield argued. Funnily enough, many of the very publications who consistently made fun of the offerings from Trump University rarely offer any critical analysis of the structure or content of MOOCs or coding bootcamps.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Chalkbeat investigates the Indiana Virtual School : “As students signed up, online school hired barely any teachers – but founder’s company charged it millions.” ” That is, some schools are having “ scrum meetings ,” or something.

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Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

Via Broadly : “ Betsy DeVos to Meet with Men’s Rights Groups , Reports Say.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “After Meeting With DeVos, Title IX Activists Say They Still Have Many Questions.” ” Via Education Dive : “ Coursera ’s Tom Willerer talks personalization, access.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Should Online Courses Go Through ‘Beta Testing’?” ” The provider in question is Coursera , which has raised some $146.1 NPR on MOOC Micromasters. ” asks Edsurge. “How One Provider Taps 2,500 Volunteers.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). He was an instructor in one of several high-profile Coursera failures back in 2013. Here’s The Chronicle headline from then : “Professor Leaves a MOOC in Mid-Course in Dispute Over Teaching.”) Remember Richard McKenzie?

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

.” The proposal would expand the gainful employment rule to all schools that receive federal aid, but it would remove any penalties for schools that fail to meet acceptable levels. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). It’s baaaaack: “Return of the MOOC ,” The City Journal tells us.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Coursera ’s new monthly subscriptions could monetize procrastination,” says Techcrunch. In other words, MOOCs are now gym memberships. Initially, the course will be available to anyone as a MOOC with an optional $99 identity-verified certificate.

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