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Coursera Couple Returns to Higher Ed With $14.5M to Recreate In-Person Learning, Online

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Avida is the husband of Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller, and one of the first board members of the company that helped put the spotlight on massive online open courses, or MOOCs. The couple is no longer with Coursera, which is now valued at $2.5 There are built-in tools to add questions to any presentation slide.

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OPINION: Meet certificates and “microcredentials” — they could be the future of higher education

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Periods of profound change like the Industrial Revolution and the present produce experimentation — and spark change. Coursera, the biggest microcredential provider, lets students take month-long courses to develop skills for higher-paying jobs. New degrees like the Ph.D. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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GSV Ventures Raises $180M Fund in Search of Global Edtech Opportunities

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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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Effective Educational Videos in the Classroom

ViewSonic Education

Identify the main topic of the lesson and draft the presentation outline. Conduct the video search on your trusted video resource list such as Youtube , TEDx , Udemy , Khan Academy , and Coursera. Select a video that meets your requirements identified earlier. Select a video that meets your requirements identified earlier.

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How to Become an Online Teacher Abroad

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Online teachers have to perform their job and meet the needs of their students virtually.That being the case, success in online teaching requires a slightly different set of skills besides the mainstream teaching skills. Coursera, edX, Udemy, are good places to start looking for specialized teaching courses.

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It’s Time to Digitally Transform Community College

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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. That presents both an opportunity and a challenge.

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As Corporate World Moves Toward Curated ‘Microlearning,’ Higher Ed Must Adapt

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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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