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Harvard and MIT Launch Nonprofit to Increase College Access

Edsurge

As the group’s new CEO, Stephanie Khurana, put it in an interview with EdSurge this week: “The focus of the mission is to really help postsecondary completion and issues of economic mobility.” While MIT and Harvard set up edX as a nonprofit, two Stanford professors started a venture-backed for-profit called Coursera.

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How Innovations in Voice Technology Are Reshaping Education

Edsurge

Voice, after all, is one of the most natural ways to interface with technology, says Coursera’s Alexander Sanchez. EdSurge: Coursera decided to build an Alexa skill because you saw voice technology as a smart investment. They're using mobile phones, and they're using them at different times of the day and in different contexts.

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Dear Liberal Arts Major: STEM Companies Need Your Skills to Grow

Edsurge

Her career journey, which led her to Coursera, a startup that develops online courses and educational programs, highlights a trend that has become more pronounced in the last few years. Wong worked at several fintech firms before joining the mobile payments company. Jess Aragon majored in communications at St.

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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

As educators, there are many new options opening up to us that will help improve our classrooms and make our professional development more accessible and available via our mobile devices. Furthermore, in May 2013, they obtained a certification in Gamification through Coursera Course Certificates.

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Mobile learning and personal metrics

Learning with 'e's

There are formal contexts for mobile learning, but it is in the leisure time/travelling/down time that mobile learning still comes to the fore. Mobile devices also afford users the ability to annotate, organise and share content once they have found it, within their community of interest. Unported License.

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3 SEO Strategies for Edtech Business

EdTech4Beginners

Some of the big names that pop up include Khan Academy, Udemy, Coursera, Kahoot, and Udacity, to mention a few. Remember to prioritize mobile responsiveness. What Do the Best Edtech Websites Have in Common? When asked to list Edtech websites, which ones come to mind? The answer is terrific SEO strategies. Strategy #2.

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Best Professional Development Tools for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Among these platforms are :EdX, Coursera, Udemy, Khan Academy, Class Central, OpenYale Courses, Open MIT Courseware, MasterClass, among others. This post originally appeared in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning ( www.educatorstechnology.com ).