Hack Education
DECEMBER 29, 2017
” (For what it’s worth, Kleiner Perkins made just one major investment in education in 2017, participating in Coursera’s $64 million round this summer. There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” So is “personalized learning” really a “trend”?
Hack Education
OCTOBER 7, 2016
Via The Independent : “13-year-old girl arrested after contacting clown on social media and asking him to kill her teacher.” ” Coursera highlights its mentors – its volunteer mentors – on its blog. .” Nothing says “experts” like “crystal ball.” Raise $146.1
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Hack Education
OCTOBER 14, 2016
” That for-profit is Laureate Education , the largest chain of for-profit schools in the world and an investor in Coursera. The ruling, which referred to players as employees, found that they must be freely allowed to post on social media, discuss issues of their health and safety, and speak with the media.”
Hack Education
DECEMBER 16, 2016
ESSA gives more autonomy and flexibility to states than they had under NCLB through competency-based assessments, which could drive the development of personalized learning technologies. Under surveillance when they use social media. Under surveillance by police. Under surveillance by governments.
Hack Education
MAY 5, 2017
Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalized learning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” ” Immigration and Education. Not sure why this is called a MOOC. They move into the public sector.”
Hack Education
JULY 27, 2018
Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s First Ivy League Degree: An Online Master’s From the University of Pennsylvania.” ” ( Not mentioned : Penn was one of the very first investors in Coursera.). Will Merge Government Data, Social Media Posts.” Via the CBC : “ Sesame Street to enter U.S.
Hack Education
APRIL 3, 2017
Neither Coursera nor Udacity nor edX have become corporate training platforms , although perhaps that’s what Microsoft hopes to become, as a result of its acquisition of the professional social network LinkedIn, which had previously acquired the online training company Lynda.com.
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