Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

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. I attended art school for graphic design, discovered web design, and never looked back,” he said.

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EdTech4Beginners

JULY 21, 2023

Some of the big names that pop up include Khan Academy, Udemy, Coursera, Kahoot, and Udacity, to mention a few. What Do the Best Edtech Websites Have in Common? When asked to list Edtech websites, which ones come to mind? But what do these sites have in common besides being great resources for digital learning?

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Wired Campus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

When Coursera, Udacity, and edX started up within four months of one another, in 2012, The New York Times declared it the year of the MOOC. A report released this week draws on a survey of Coursera students to look at their motivations and what kinds of educational and career results they are seeing. Christensen.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2020

A PwC-CB Insights report puts U.S. Those elite eight—Guild Education, BetterUp, Coursera, Andela, Degreed, MindTickle, EdCast and A Cloud Guru—accounted for 39 percent of edtech investing in 2019. These four went to Andela, BetterUp, Coursera and Guild Education—companies that provide workforce training and development services.

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Wired Campus

AUGUST 25, 2015

Three years ago everyone was talking about Coursera, which had begun partnering with some of the world’s most elite colleges to offer free courses. Today the MOOC hype has dissipated, but the company’s leaders say Coursera has found a way to make money, and that partner colleges have found a clear reason to participate.

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Edsurge

MAY 11, 2023

The group plans to produce reports and guidelines for using AI in education; make policy recommendations for incorporating AI in school curriculum standards, courses, tools, assessments, and professional learning; and establish a global framework for computer-science curriculum that includes AI.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2022

Coursera, for example, reported that as of the end of 2020, it had grown to having more than 77 million registered learners on its platform from more than 190 countries—although not all of those people are taking courses for credit or are seeking credentials. Overall, “primarily online institutions” in the U.S.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

Coursera, the Mountain View, Calif.-based Coursera, Andela, Degreed, A Cloud Guru and Lambda School all offer courses tailored for people who want to pick up new professional skills (usually involving programming and computer science). Some companies count their accelerator funding into their subsequent seed rounds.

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2018

Many institutions are struggling to prepare for the upcoming regulations, Inside Higher Ed previously reported. MOOC-provider Coursera, for example, claims to have 6.5 Coursera has already released updates to its terms of service addressing GDPR requirements. At Coursera, it depends on the contract with the school.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Some marquee employers are no longer requiring college degrees for employment — including Google, Ernst and Young, Penguin Random House, Hilton, Apple, Nordstrom, IBM, Lowe’s, Publix, Starbucks, Bank of America, Whole Foods, Costco and Chipotle, according to a January 2020 report. Public attitudes are also changing.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

Here is a list of the top five MOOC providers by registered users: Coursera: 30 million users. Coursera saw paying users rise by 70 percent this year. Meanwhile, Udacity reports more than 50,000 paying students enrolled in its Nanodegree programs. edX: 14 million users. XuetangX: 9.3 million users. FutureLearn: 7.1

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Yet only 1,750 out of 373,000 people who enrolled paid to receive college credit for finishing a course and fewer than 150 pursued full degrees at ASU, reports Inside Higher Ed. In 2013, the American Council on Education recommended colleges accept for credit 12 specific MOOCs offered by Coursera and Udacity.

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ViewSonic Education

JUNE 20, 2019

Teachers report that the length of videos preferred is generally 2 to 10 minutes according to 79% of teachers surveyed. Blocked internet access and websites: Another 30% of teachers reported they have a hard time accessing videos saying that their school's blocks or limits access to the internet and certain websites.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2021

Its portfolio includes “unicorns” like Coursera, one of the original MOOCs that is reportedly exploring options to go public. In the past, GSV has also invested in non-education companies through another fund, GSV Capital, which rebranded in 2019 and is no longer part of the network. Several past GSV investments have turned into a big payday.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Only about a quarter of these firms reported an increase in paying users. Only about a quarter reported an increase in paying users. Coursera provided every student in the world free access to the university and college courses it makes available online, attracting a 500 percent increase in enrollments.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

Case in point: Online course provider Coursera reported more than 13 million new registered users since mid-March, a 535 percent increase from the same period last year. The positive report sent stock values soaring more than 30 percent. But suddenly, almost all students are taking classes entirely online.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Examples of these online course series, which are open to enrollment by any applicant, include Coursera Specializations which appeared in early 2014, and the MicroMasters , first offered in Supply Chain Management by MITx in 2015 via the edX online platform. At a recent conference, Wharton Online reported that it had seen 1.1-million

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The growth of educational platform companies such as Coursera and 2U is being driven in part by a surge in demand for certificate programs and “alternative credential” offerings. But that’s not the same as saying that employers no longer value college credentials, despite overhyped media reports that employers are “throwing out” degrees.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Now, MOOC providers like edX and Coursera are looking towards new (and sometimes paid) offerings, as well as so-called “MicroBachelors” degrees designed to break up undergraduate credential into discrete components. So what do the top courses on MOOC platforms like edX and Coursera tell us about where teaching is heading?

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2021

They’re about a decade behind their university counterparts, who helped to found edX in 2012 , the same year that startup Coursera launched its competing service, now worth millions. As Tracy Hartzler, president of Central New Mexico Community College, said in the Unmudl report: “Without a doubt we are thinking about lifelong learning.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 25, 2019

One example of a platform facilitating the completion of a higher edification is Coursera, a cloud-based service that offers a variety of courses, as well as quite a few specializations and degrees. Thus, the future of education lies in online media.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2020

Companies like Coursera, which helps universities build and access online courses, have ridden the momentum from new registrations to secure a $130 million investment in July. Company officials say it has policies and processes in place to remove offending material (though the onus still falls largely on faculty to report them).

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

As a string of online-education companies have gone public, including Chegg, Coursera, Kahoot and others, it seems that investors have decided that there’s enough public interest in digital learning, and they want in. million in the three months ended March 31, 2020 and $55.4

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EdTechSandyK

JULY 27, 2014

After a couple of weeks in the course and success on the quizzes, I decided to go ahead and pay for the Coursera Signature Track option, which will allow me to earn a verified certificate. There is a way to report these in Coursera. I''ve spent that much time on the content most weeks. Closer to 2 hours than 4. Fingers crossed!

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Like much of edtech, research results can be ambiguous, with some saying it’s marginally better than conventional classroom teaching , while others report impressive results. Coursera is reportedly nearing a valuation of $1 billion , which would make it a “unicorn” in Silicon Valley parlance.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2020

In a SHRM survey, 68 percent of respondents reported sustaining their training budget through the pandemic. Coursera just raised $130 million and reported that its enterprise business, which serves over 2,500 companies, has grown 70 percent year over year and now accounts for a quarter of its revenue.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 29, 2021

Credit: Liz Willen for The Hechinger Report. Students can now instead opt for alternatives, such as Google certificates in information technology from Coursera for $59 a month, Levine noted — “a cheap, low-cost, prestigious credential. Related: It’s just too much why students are abandoning community colleges in droves.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

You can also pick up useful content from different sources (such as Khan Academy, Coursera, YouTube etc.) It also monitors students’ topic-wise test performance and reports their progress to the teachers. . It means you can play a part of the video, then insert a quick quiz about what the students have already seen.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

Pitchbook reported a similar trend, noting that the pandemic’s “impact on aggregate VC activity was hardly apocalyptic,” with healthcare, digital enterprise and consumer-service startups attracting plenty of capital. Source: EdSurge U.S. edtech investment trends largely mirror patterns in other sectors.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2023

Ben Kaufman, director of research and investigations at the Student Borrower Protection Center Make School’s disastrous downfall, as documented by a Student Borrower Protection Center report provided to The Hechinger Report, should sound alarm bells about partnerships like this, advocates for students warn. Credit: Amanda J.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2020

companies like Coursera are raising hundreds of millions at billion-dollar valuations. Source: Brighteye Ventures: “ The European EdTech Funding Report 2020.” The global education technology industry is headed for a record-setting year when it comes to venture capital investments. In the U.S.,

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Many of the teachers we’ve spoken to report extreme and prolonged stress, which induces hyperactivity in the neurological system and lifelong susceptibility to stress. As humans, we have evolved to handle short-term stress—hormones are released, allowing us to respond successfully to the crisis and then turn off at the tap.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2020

A national working group that I was recently a part of—led by non-profit Opportunity America—recently produced a report that aptly characterized the community college as “ the indispensable institution.” Local and highly affordable, community colleges are engines of economic opportunity.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2019

Industry reports and instructional designers alike typically report that only between 5 to 15 percent of students who start free open online courses end up earning a certificate. Today, 2U reports completion rates of up to 88 percent for their online degree programs. This does not necessarily make MOOCs a failure.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2022

In a report on the “emerging degree reset” released earlier this year, the labor analytics firm Burning Glass found that just 9 percent of Accenture’s “computer support specialist” listings required a bachelor’s in 2021, down from 46 percent in 2017. The trend toward degree inflation, the report concluded, has been reversed.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2020

Coursera is providing 550 colleges and universities with free access to its online courses. This story about virtual education was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for our higher education newsletter.

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Wired Campus

OCTOBER 19, 2015

It has been four years since then, and according to a new report, the cumulative number of MOOCs has reached nearly 4,000. Compiled earlier this month by Dhawal Shah, founder of the MOOC aggregator Class Central, the report summarizes data on MOOCs from the past four years. It was 2011, and fewer than ten MOOCs existed worldwide.

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