Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

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.) ” The Business of Job Training (and Educational Benefits for Employees). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Just a few weeks after Daphne Koller ’s announcement she was leaving the MOOC startup she co-founded, Coursera unveiled “ Coursera for Business ” this week, marking its pivot from “democratizing higher ed” to “ training corporate employees.” Robots probably won’t take your jobs.

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JUNE 17, 2016

Headline changed from “ Coursera ’s Update Will Eliminate Hundreds of Courses” to “Coursera’s Update Will Migrate Hundreds of Courses to a New Platform.” ” Coursera, initially only emailing former students about their old course work, decided finally to blog about its platform change. .”

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MAY 25, 2018

” IHE blogger Joshua Kim offers “25 Million Reasons Why LinkedIn / Microsoft Will Buy Coursera.” The Business of Job Training. ” Via Chalkbeat : “A growing Jeffco program trains future early childhood workers while they’re still in high school.” What’s Going On?”

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JUNE 9, 2017

That seems to be Coursera ’s business model. The Business of Job Training. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Coursera has raised another $64 million in funding from GSV Asset Management, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lampert Foundation, Learn Capital, and New Enterprise Associates. .”

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APRIL 14, 2017

This Bootcamp Will Train Sales Chops (and Even Pay For It).” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” The bootcamp in question: Sales Bootcamp.

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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.” The Business of Job Training. Via the Coursera blog : “What’s Next in Employee Learning: Virtual Reality.” ” More via Wired.

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

.” Note the significant difference in language in this headline from The Verge , for example – “ Harvard’s Root robot teaches kids how to code ” – and the way in which Seymour would describe the LOGO Turtle – that students would using programming to teach the robot. ” Train and retrain.

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

And once you’ve trained those algorithms, you can apply them everywhere. “Robots are coming for your job.” “Robots are coming for your job.” Robots don’t do anything they’re not programmed to do. Robots don’t apply for jobs. Robots don’t “come for jobs.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

More “MOOC” news under the job training section below. ” The Business of Job Training. ” From the Coursera blog : “ Coursera for Business Is Now Available to Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Contests and Competitions.

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

Edsurge profiles Dr. Chuck about his work on MOOCs with Coursera. ( From the Coursera blog : “Building India ’s Workforce for 2020.” The Business of Job Training. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. . “Reviving the MOOC ” – an op-ed by Stephen Downes. ” Contests and Awards.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

I missed this news earlier in April, via Class Central : financial aid applications for Coursera take at least 15 days. ” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference. The Business of Job Training. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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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.). There’s more MOOC news from Edsurge in the “job training” section below. ” asks Wired.

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JANUARY 19, 2018

There’s more MOOC news in the job training section below. The Business of Job Training. Via Techcrunch : “ Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support specialists.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Doane University has joined edX. ” asks Edsurge.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Navy Orders New Training After Deadly Ship Collisions.” ” Apparently watching CD-ROMs isn’t sufficient training for driving Navy destroyers. Via Recode : “ Coursera has ousted several senior executives along with many rank-and-file staffers.”

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

” She promises that every kid will learn to code (of course) by having the private sector train CS teachers. “ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” ” That’s the headline describing a conversation between Recode and Coursera ’s Daphne Koller.

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DECEMBER 7, 2018

Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill analyzes a recent interview with Coursera ’s CEO and argues the MOOC provider is “betting on OPM market and shift to low-cost masters degrees.” The Business of Job Training (and Educational Benefits for Employees). ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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JULY 14, 2017

On the US House of Representatives’ proposed budget : “$2 Billion for Teacher Training, Salaries Eliminated in House Budget Plan,” Education Week reports. ” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. The Business of Job Training. for Robotics Contest.” Contests and Awards.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

There are a variety of reasons for this: language barriers, lack of Internet access, incompatible devices, lack of training. Also, let me introduce you to other items on this list: brainwave monitoring, brain training, social emotional learning.). Brain Training. But the “spying” has continued. Chatbot Instructors. Unbundling".

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MARCH 17, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “A Corporate Learning Revolution” – a Coursera webinar. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via The Atlantic : “Training Students to Outpace Automation.” Are MOOCs webinars? Are webinars now MOOCs?). “Tele-instruction.”

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

” I suppose I could put this in “the business of job training” section, but as Woz U has partnered with the for-profit Southern Careers Institute , it probably should remain here in this section despite the glowing press it received from tech publications about how this venture is going to unlock tech careers. .”

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Imperial College London will teach a class on artificial intelligence on the Coursera platform. There is some exciting Udacity news in the job training section below too. The Business of Job Training. .” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Don’t be ridiculous. What Should We Teach?”

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

” More on bootcamps in the job training section below. The “pioneer in the science of learning,” as Inside Higher Ed puts it , will help the technology company with its internal training program. The Business of Job Training. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Contests and Awards.

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MARCH 31, 2017

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Trump ‘s Proposed Cuts Threaten Colleges’ Key Job-Training Programs.” ” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s Rick Levin on the Evolution of MOOCs and Microcredentials.” The Business of Job Recruitment and Training. Over Next Four Years.”

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MARCH 10, 2017

” Via The Financial Times : “ Coursera chief on the future of online learning and the Trump era.” ” New Nanodegrees from Udacity : Digital Marketing and Robotics. ” The Business of Job Training. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Robots hate the Common Core. ” Contests.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Representative Ron DeSantis introduced a bill Tuesday that would allow states to set up a parallel accrediting system to direct federal student aid money to a range of career training programs.” The Business of Job Training. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ E.U. .”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

” “ The Most Popular Courses of 2016 ” on Coursera. Edsurge rewrites Coursera’s infographic – because journalism – about which classes are popular in “red states” and which ones are popular in “blue states.” “Could robots be marking your homework ?”

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JUNE 22, 2018

” Also via Class Central : “ Coursera Lets Instructors A/B Test Their Courses, Experiments With Automated Coaching.” The Business of Job Training. Or this one: “A Growth Mindset Can Reduce the Gender Gap in STEM,” claims Coursera’s blog. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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AUGUST 4, 2017

” Codecademy, Edsurge contends, is now a competitor to Coursera and Udacity. ” Not sure why these are the four, but there you go: Udemy , Lynda , Coursera , and Skillshare. ” Not sure why these are the four, but there you go: Udemy , Lynda , Coursera , and Skillshare. The Business of Job Training.

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OCTOBER 19, 2018

Via Forbes : “This Company Could Be Your Next Teacher: Coursera Plots A Massive Future For Online Education.” The Business of Job Training. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “A Humanoid Robot Gave a Lecture in a West Point Philosophy Course,” says Futurism.com. Wait wait wait.

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

In Move Towards More Online Degrees, Coursera Introduces Its First Bachelor ’s.” ” “Coursera and other purveyors of massive open online courses supposedly signaled the end of traditional credentials and, as some told it, universities. ” The Business of Job Training. Vive la MOOC révolution.

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APRIL 7, 2017

Via The LA Times : “ Westech College ’s abrupt closure raises questions about training options.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “ Coursera now offers free trials for most Specializations.” The Business of Job Training. Remember MOOCs?

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

“ Coursera ’s 2018 Revenue Estimated to be $140 million,” Class Central estimates. ” The Business of Job Training (and Educational Benefits for Employees). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Futurism.com : “Here Are the States Where a Robot Is Most Likely to Steal Your Job.”

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Coursera announces on its blog that it’s expanding to Brazil. Here’s Coursera arguing “Why Everyone Should Learn Sales.” The Business of Job Training. You just need the right training apparently. Fails at Worker Training ” – according to The Atlantic at least. What Should I Ask?)”

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JULY 21, 2017

Coursera has a new partner , the insurance company AXA , which will offer some 300 Coursera classes to its employees. ” Via Education Week : “For Principals, Student Sexting a Speeding ‘Freight Train,’ Full of Peril.” ” The Business of Job Training. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s New Strategy Takes Inspiration From Netflix – and LinkedIn.” ” Via the Coursera blog : “Announcing Coursera for Governments & Nonprofits.” The Business of Job Training and Job Placement.

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MAY 26, 2017

” The Business of Job Training. ” According to this Techcrunch article , MOOCs like Udacity and Coursera weren’t working out for AirBnB so now it is “running its own internal university to teach data science.” What’s going to happen to all those clown colleges and clown training programs?

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