Hack Education

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.

Education 49

Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

That's what a decade of ed-tech social media and PR have wrought: hashtag gurus and fake news. Carnegie Mellon announced it would open source its digital learning software. Coursera raised $109 million in venture company because investors are cray. My hope for the new decade is we can keep the lies out of their mouths.

Technology 67

Technology Pearson Education MOOC 67

Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

.” IHE blogger Joshua Kim offers “25 Million Reasons Why LinkedIn / Microsoft Will Buy Coursera.” The discussion forum software maker has raised $2.4 ” Via NPR : “How Schools Across The Country Are Working To Detect Threats Made On Social Media.” What’s Going On?”

Education 46

Education MOOC Social Media Report 46

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. ” And his partner Michael Feldstein : “ Student-Centered Educational Software.”

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Ever wonder how stories promoted by ‘thought leaders’ on social media get selected? Tagged on: March 6, 2017 Twitter’s timeline algorithm, and its effect on us, explained | Slate → Did you know that 'a complex, opaque software program' decides which tweets you’ll see when you open the app?

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EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

” MOOC startups like Udacity and Coursera have also rebranded to target this particular post-secondary technical training market. We also see it in many instances of adaptive-learning software. These unaccredited schools argue they’re best positioned to “ close the skills gap.”

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

I’ll look more closely at discrimination by design – in software and in algorithms – in the final article in this series.) Nevertheless, education technology continues to insist that its software and algorithms can identify students who are struggling – academically or emotionally.

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Data Technology Education Software 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Here is venture capital well spent: “ Coursera Promotes Its ‘Affordable Online Courses’ With New TV Ad Spots ,” says Class Central. tl;dr: emailing them, holding webinars, using social media. The social-collaboration-software-for-schools startup has previously raised $1 million. Heckuva job.

Education 40

Education Coursera Facebook Social Media 40

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.”

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

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. I wrote about social-emotional learning (algorithms) as a “trend to watch.” ” Via Campus Technology : “Study: More Underrepresented Students Rely on Social Media for College Search.”

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

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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Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Via Techcrunch : “ Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support specialists.” ” More on teen social media usage, this time from Buzzfeed : “‘Tweetdecking’ Is Taking Over Twitter. ” The Atlantic on what it’s like being a parent of a social media star.

Education 44

Education Elsevier MOOC Knewton 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 7, 2018

” Via The Sun Sentinel : “Student made social media threat to kill FAU professor, cops say.” 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.”

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Education MOOC Report Data 54

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

” Via Campus Technology : “ Coursera ’s CEO on the Evolving Meaning of ‘MOOC’ ” There’s more ECOT news – there’s always more ECOT news – in the “state and local politics” section above. Via Class Central : “ Monetizing A MOOC Platform.”

Education 54

Education MOOC Blackboard E-rate 54

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Launches Online School to Teach Software Development.” More MOOC job changes: Techcrunch reports that “ Coursera ’s chief product officer just left to become a VC.” Once upon a time, Coursera updates went in the MOOC section. The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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Education Coursera MOOC Report 48

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” For those keeping track of how ed-tech is intertwined in all this, here’s a list of Yuri Milner ’s education investments : 17zuoye, Remind, Coursera, Clever, Codecademy, ClassDojo, and General Assembly. Maybe social media is broken, Cathy O’Neil suggests. ” asks MIT Technology Review.

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Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via Education Week : “The Ohio education department could seek repayment of more than $80 million from nine full-time online schools , based on audits of software-login records that led state officials to determine the schools had overstated their student enrollment.” ” asks Graham Attwell.

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

From the Department of Education press release : “ Federal Commission on School Safety Meeting to Focus on the Effects of Entertainment , Media , Cyberbullying and Social Media on Violence and Student Safety.” Or this one: “A Growth Mindset Can Reduce the Gender Gap in STEM,” claims Coursera’s blog.

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Education Microsoft MOOC Coursera 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

million in charges from a Minnesota company over a software system that repeatedly failed during mandatory statewide elementary school testing.” ” “ Coursera Monthly Subscriptions Channel Lynda and Pluralsight ,” says EduKwest’s Kirsten Winkler. ” “So-So Social Media Privacy?

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Education Report E-rate Company 40