Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2017

Amazon has become one of the most valuable companies in the world—with a current market value of $475 billion —based on its domination of e-commerce (holding an astounding 50 percent share of all online retail sales); its leadership in the cloud computing business ; and the strength of its software algorithms. A more Amazon-like experience.

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Software Trends E-rate Coursera 106

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. Prices range from $12 for an online, on-demand class about quality improvement to $9,000 for an online, synchronous course teaching software engineering.

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Company Course Coursera Training 167

Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2020

While high-resolution data for community colleges isn’t available, we can see evidence for this in proxies such as Google search trends , consumers’ growing openness and intention to study online , booming MOOC enrollment , and publicly-traded online learning company enrollment results.

Digital Badges 214

Digital Badges MOOC Trends Industry 214

Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2017

The after-school learning centers (such as TAL Education Group ) where students study for exams and get extra tutoring, is where Chen focuses most of her coverage. When Chen started her work back in 2012, she says people were obsessed with online learning models like Coursera.

EdTech 125

EdTech Trends Coursera Company 125

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

Some of the education sector’s most celebrated and best-funded startups—including Coursera, Minerva, and General Assembly—focus on providing alternatives to traditional postsecondary education, or challenging traditional approaches to higher education. In this way, as a recent example, the U.S.

Company 89

Company Trends Kaplan Knewton 89

EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Internship and work-study programs have a long history and are common at many institutions. Another is the rise of the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) or online instructional platforms like edX, Coursera, or Udacity. In some ways, this is nothing new. That may pertain to issues of crediting experiential work outside the classroom.

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Dropout Digital Badges Coursera MOOC 80

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. Coursera (online education) –- $64 million. Coursera (online education) – $210.1 Is this really a trend? Would it be valuable to KPCB if it were?”

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

As it turns out, the share of American higher ed enrollment that is made up of adults or those who study part-time peaked in the early 1990s at 44 percent of all higher ed enrollment. As more colleges face the reality of a declining traditional student population, there’s a common belief that adult students are where the growth is.

Digital Badges 184

Digital Badges Coursera Learning Industry 184

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

I want to talk briefly about Folklore Studies here not so much to tout my academic qualifications to speak to you here today about monsters – quite the opposite really. Folklore Studies, for its part, did a bit of both. I want to touch on the monstrosity of academic disciplines. ” – Thomas Friedman, 2013.

Technology 0

Technology Education Robotics System 0

Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Connexeo (school administration software): $110 million. Coursera (online education): $210.1 ” You’ll often hear its advocates invoke Benjamin Bloom’s 1984 study on “ the 2 Sigma Problem ” and claim that one-on-one tutoring is radically effective at improving student outcomes. million. .”

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Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 93

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Digital students study at home or while commuting to and from work, often late at night after the kids are asleep. A number of colleges have partnered with big MOOC providers, principally Coursera and edX, to offer large-scale online courses at far lower prices, in part to attract new students to their higher-priced online degrees.

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MOOC Kaplan Coursera Report 98

Hack Education

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.” ” More via Techcrunch.

Education 52

Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52

Hack Education

AUGUST 19, 2016

Coursera ’s Daphne Koller announced in a blog post that she’s leaving the MOOC company she co-founded to work at a Alphabet (a.k.a. Coursera’s other founder, Andrew Ng, left the startup several years ago to join the Chinese search engine Baidu. . million people since 2003.” Google) biotech company, Calico.

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MOOC Education Coursera Company 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

Via the Coursera blog : “Coming soon to all courses: Flexible session-based schedules.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Association of American Publishers complains about Cal State librarian who studies popularity of pirated scientific papers. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

Education 40

Education MOOC Facebook Company 40

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

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 Chalkbeat : “From an ‘F’ to an ‘A’, Tennessee now sets high expectations for students, says Harvard study.” million total.

Education 46

Education MOOC Social Media Report 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

” Coursera highlights its mentors – its volunteer mentors – on its blog. Data and “Research” Via Vox : “A bot crawled thousands of studies looking for simple math errors. ” And his partner Michael Feldstein : “ Student-Centered Educational Software.” Raise $146.1

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” ” “Mixing Automation and a Human Touch, New Software Helps Keep Students ‘ On Task ’,” says Edsurge. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Education 44

Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

That seems to be Coursera ’s business model. Via Edsurge : “How U of Michigan Built Automated Essay-Scoring Software to Fill ‘Feedback Gap’ for Student Writing.” Dubious Study by xkcd. The New York Times profiles the teacherless coding bootcamp Holberton. Kiron and Red Hat have joined edX.

Education 46

Education Coursera MOOC Udemy 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

I first read an article by Seymour Papert in a Women’s Studies class in the mid 1990s – “ Epistemological Pluralism ,” which he co-wrote with Sherry Turkle. The Awl summarizes a Pew Research study , noting that “The Sharing Economy Is Only For People Who Can Afford To Not Share.”) ” ).

Technology 85

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

It’s the model of human learning by someone who claims expertise in machine learning, a field of study which has aspired to model if not surpass the human mind. Universities have already taken plenty of steps towards this end, without the help of algorithms or for-profit software providers.

Education 40

Education Robotics MOOC Company 40

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. million children ?

Data 40

Data Technology Education Software 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Via Techcrunch : “ Holberton gets backing from more industry executives as it looks to scale its software engineering school.” Edsurge profiles Dr. Chuck about his work on MOOCs with Coursera. ( From the Coursera blog : “Building India ’s Workforce for 2020.”

MOOC 47

MOOC Education Company Coursera 47

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. Via The Washington Post : “ Facebook-backed school software shows promise – and raises privacy concerns.” “Why For-Profit Education Fails ” by The Atlantic’s Jonathan A.

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Via Education Week : “Congress Budget Deal Bans New Gold-Standard Studies of Federal Vouchers.” I missed this news earlier in April, via Class Central : financial aid applications for Coursera take at least 15 days. The bill that passed the House of Representatives on Thursday will cut Medicaid by $880 billion.

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

Rather it’s a history itself – ideally one that’s useful for our thinking about the past, present, and future in the way in which the study of history always should be. The software – students are all issued computing devices – track the clicks. But it retains, I’d argue, this “full stack” approach.

Trends 64

Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64

Hack Education

JULY 8, 2016

“ ‘Top universities to offer full degrees online in five years’ ” says the BBC, citing a prediction made by Coursera ’s Daphne Koller. A study on for-profits and adjunct labor in the research section below. Such students are 40 percent less likely to graduate, according to the study.”

Education 49

Education Report Company Coursera 49

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. For their part, critics of laptop bans claimed the studies the op-eds frequently cite were flawed, reductive, and out-of-date. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That). And “free” doesn’t last. Without revenue the company will go away.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Big HR news about Coursera in the HR section below. Coursera has a new CEO: Jeff Maggioncalda. I wonder how many schools and districts that use the software have done this? Entangled Solutions’ consultants Deborah Seymour and Michael B.

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

JULY 15, 2016

” asks The Chronicle of Higher Education in an interview with Coursera’s Daphne Koller. Via Education Week : “Ed-Tech Software Group Objects to Messages in Feds’ #GoOpen Campaign.” ” A study has found companies are not happy with their corporate LMSes. “ Are MOOCs Forever ?”

Education 40

Education Blackboard Common Core MOOC 40

Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

” “How to Con Black Law Students: A Case Study” – Elie Mystal in The New York Times on a partnership between the HBCU Bethune-Cookman and the for-profit Arizona Summit Law School. An update on Coursera co-founder Andrew Ng’s employment status in the HR section below. Tressie McMillan Cottom weighs in.

Education 52

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 52

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

” That’s the headline describing a conversation between Recode and Coursera ’s Daphne Koller. Via NPR : “ 1 In 10 Cal State Students Is Homeless , Study Finds.” .” There’s an infographic (but perhaps no cognitive scientist on staff, eh). ” Try learning styles, maybe. ” B t.

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Meanwhile on Campus… Sara Goldrick-Rab on food insecurity on college campuses : “It’s Hard to Study if You’re Hungry.” Via Techcrunch : “ Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support specialists.” He was a faculty member at Michigan State. The Business of Job Training.

Education 44

Education Elsevier MOOC Knewton 44

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

DECEMBER 7, 2018

This study says fix unstable housing, not schools.” 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.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

Education 54

Education MOOC Report Data 54

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Daphne Koller left Coursera this year. ” “Taking action,” in this case, meant releasing some case studies and posting a notice on the Federal Register about how a competitive grant program could provide a more “innovative” way to build assessments. Sebastian Thrun stepped down as Udacity’s CEO.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” Via Education Dive : “ Coursera ’s Tom Willerer talks personalization, access.” Edsurge profiles “ personalized learning ” software used in a virtual school that has some 450 incarcerated students. ” Adaptive software is not the same as personalized learning , says eSchool News.

Education 45

Education Pearson Report Robotics 45