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How Is Cloud Computing Revolutionizing the Education Industry?

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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. In addition to this, accessing resources from the comfort of a smart device has an undeniably attractive convenience to it.

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Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

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The next big move came when instructional designers, as part of their skillset, turned to digital authoring systems, software introduced to stimulate engagement, encouraging virtual students to interface actively with digital materials, often by tapping at a keyboard or touching the screen as in a video game.

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What Workforce Education Is Learning From the Pandemic

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We are interested in just-in-time training ( SV Academy offers sales training for new hires paid for by employers) and last-mile training ( Pathstream offers employer-branded digital skills training for software platforms) that are tied into strong job placement prospects. Tech-enabled apprenticeships and high school-to-workforce pathways.

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How Amazon’s Purchase of Whole Foods Highlights the Hybrid, ‘Omnichannel’ Future of Higher Ed

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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. Similarly, the U.S.

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Are Free Educational Videos Worth It?

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of teachers surveyed use video in their teaching but access and the quality of good educational videos are a growing concern for teachers. The majority of teachers who responded to our survey reported they tend to search for videos online using search engines such as YouTube (83%) and Google (61%).

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‘Talent’ Has Become the New Theme Uniting Education and Employment

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According to the 2017 PWC Global CEO survey , human capital was among CEO’s top-three business priorities—alongside developing digital and technology capabilities. According to a Pew survey , 87 percent of Americans believe it will be necessary to develop new skills throughout their career to keep up with changes in the workplace.

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To Better Serve Adult Learners, Eliminate the Barriers Between Work and Learning

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In a national survey , we found that providing academic credit for experience and on-the-job learning was among employers’ top priorities for colleges and universities, alongside other work-integrated learning themes such industry validation and including real-world projects in the curriculum.