Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2020

As a group, we called for a reimagining of community college, including moving toward more alignment with industry and more digital options. But are community colleges ready for this digital transformation? Broward College in Florida has been a leader in integrating industry certifications into its degree programs.

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Digital Badges MOOC Trends Industry 212

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

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.

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Digital Badges Coursera Learning Industry 181

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

More on student loans (namely, people in powerful political office with connections to the student loans industry) in the politics of education section above. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” If you can’t create revenue, raise venture capital. The MOOC provider has now raised $210 million total.

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Education Coursera MOOC Udemy 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.”

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Elsewhere in MOOC research… From Campus Technology : “Grouping MOOC Students by Communication Mode Doesn’t Help Completion.” ” More on MOOC (and related) research in the research section below. ” Try learning styles, maybe.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

” I’ve looked at how for-profit colleges , MOOCs , and learn-to-code companies have tapped into these narratives in order to justify their products and services. Code.org is backed by a long list of technology companies – from AT&T to Amazon to Facebook to Google to Verizon. (I’ll

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Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59

Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news down in the “labor and management” section below. Enjoy your Google for Education products ! Speaking of Google, “ Google Is Teaching Children How to Act Online. Indiana University has joined edX.

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Education Khan Academy Company MOOC 60