Digital Learning Kaplan MOOC Technology 
Edsurge
APRIL 13, 2023
What would you do if you had $800 million to build a new nonprofit to support innovation in online learning? That’s the privileged question that officials at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University have been mulling over for the last two years, and this month they announced some answers.
Edsurge
APRIL 1, 2022
Five years ago I wrote a piece for EdSurge entitled “ Why I’m Optimistic About The Next Wave of Education Technology,” and at the time I wanted to counteract the feelings many were expressing that the edtech bubble was about to burst. More than $1 billion in headline-grabbing transactions are likely to be announced at the event.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Edsurge
MARCH 1, 2017
But the technology lends a question: to what extent should educational products make assumptions about a user’s end goal? Speakers from University of Virginia, University of Maryland, MIT and University of Pennsylvania will share what works, what doesn’t and how they have built structures to support technology initiatives on their campuses.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
When I first entered the virtual university a couple of decades ago as dean of online learning at Stevens Institute of Technology, I imagined, apart from instruction, that online and on campus in most respects would be pretty much the same. Surprisingly, just over twenty years later, things didn’t turn out that way in practice.
Edsurge
JULY 27, 2017
As you think about the future of digital education, where do you see microcredentials fitting in? That’s what the former MOOCs [such as Coursera and Udacity] have driven toward for a business model and they’re getting some revenue and scale out of it. I did say to the CEO of Kaplan, who's a good friend, "Welcome to our space."
Hack Education
SEPTEMBER 2, 2016
Paul LePage has called for a review of his state’s groundbreaking 1-to–1 student computing initiative, highlighting the growing pains nagging an educational-technology movement now well into its second decade.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Kaplan Will Offer Free Online PSAT Prep.” Congrats, education!
Hack Education
MAY 5, 2017
More on last week’s Purdue and Kaplan deal: “ Purdue ’s deal for Kaplan U trades a long-term business relationship for low up-front costs while raising worries – especially among faculty groups – about blurred lines between public and private higher ed,” Inside Higher Ed reports. .”
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
184 
Let's personalize your content