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Coursera Is Now a Public Company. What Does That Mean For Higher Education?

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For one thing, more robot teaching-tech behind the scenes. “We He said the influx will also help expand the platform’s integration with learning-management systems. Apparently Coursera went into the IPO with $275 million in the bank, bringing its total coffers to nearly three-quarters of $1 billion in cash, according to Maggioncalda.

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What Could Web3 Mean for Education?

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Some edtech entrepreneurs are eager for Web3 to arrive and change education. Among them: Are crypto-entrepreneurs imagining better systems for education—or just systems that pay off better financially for themselves? That’s not a new ideology within education. That includes higher education.

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Imagined futures 5: Robot teachers

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This doesn't mean that robots have no place in the classroom though. Robots (or intelligent systems) can be very useful when they are tasked to complete some of the functions that teachers previously performed. These pictures show how artists of that period conceived an education that was technologically dominated.

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Robot Teachers, Racist Algorithms, and Disaster Pedagogy

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Me, I write about education technology for a living. I'm not an advocate for ed-tech; I'm not here to sell you on a new flashcard app or show you how to use the learning management system more effectively. These are not good times for educational institutions. Not everywhere looks like Brandeis. I'm an ed-tech critic.

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Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

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From the very start of digital education, the big question has always been: ”How can students learn effectively, if they’re not face-to-face with their instructors?” Some of the systems also offer video editing, recording and screen downloading options. million students. The LMS market today is valued at $9.2

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

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And while many educators believe that word problems in math class are tougher for students to grasp than ones with mathematical notation, research shows that the opposite is true. A substantial part of the nation’s resources are being devoted to higher education,” Simon said. But at a university? “We

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How a Pandemic Could Change Higher Education

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The COVID-19 pandemic has cast a cloud of uncertainty over higher education. We’re now in a situation where work, life and education are starting to blur. What do you see as some of the potential impact for massive online courses or other forms of online education that are outside of the traditional institutions?

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