Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2019

“The digitization of healthcare with more data and machine learning has created a skill set that many people didn’t study in school.” Instead, MOOC providers see an opportunity in helping medical professionals keep their knowledge and skills up to date after they graduate, a field also known as continuing medical education (CME).

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2019

MOOCs, shorthand for massive open online courses, have been widely critiqued for their miniscule completion rates. Industry reports and instructional designers alike typically report that only between 5 to 15 percent of students who start free open online courses end up earning a certificate. Use the power of peer pressure.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

And it was just a few years after the launch of the first MOOCs, putting the online higher ed market newly in the spotlight as it continued its steady growth. And major companies and industry groups are increasingly getting into the credentialing game, exemplified by firms such as IBM and Google.

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MOOC Coursera Trends Survey 199

Marketplace K-12

JUNE 27, 2016

The three biggest reasons pre-K-12 educators took online professional development courses in the past year were to learn how to use digital devices, how to use the educational software that goes on them, or to find out more about classroom behavior or management, according to a new study. Online PD Course Findings.

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Course Study Survey Digital Badges 53

Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2020

The initiative aims to study whether and how decentralized digital ledgers can give students and workers more control over their academic and job records and improve the flow of data among schools, colleges and employers, leaders told EdSurge in February. San Jose State Puts Blockchain on the Books How can libraries use ledgers?

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Mobility MOOC Libraries Report 144

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The primary trends identified by the team were: adaptive learning, open education resources (OER), gamification and game-based learning, MOOCs, LMS and interoperability, mobile devices, and design. Dellinger, dLRN , recently sat down with Joosten to ask her about the results of the study. We need to move.to

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Trends Digital Learning Learning Secondary 191

Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2019

When you look at the data—and we still need better data—studies show 80 percent of the people pursuing [bootcamps and MOOC]s already have a bachelor's degree. Then if you can afford it and can get to the school and study face to face we still have the old MBA credential. So the innovation is not happening in undergrad?

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MOOC Industry Company Data 96

Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2019

This week’s podcast is brought to you by UNC Chapel Hill’s Master of Arts in Educational Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship Program, known as the MEITE Program : MEITE is for students pursuing careers in the educational technology industry. Learn more at ed.unc.edu/meite, on IG @UNCmeite , and Twitter @unc_Meite.

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MOOC Education Course Conference 110

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2018

He specifically faults measures such as the National Student Survey , a satisfaction poll administered to undergraduates during their final year of study in colleges throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland. And industry does this. It’s about making the space for discovery. To Eshleman, the story is one of missed opportunity.

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MOOC Survey Industry Company 129

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

Also note, the point of this post isn’t to showcase how innovative higher education is but rather to point out innovations that are out there as a kind of survey while also hopefully helping pollinate the possibility of innovation in the upper end of the field and ‘industry’ of education. Competency-Based Learning.

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Examples MOOC Education Competency Based Learning 141

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Could the rise in MOOC-based and other certificates affect how traditional college degree paths are designed? Many #DLNchat-ters define them as MOOC providers including edX and Coursera and bootcamps such as General Assembly and Kenzie Academy. But first, who are these nontraditional providers?

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Digital Learning MOOC Education Learning 108

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 8, 2012

Other research interests include: theory of information, models of reasoning, applications of mathematical techniques in the study of communication, and mathematical cognition. Media X is Stanford''s catalyst for industry and academic research partnerships on the impact of information and technology on society.'

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MOOC Blackboard Education Analysis 59

Edsurge

JULY 26, 2018

Udacity helped start the whole MOOC craze several years ago, offering online courses that drew tens of thousands of students and sparking a conversation about whether these new online programs could replace college as we know it. We won't ever be the place that teaches social studies, art and all of that. A two part question.

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Course Industry MOOC Data 69

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

But beyond a few cooperative agreements to purchase goods and services together or share study-abroad locations, these consortia have largely failed to produce much in terms of costs savings, and they certainly haven’t changed the underlying financial model of universities. The most common of alliances, of course, are athletic conferences.

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Coursera MOOC Industry Company 87

Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Now, a couple with similar industry cred has a similar vision—along with plenty of funding. “We Avida is the husband of Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller, and one of the first board members of the company that helped put the spotlight on massive online open courses, or MOOCs. But they are not done with higher education yet.

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Coursera Personalized Learning Learning Blackboard 106

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

"I don't even know why we study history. It's entertaining, I guess — the dinosaurs and the Neanderthals and the Industrial Revolution, and stuff like that. I'm not sure that there is one quite yet, although the company has ditched any pretense of "free and open" once heralded as the great innovation of the MOOC.).

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Blackboard Coursera LMS ProctorU 96

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Related: Apprenticeships could provide a path to the middle class for millions of workers, new study says. Meanwhile, PayPal, L’Oreal, AirFrance/KLM and a number of other companies are working with Coursera , a provider of massive open online courses (MOOCs), to give employees access to online instruction. Weekly Update.

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MOOC Digital Badges Coursera Education 57

Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2016

In particular, continuing education programs are less regulated, more responsive to industry and consumer needs, have less restrictive budget policies and procurement systems, operate under lower political pressure, and are often infused with the “startup mentality” that is critical for responding to and pioneering disruptive innovations.

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Competency Based Learning Education Trends MOOC 111

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

If they are right, it would mean short-circuiting the famous “10,000-hour rule” based on studies by education researcher Anders Ericsson and popularized by bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell in his book “Outliers.” About once a day, all the students gather with a human instructor for a brief in-person lesson known as “study hall.”

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Blockchain, the technology that underpins cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, is now a buzzword in nearly every industry ranging from financing to healthcare. For those curious about starting a company in this space, Santana shared that there have been cases of fraud and abuse in the industry. What are the risks?

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Education Digital Badges MOOC Industry 82

Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2017

These MOOCs are free. Well people say, “But the MOOCs aren’t very successful, most people drop out.” And who does best at MOOCs? One of my cuckoo ideas is that maybe we should require all seniors to pass a MOOC before they graduate. We now have online providers who are cheaper, in fact, even free. College graduates.

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MOOC Exercises Video Course 121

Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2018

Students who want to study computer science in college can apply to those $10,000 scholarships starting this November. The product, which was initially a computer science MOOC, was developed as a skunkworks project within Amplify and spun out as an independent company in July 2015.

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MOOC Company Education Course 69

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Since those early days, two million Canadian students avoided COVID-19 danger, continuing their studies remotely during the pandemic at Canada’s fully online colleges—including Athabasca University in Alberta and at highly ranked colleges like McGill University in Montreal. Another 26,000 study at a lower-cost affiliate, Tech Millennium.

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Online Learning Learning Mobility Blackboard 118

Edsurge

MAY 21, 2021

Course profiles feature statistics about typical industry salaries and list the companies that have hired completers. Practically speaking, we’re working with the non-credit side mostly because they can respond most rapidly to industry,” Alssid says. “We All of the classes offer skills training explicitly linked to employment.

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Edsurge

MAY 29, 2018

When I joined Ashford, the MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) had just started and it was quite an interesting movement. I didn’t start studying for my master’s until I was in my 30’s. The experience is similar to how programs are actually created in the technology industry. Ashford was one of the leading schools in that area.

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MOOC Coursera Online Learning Course 94

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2022

Folks in the crypto space are questioning whether industries can be reimagined to operate in ways that are “less extractive, and more community-owned,” Allen says. Anthropologists and people who study religious texts, what can we learn from them? That includes higher education. Not everyone is sold on this vision, though.

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Education Groups Robotics Course 175

Linways Technologies

JANUARY 6, 2023

Why it is important for success for students and for institutions The industry is more interested in professional skills than disciplinary knowledge. Internship experiences, adding MOOCs, and Co-Curricular experiences are some other methods to assess students. Further development of the subject requires disciplinary knowledge as well.

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Assessment Strategy Outcomes Education 52

Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

” Some of these experimental sites included MOOCs and coding bootcamps. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Class Central’s Dhawal Shah, writing in Edsurge : “ MOOCs Find Their Audience: Professional Learners and Universities.” State and Local) Education Politics.

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MOOC Education Robotics Company 57

TeacherCast

JANUARY 1, 2016

It offers some innovative e-learning services for K-12, higher education and private industry. These venues range from MOOCs (free massive online open courses) to traditional brick-and-mortar public schools. Already, this cutting edge technology enhances the study of science in Bentonville, Arkansas, for instance.

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Technology LMS Classroom Trends 68

Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2017

Department of Education’s latest data shows that of the 3 million higher-education students studying fully online, 55 percent enrolled with an institution located within their home state. Additionally, coding bootcamps—whose heritage is deeply rooted in intensive, classroom-based study—are also moving in an omnichannel direction.

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Software Trends E-rate Coursera 100

Perry Hewitt

APRIL 15, 2018

The media covers innovation in selective ways: the latest dating app is going to get a lot more airtime than a transformative technology in the construction industry. Mine employee creativity with hackathons or challenges addressing topics specific to your organization or industry. Enable and reward cross-disciplinary learning.

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Industry MOOC Software STEM 60

Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2020

Across industries, demand for talent was booming. Most future-of-work studies rightfully concern themselves with the potential impact of automation and artificial intelligence on the job market and society. MOOC catalog site Class Central has reported a 900 percent spike in traffic , and course enrollment has surged at Coursera.

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Coursera Training MOOC Course 112

Fractus Learning

APRIL 13, 2016

In addition, new jobs, created by the rapid advancement of technology and the changing face of business, are popping up all the time, as are paths of study towards them. The first is that they may have a broader view of their field or industry of interest. So, where to?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

He’s credited with co-teaching the first MOOC in 2008, introduced the theory of “connectivism”—the idea that knowledge is distributed across digital networks—and spearheaded research projects about the role of data and analytics in education. Rise of the robots Siemens has both an academic and an industry perspective on digital learning.

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Digital Learning Technology MOOC Learning Analytics 60

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 9, 2015

A Beginner’s Guide to Writing in English for University Study. Prior Learning Assessment for Educators and Industry. IOC Athlete MOOC via Independent. College Readiness Math MOOC. iTDI Summer School MOOC For English Teachers. Foundations of Teaching for Learning 5: Planning for Teaching and Learning.

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Coursera Course MOOC OER 40

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Now in its seventh year, the annual gathering brings together thousands of entrepreneurs, educators and industry experts from around the world for four days stacked with panel discussions , workshops , an expo hall , meetups , film screenings —plus plenty of after-hours shindigs.

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MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2020

It helps me have a finger on the pulse of what’s going on for learners and particularly for instructor’s work in academia, in business, and in K-12 industries. What we’re already seeing, in terms of waivers of federal requirements for seat-time for international students and likewise with various forms of online study.

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