Edsurge
APRIL 13, 2023
As expected, though, the new nonprofit will also continue to manage the Open edX platform , the open-source system that hosts edX courses and can also be used by any institution with the tech know-how and the computer servers to run it. In fact, a New York Times piece declared 2012 “ the year of the MOOC.”
Edsurge
MARCH 1, 2017
Public Private Partnerships - The K-12 Funding Gap : Many inequalities in the American education system can be attributed to massive funding gaps between schools. And now, many schools are turning to private-public partnerships to fill those shortages. Thursday, March 9 K-12 9:30 a.m.
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Hack Education
OCTOBER 28, 2016
A bit of history: Around the turn of the twentieth century, folklorists – many most academics at the time – became particularly enthralled with creating classification systems. Not a list of titles; a classification system of tale types. The Clever Fox. The Quest for a Lost Bride. The Magic Ring. The Golden Goose.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 29, 2017
CZI hired Bror Saxberg , whose previous work was with the for-profit online charter school K12 Inc and the for-profit college Kaplan, as its learning scientist. Absorb (learning management system) – $59 million. AltSchool (private school; learning management system) – $40 million. Kaltura (video) – $166.1
Edsurge
JULY 10, 2017
And then the MOOC providers themselves started working with colleges and universities. There’s a lot of tension in the system between liberal arts and technical training. So the system has to adapt to that. Yeah, it’s a huge issue, for sure. It’s a cultural issue, and so you know the solutions aren’t easy or obvious.
Hack Education
SEPTEMBER 2, 2016
Via Mother Jones : “How the Justice Department Is Trying to Dismantle Georgia ’s Segregated Special-Education System.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Kaplan Will Offer Free Online PSAT Prep.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Presidential Campaign Politics.
Edsurge
JUNE 17, 2017
Bloomz , ClassDojo , Remind ), established companies ( SchoolMessenger ), and other deep pocket players from learning management system providers that already boast significant traction here. Kaplan , Princeton Review , Tutor.com … the list goes on and on. MOOCs or General Assembly for country X. Yet another Test Prep Provider.
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