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10 Excellent Christmas Gift Ideas for Dad

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Coursera, Edx, Udemy, are all great places to find online courses. Customized Online News Subscription If he likes reading news and likely appreciate the value of quality information, how about a subscription to a premium online newspaper or magazine that aligns with his interests?

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Moving From 5% to 85% Completion Rates for Online Courses

Edsurge

We see that people often purchase on-demand courses on platforms like Udemy or Teachable, but only a quarter of those who purchase log in to watch the first video. A shockingly low percentage of people actually start an on-demand course if it is constantly available, even if they pay for them.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

Udemy (skills training): $173 million. In 2012, Wired Magazine proclaimed that Udacity “ could change higher learning forever.” Coursera (online education): $210.1 Knewton (adaptive learning): $182.3 Age of Learning (educational apps): $181.5 DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $175.6

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via ABC News : “ A defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine over the magazine’s debunked article about a University of Virginia gang rape was tossed out by a judge Tuesday. Via Inverse : “ Udemy ’s Exodus, Amazon ’s Gain. District Judge P. ” Try learning styles, maybe.

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The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

Online education (admittedly, a very generic category): Investments include Udemy ($60,000,000), DigiSchool ($15,700,000), MasterClass ($15,000,000), UNICAF ($12,000,000), OpenClassroom ($6,740,000). But, as New York Magazine quipped , “Laurene Powell Jobs is undaunted by these facts.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via New York Magazine : “Trump University Told Recruiters to Target Single Parents With Hungry Kids.” Udemy has raised another $60 million , this time from the South African media group Naspers (which just last month invested $15 million in the homework help site Brainly).