Edsurge
AUGUST 5, 2022
edX was never the premier MOOC brand—that title belongs to Coursera. These companies, which help colleges set up online programs and often help finance them as well in exchange for a cut of revenues, have lately seen a barrage of bad news. The jury is obviously still out on whether these strategic changes will work for the company.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 28, 2018
While not quite the “Year of the MOOC,” 2018 saw a resurgence in interest around the ways these massive open online courses are delivering free (and more often these days, not free) online education around the world, and how these providers are increasingly turning to traditional institutions of learning. What’s Next for Pearson?
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Hack Education
DECEMBER 9, 2017
” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes. Pearson is Not a Platform. Pearson does not have a platform.
Edsurge
JANUARY 10, 2017
Following Edtech Money (in-depth report on U.S. Prior to launching Rethink, Greenfield and co-founder Rick Segal had invested in SchoolNet and Wireless Generation, acquired by Pearson and News Corporation for an estimated combined $620 million. He’s never been a fan of digital textbooks or MOOCs.)
Hack Education
DECEMBER 29, 2017
This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Much of what Meeker says in this year’s report about education is placed under her category “gaming.”
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
APRIL 20, 2015
New brain science shows poor kids have smaller brains than affluent kids - The Washington Post The Art of Self-Directed Learning — John Holt GWS The ‘most powerful’ classroom innovation — by the $1 million teaching prize winner - The Washington Post Schooling an Industrial Proletariat : John Taylor Gatto Escaping the Education Caste System — John Holt (..)
Hack Education
DECEMBER 31, 2018
When I first started working as a tech reporter, I assumed – naively – that venture capitalists were smart people who did thorough research before funding a company. Neither Pearson nor Blackboard, companies that were quite active in gobbling up startups a year or so ago, bought a single company this year. Networks matter.
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