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Upskilling Trend Brings Coupons, ‘Flash Sales’ and Other Marketing Gimmicks to Higher Ed

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“Now is the time,” said a recent promotional email from Udemy, a library of online courses. There are even memes marking this trend, like one that went viral on Reddit showing a still frame from a cartoon depicting a turtle labeled “a New Udemy course” joining a group of other turtles labeled “All my unfinished courses.”

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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Five years ago I wrote a piece for EdSurge entitled “ Why I’m Optimistic About The Next Wave of Education Technology,” and at the time I wanted to counteract the feelings many were expressing that the edtech bubble was about to burst. NYSE: COUR), Udemy, Inc. But as a point of reference: Google did not yet exist. NYSE: NRDY).

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The Still-Evolving Future of University Credentials

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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. This skills-based hiring trend has real momentum and is also evidenced in analysis of employer job postings and other data sources.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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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. Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare. ” he asks.

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?The Future of Online Learning Is Offline: What Strava Can Teach Digital Course Designers

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Quickly I found that even as I logged runs on Strava daily, I struggled to find the time to log into platforms like Coursera, Udemy or Udacity to finish courses produced by my fellow instructional designers. This trend holds true across other online courses. She holds an MA in Learning, Design and Technology from Stanford.

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The Professor Who Quit His Tenured Job to Make Podcasts and Lecture Videos

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He made the move to his new phase of scholarly life during a rush of enthusiasm for so-called MOOCs, Massive Open Online Courses, that big-name colleges were starting to offer low-cost higher education to a wider audience. The first year I put my courses [on Udemy, an online course market], I had about 12 hours worth of content.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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This is the second part of my much-abbreviated look at the stories that were told about education technology in 2018 – and in this case, the people who funded the storytellers. I assumed that they looked to see if the company could do what it promised – financially, technologically. The technology did not work.

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