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

Edsurge

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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Developing and Delivering Effective Professional Development for Educators

EdTechTeam

Recently, I found myself sitting in a conference room along with 200+ educators for one day workshop. Some educators had flown in from far and reached a day early to get started on time for the early morning workshop. Is the time, effort and money spent on the workshop making me a better educator?

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. Udemy (skills training) – $173 million. Or one could look at ed-tech companies that laid off staff: the coding bootcamp Galvanize , the analytics company Civitas Learning , the learning management system Schoology , MOOC provider Coursera , the education giant Pearson , for example.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” If you can’t create revenue, raise venture capital. Udemy has a new CEO : “Kevin Johnson, former CEO of EBates, a marketplace for coupons and shopping discount deals.” Via Techcrunch : “ Sesame Workshop and IBM team up to test a new A.I.-powered