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” (For what it’s worth, Kleiner Perkins made just one major investment in education in 2017, participating in Coursera’s $64 million round this summer. Coursera (online education) –- $64 million. Coursera (online education) – $210.1 Is this really a trend? Would it be valuable to KPCB if it were?”
” Coursera highlights its mentors – its volunteer mentors – on its blog. iNACOL has released a report on advocacy for competency-based education. ” The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Jeffrey Young interviews the head of FutureLearn , Simon Nelson: “Online Education Is Now a Global Market.”
An advocacy for libertarian politics – think Peter Thiel (a Stanford graduate) now advising Donald Trump. .” A certain optimism for science as the penultimate solution to any of the world’s problems. A belief in technological utopia. A belief in the freedom of information technologies, in information technologies as freedom.
Via The Hechinger Report : “ Virtual charter schools need ‘bold action’ for change, says national charter school advocacy group.” Headline changed from “ Coursera ’s Update Will Eliminate Hundreds of Courses” to “Coursera’s Update Will Migrate Hundreds of Courses to a New Platform.”
He was an instructor in one of several high-profile Coursera failures back in 2013. According to the conservative news site The Daily Caller , “Bailing On Common Core Tests Is Costing States Millions.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Remember Richard McKenzie? public schools.”
” The Black Alliance for Educational Options , a charter school advocacy group, announced it will cease operations at the end of the year. Edsurge profiles Dr. Chuck about his work on MOOCs with Coursera. ( From the Coursera blog : “Building India ’s Workforce for 2020.”
Via Politico : “ Families for Excellent Schools CEO fired after investigation into ‘inappropriate behavior’ ” That’s Jeremiah Kittredge , who’s run one of the best funded pro-charter advocacy groups in the company. New hires at the Department of Education. The Business of Job Training.
” Via The Financial Times : “ Coursera chief on the future of online learning and the Trump era.” “New study raises concerns about impact of automated social media advocacy on education coverage,” says Alexander Russo. ” New Nanodegrees from Udacity : Digital Marketing and Robotics.
Daphne Koller left Coursera this year. ” The Gates Foundation is perhaps the best known organization for furthering political advocacy through its funding mechanisms. Sebastian Thrun stepped down as Udacity’s CEO. Jen Medbery stepped down as CEO of Kickboard.
In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms. Coursera has raised over $310 million. See David Kernohan’s excellent keynote at OpenEd13 for more.) Investors continued to fund MOOCs nonetheless.
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