Kyle Pace

JUNE 5, 2023

Coding toys: Toys like the Code-A-Pillar, Lego Mindstorms, and Sphero robots offer hands-on learning experiences, teaching coding concepts in a fun, tangible way. Websites like Khan Academy, Code.org, and Coursera can be excellent resources. This could be books, online courses, coding games, or even toys that promote coding skills.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary? Playful Learning: Games and the Future of STEM - Danny Fain, Teacher in Residence Redefining STEM Rubrics for the 21’st Century: It’s all about mastery!

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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2017

Here are a few major themes we heard throughout the day: Online courses will supplement, but not replace in-person ones. For many speakers, challenges such as tuition costs and changing workforce demands due to automation have made online courses—and for some, alternative credentials—an appealing solution. Farouk Dey.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

” (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. It holds true for my work too, of course.) Coursera (online education) –- $64 million. Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

From the Coursera blog : “Announcing ‘ AI for Everyone ’: a new course from deeplearning.ai on Coursera.” is the new company of Andrew Ng , Coursera’s co-founder.) Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. More robot news up in the MOOC section above. ” (deeplearning.ai

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

. “Nothing has more potential to enable us to reimagine higher education than the massive open online course, or MOOC, platforms that are being developed by the likes of Stanford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and companies like Coursera and Udacity.” Clowns are not necessarily monstrous, of course.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Several months ago, I started to jot down ideas about what I'd cover in my annual review of what's happened over the course of the past 12 months in the field / industry /promotion of education technology. Of course, the latter is just wishful thinking. Dangerous practices and products are normalized. It’s not an ed-tech story per se.

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Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2018

One selling point of MOOCs (massive online open courses) has been that students can access courses from the world’s most famous universities. In fact, three of the 10 most popular courses on Coursera aren’t produced by a college or university at all, but by a company. But that isn’t always happening. million enrollments.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2017

Coursera (online education) – $64 million. MakeBlock (robotics) – $30 million. Coursera (online education service provider) – $210.1 GSV (Voxy, Raise.me, MasterClass, CreativeLive, Nearpod, Coursera, Motimatic). Learn Capital (investments: Paragon One, Outschool, Mystery Science, Coursera).

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

So instead of a zeppelin, we got to ride in one of Google’s self-driving cars, which was of course the project that Thrun had been working on when he gave his famous TED Talk in 2011 – and that, in turn, was where he heard Salman Khan give his famous TED Talk. Efficiency. That’s the goal of the self-driving car.

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Headline changed from “ Coursera ’s Update Will Eliminate Hundreds of Courses” to “Coursera’s Update Will Migrate Hundreds of Courses to a New Platform.” “Should for-profit crash courses get federal funds? “Should for-profit crash courses get federal funds?”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

” WV is West Virginia , of course. Of course, Harvard doesn’t keep quiet about anything, does it.). Via Techcrunch : “ Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support specialists.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. .” (State and Local) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

Via The New York Times : New York governor “ Cuomo to Give Colleges $7 Million for Courses in Prisons.” ” Testing, Testing… The Chronicle of Higher Education reads “New Venture Will Offer Free Courses That Students Can Take for College Credit.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

” “Two Wisconsin Republican legislators have threatened to withhold state funds from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in relation to a planned course on racism called The Problem of Whiteness,” Inside Higher Ed reports , hence demonstrating the problem of whiteness. “Could robots be marking your homework ?”

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Hack Education

MARCH 17, 2017

” This includes, of course, billionaire Betsy DeVos. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “A Corporate Learning Revolution” – a Coursera webinar. Via Class Central : “ FutureLearn ’s New Pricing Model Limits Access to Course Content After the Course Ends.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

” But of course, that’s not quite true: my first introduction to Papert's work was actually a decade earlier, when I sat at an Apple II and taught a Turtle how to move about the screen. .” ” This argument is, of course, ridiculously daft, as “the liberal arts” has historically included math and science.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Just a few weeks after Daphne Koller ’s announcement she was leaving the MOOC startup she co-founded, Coursera unveiled “ Coursera for Business ” this week, marking its pivot from “democratizing higher ed” to “ training corporate employees.” Robots probably won’t take your jobs.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

More MOOC job changes: Techcrunch reports that “ Coursera ’s chief product officer just left to become a VC.” Once upon a time, Coursera updates went in the MOOC section. ” From the Coursera blog : “New on Coursera: start-to-finish learning paths for starting a new career.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

” From the Coursera blog : “ Coursera for Business Is Now Available to Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “The ethical dilemma of the robot teacher ” by Neil Selwyn. ” The Business of Job Training. ” Contests and Competitions.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill analyzes a recent interview with Coursera ’s CEO and argues the MOOC provider is “betting on OPM market and shift to low-cost masters degrees.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). million total.

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” The story praises the work of Tristan Denley and his course recommendation tool Degree Compass. ” Spoiler alert: humans.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

.” Via the BBC : “BBC Panorama spent 10 months investigating dishonest education agents and bogus students who are committing frauds that target private colleges – also known as alternative providers – which offer courses approved for student loans.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. What Should I Ask?)”

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Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. ” Via Education Dive : “ Coursera ’s Tom Willerer talks personalization, access.” ” “ Online courses will eventually replace traditional education ,” The Daily Californian predicts. for Robotics Contest.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Edsurge profiles Dr. Chuck about his work on MOOCs with Coursera. ( From the Coursera blog : “Building India ’s Workforce for 2020.” Now he’s launching a new company – and of course it’s ed-tech. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Chatterbug is a language learning startup.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Here is venture capital well spent: “ Coursera Promotes Its ‘Affordable Online Courses’ With New TV Ad Spots ,” says Class Central. Also via The Chronicle : “The University of California at Berkeley has reinstated an undergraduate course about the history of Palestine that it suspended.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Should Online Courses Go Through ‘Beta Testing’?” ” The provider in question is Coursera , which has raised some $146.1 ” Those rules, of course, involve “ gainful employment.” ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

” “‘ Happiness 101 ’ Courses Are a Necessary Stop-Gap for the Campus Mental Health Crisis,” says Slate. Sponsored by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative , of course. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via The New York Times : “ Yale ’s Most Popular Class Ever: Happiness.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

” The for-profit: Laureate Education (which once began as the tutoring chain Sylvan Learning and is now an investor in Coursera, I always like to point out). Via The Washington Post : “Inside Bill Clinton ’s nearly $18 million job as ‘honorary chancellor’ of a for-profit college.” Meanwhile on Campus.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s New Strategy Takes Inspiration From Netflix – and LinkedIn.” ” Via the Coursera blog : “Announcing Coursera for Governments & Nonprofits.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

” Of course. Imperial College London will teach a class on artificial intelligence on the Coursera platform. I’ve got all the “learn-to-code” news in the job training section, because let’s be honest… Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Faces New Setback in Battle Over GI Bill Funds.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Trump’s favorite techie is, of course, Peter Thiel. ” Via The Financial Times : “ Coursera chief on the future of online learning and the Trump era.” ” New Nanodegrees from Udacity : Digital Marketing and Robotics. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Robots hate the Common Core.

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Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

” Of course none of this – not Africa is a Country’s excellent reporting nor Peg Tyre’s recent story in the NYT – stops Nicholas Kristof from touting Bridge as a “solution.” Coursera has a new partner , the insurance company AXA , which will offer some 300 Coursera classes to its employees.

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Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

” IHE blogger Joshua Kim offers “25 Million Reasons Why LinkedIn / Microsoft Will Buy Coursera.” Of course, much like the myth about “20% time,” I am sure educators will consider to cite this as a reason why schools should be more like Google. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

“The Trump administration is committing violence against children ,” says UVA professor James Coan in The Washington Post – that is, of course, by separating them from their parents and placing them in jail. Albans and Sidwell Friends – announce they will stop offering Advanced Placement courses.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

” Via Campus Technology : “ Coursera ’s CEO on the Evolving Meaning of ‘MOOC’ ” There’s more ECOT news – there’s always more ECOT news – in the “state and local politics” section above. .” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Of course, Dick DeVos also works for Trump in a way – or at least, he’s now on an FAA civilian panel. The Australian company provides courses for schools that decide to outsource their educational services. ” Of course he did. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” From the HR Department. million total.

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

In Move Towards More Online Degrees, Coursera Introduces Its First Bachelor ’s.” ” “Coursera and other purveyors of massive open online courses supposedly signaled the end of traditional credentials and, as some told it, universities. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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