Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

He’s also backed Coursera and Course Hero, two privately held edtech companies that are each valued at more than $1 billion. And even though there are unicorns—Coursera, Course Hero, Duolingo and Udemy among them—they may not command those levels of dollars from public-market investors. Moe has picked some winners in education.

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Company EdTech Chegg Coursera 174

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Coursera Couple Returns to Higher Ed With $14.5M to Recreate In-Person Learning, Online. Coursera Raises $130 Million as Colleges Turn to Online Courses for the Fall. Entangled No More: Guild Education Buys Edtech Venture Studio. Former Blackboard CEO Raises $16M to Bring LMS Features to Zoom Classrooms.

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EdTech Coursera Udemy LMS 114

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

If you listen to the company’s chief executive, it’s thriving because it runs a hybrid model for its entrepreneurship training programs that, the company argues, keeps it growing when a lot of edtech companies have had to struggle with the return to in-person learning. Currently, it has 2.7 You chose to move into the U.S.

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Company Coursera Learning EdTech 184

TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 3, 2024

.’ Examples of Cloud-Based Learning Google Classroom Function: It enables teachers to create, distribute, and grade assignments paperlessly, fostering efficient communication and collaboration between students and educators.

Khan Academy 109

Khan Academy Coursera Edmodo Broadband 109

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 25, 2023

Designed by Google employees as integrated courses and embedded in the school day by teachers, each certificate is available on Coursera and includes practice and graded assessments and quizzes or writing assignments to ensure rigor and mastery.

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Coursera Education Data Google 129

TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 18, 2024

Online Learning Tools For Students: From AI Tutors To Smart Notebooks Technology has transformed how you interact with your educational materials. From AI tutors that provide personalized learning experiences to digital platforms that organize notes efficiently, these innovative tools are transforming traditional learning methods.

Khan Academy 80

Khan Academy Online Learning Study Coursera 80

eSchool News

JULY 22, 2024

The other way we were using it was for personalized learning experiences. If a student had an interest in learning about something, and we didn’t have a teacher qualified to teach that or who had experience teaching it, we were allowing students to self-design programs of study around an area of interest through a MOOC or Coursera.

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Strategy Moodle Learning Blended Learning 114

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2017

Since the New York Times named 2012 the year of massive open online courses (MOOCs), millions have flocked to platforms offering them such as edX and Coursera. Wiley: Twenty years ago, nobody believed there’d be any kind of sizeable, sustainable movement around people sharing openly licensed, effective learning content.

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MOOC OER Coursera Education 141

Neo LMS

APRIL 14, 2016

MOOC platforms like Coursera, Udemy, or Udacity, have massive numbers of enrolled students in their courses, yet a shamefully low number of graduates. But there’s a big journey from theory to practice. The online connectivity may not be a really important problem, but MOOCs faced a wall of other, more important issues.

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MOOC Udemy Flipped Classroom Education 154

Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Online classes tend to cater to big name schools, with many Ivy Leagues were already working with providers like Coursera, but it seemed like boutique art and music schools “were not invited to the party” to create online classes, says Kadenze Founder and CEO Ajay Kapur. It goes beyond Adobe and Autodesk, the obvious ones,” he says.

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Coursera Education Adobe MOOC 60

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

verified certificates from Coursera and completed 11 social entrepreneurship courses from +Acumen. They’ll never be perfect replacements for in-person learning, but they can be ways for institutions to more effectively identify who they should offer finite resources to—things like scholarships, jobs, seats, or coaching.

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MOOC Course Coursera Online Learning 131

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 14, 2024

It enables learners to access courses, lectures, and study materials remotely, utilizing platforms like edX, Coursera, or LinkedIn Learning. Online education leverages various digital tools and resources, including interactive modules, video lectures, and online discussion forums, to enhance the learning experience.

Education 76

Education Coursera Online Learning Case Study 76

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Meanwhile, PayPal, L’Oreal, AirFrance/KLM and a number of other companies are working with Coursera , a provider of massive open online courses (MOOCs), to give employees access to online instruction. Among those helping employees to pay for college are Starbucks, McDonalds and Fiat Chrysler.

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MOOC Digital Badges Coursera Education 79

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

ASU Global Freshman Academy, Coursera and edX have taken the StraighterLine model—and pushed it even further. But the most interesting developments are happening a little further downstream. StraighterLine has proven that the cost and price of quality online education can be driven down to Netflix prices.

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Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 166

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 6, 2015

Downes was speaking at the ELI 4th International Conference on e-Learning and Distance Education held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This was one of several sound bites that exemplified the theme of his speech, Design Elements in a Personal Learning Environment. One size never did fit everyone.

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MOOC PLE E-rate Coursera 28

Hack Education

APRIL 16, 2018

The organization has promised to spend billions in the coming decade on “personalized learning.” ” Last time I checked, “personalized learning” is an idea, and not a person; but who gets that money is still worth considering. But we don’t really know where CZIs dollars are going.

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Kaplan Company Coursera Policies 44

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. There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” So is “personalized learning” really a “trend”?

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 57

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.) “What Does Personalized Learning Mean? .” Also via NPR : “The Benefits Of Taking Out Loans For College.”

Education 55

Education Coursera Facebook MOOC 55

Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Coursera (online education): $210.1 Knewton (adaptive learning): $182.3 Age of Learning (educational apps): $181.5 DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $175.6 ” Tutoring is the cornerstone of technological fantasies about “personalized learning.” Zuoyebang (tutoring): $585 million.

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Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 96

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

” Coursera highlights its mentors – its volunteer mentors – on its blog. In other Salesforce news, “The University of Texas System teams up with Salesforce to turn its learning platform into a learning relationship management system ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Raise $146.1

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Education MOOC Report Facebook 66

Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

Neither Coursera nor Udacity nor edX have become corporate training platforms , although perhaps that’s what Microsoft hopes to become, as a result of its acquisition of the professional social network LinkedIn, which had previously acquired the online training company Lynda.com.

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Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 66

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

No doubt, Udacity, Coursera, and edX have been moving away from “free” and “open” online education for a while now , charging fees for courses and certificates and acting much more like online program management companies – third party vendors for Internet-based courses and degree programs.

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MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 56

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

Instead, they’d see a special version of Uber – “personalized” – that misinformed them that there were no cars in the vicinity. How is “personalized learning” – the automation of education through algorithms – a form of “greyballing”?

Education 40

Education Robotics MOOC Company 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” Via the Coursera blog : “What’s Next in Employee Learning: Virtual Reality.” .” Via Reuters : “Some U.S.

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Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 46

Hack Education

APRIL 7, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “ Coursera now offers free trials for most Specializations.” ” “ Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Hiring Personalized-Learning Engineers ,” says Education Week. “Learning engineers.”

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Education Coursera Robotics MOOC 48

Hack Education

MARCH 17, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “A Corporate Learning Revolution” – a Coursera webinar. ” VCU’s Jon Becker writes “More about online learning in Virginia.” “Problems with Personalized Learning ” by Dan Meyer.

Education 47

Education MOOC Company Report 47

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

From the Coursera blog : “Coursera pilots a new course format.” ” More via I Programmer on Coursera ’s decision to remove old courses from its platform. .” ” More via I Programmer on Coursera ’s decision to remove old courses from its platform. ” Hell no.

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Coursera Education E-rate Company 61

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

” Via Edsurge : “The Makings (and Misgivings) of a Statewide Effort to Personalize Learning in Massachusetts.” 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.

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Education Coursera MOOC Report 49

Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

Via the Coursera blog : “Coming soon to all courses: Flexible session-based schedules.” ” Via Education Week : “Personalized learning pioneer Summit Public Schools is expanding its network to include 100 new schools, CEO Dianne Tavenner announced via a Facebook post today.”

Education 40

Education MOOC Facebook Company 40

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

” From the Coursera blog : “ Coursera for Business Is Now Available to Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.” ” Honestly, people, there is a thing called 'BitSchool' now, doing 'personalized learning solution' through a blockchain 'paid for use system' - how much b t can we take??!!

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Education MOOC Coursera Company 46

Hack Education

JULY 15, 2016

” asks The Chronicle of Higher Education in an interview with Coursera’s Daphne Koller. A “ personalized learning explainer ” from Mindwire Consulting. .” The article notes that “The number of states planning to use the new [SBAC and PARCC] tests dropped from 45 in 2011 to 20 in 2016.”

Education 40

Education Blackboard Common Core MOOC 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Coursera announces on its blog that it’s expanding to Brazil. It’s good to shake up your “everyone should learn to code” messaging sometimes, I guess. Here’s Coursera arguing “Why Everyone Should Learn Sales.” .” “Whatever Happened To MOOCs ?”

Education 48

Education OER Pearson Report 48

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” Via Education Dive : “ Coursera ’s Tom Willerer talks personalization, access.” ” Willerer was previously at Netflix (just to give you an idea of the meaning of “personalization” in the headline). Via Inside Higher Ed : “ OpenStax Launches Learning Platform.”

Education 46

Education Pearson Report Robotics 46

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.” There’s more for-profit higher ed news up in the “national education politics” section above. Edcast has raised $33.6

Education 56

Education MOOC Report Data 56

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.” And in Edsurge, Amber Oliver and Michael Horn write , “Without the Right Curriculum , Personalized Learning Is Just Another Fad.”

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MOOC Education Company Coursera 48

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

” That for-profit is Laureate Education , the largest chain of for-profit schools in the world and an investor in Coursera. Perhaps, instead of tying “ personalized learning ” to special ed policies of the 1970s, you could read some Rousseau? LinkedIn has published a “35 under 35” list.

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Imperial College London will teach a class on artificial intelligence on the Coursera platform. How much money does the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative spent in order to place advertorials about personalized learning in ed-tech publications like Edsurge ? Faces New Setback in Battle Over GI Bill Funds.”

Education 47

Education Company Data Elsevier 47