MOOC Pearson Robotics 
Hack Education
DECEMBER 9, 2017
” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes. Pearson is Not a Platform. Pearson does not have a platform.
Hack Education
OCTOBER 20, 2018
Pearson, for example, was founded (albeit as a construction company) in 1844 and acquired along the long history various textbook publishing companies which have also been around since the turn of the twentieth century. MOOCs were going to change everything. They have been at this a long, long time. And on and on and on. ”).
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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? Candidate VoiceThread for Digital Education - Kelli Stair- teacher/ writer An Example STEAM and Maker-Education Curriculum: From Puppets to Robots - Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D. Torrey Trust, Ph.D.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 29, 2017
Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. Robotics , with ~ $99 million in funding. Pearson, for one.) Absorb (learning management system) – $59 million. Changingedu (tutoring) – $55 million. Yixue Education (online education) – $41 million. Prodigy Finance (student loans) – $40 million.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 23, 2019
Even if these publications fade away , the breathless stories about the possibilities of brainwave-reading mindfulness headbands and " mind-reading robot tutors in the sky " continue to be told. Pearson sold its US K-12 curriculum business for $250 million. ASU ends its MOOC experiment , Global Freshman Academy.
Hack Education
JANUARY 26, 2018
. “Free College” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The restaurant group that operates the Chili’s and Maggiano’s chains announced an arrangement Monday by which it will, through Pearson Education , offer employees cost-free educational programs from language skills through associate degrees.” ” The firm: KPMG.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 22, 2017
Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). A call to rebrand MOOCs , from Edsurge. Via Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein : “ Pearson Open Sources Equella – Properly.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. .” More via Inside Higher Ed.
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