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Saddle Up for Silicon Slopes! Our Guide to the 2017 ASU+GSV Summit

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godfather” of OER and Chief Academic Officer of Lumen Learning), trace their roots here. 11:00AM: The Promise of Big Data & Adaptive Learning with Dale Johnson (Arizona State University), Andrew Smith Lewis (Cerego), Dr. Colin Fredericks (HarvardX), Eric Frank (Acrobatiq), James Willey (Ellucian), Jose Ferreira (Bakpax).

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Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s First Ivy League Degree: An Online Master’s From the University of Pennsylvania.” ” ( Not mentioned : Penn was one of the very first investors in Coursera.). Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via the CBC : “ Sesame Street to enter U.S.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. He told NPR in 2015 that Knewton’s adaptive learning software was a “mind-reading robo tutor in the sky.” Coursera has raised over $310 million.

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He was an instructor in one of several high-profile Coursera failures back in 2013. ” Stanford University’s Larry Cuban on “ Proof Points: Selling and Marketing ‘ Blended Learning ’ to Educators and Parents.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

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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. ” Amazingly dumb.

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Coursera has a new partner , the insurance company AXA , which will offer some 300 Coursera classes to its employees. His wife is the co-founder of OER organization CK–12.). Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ Adaptive Learning Products Gain Ground in K–12, Market Survey Finds.”

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” 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. million total.