Writer at @iblnews and other media outlets; educator and entrepreneur; founder of https://xitter.cf/t.co/wgkwe14H8x and https://xitter.cf/t.co/6r6enygkwJ
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Over 30 million adults in the U.S. have a college education but no degree. These individuals will need to fill that gap by upgrading their skills and obtaining certificates. Professional education will help them advance their careers, iblnews.org/analysis-over-30…
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As former MIT President Susan Hockfield stated so aptly in 2012, “Online education is not an enemy of residential education but rather an inspiring and liberating ally.” We're proud to be an "ally" to 99% of MIT undergrads! ow.ly/XTdQ50wMW1F
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The 10 IT issues higher ed leaders are focusing on, according to @educause, #EDU19,
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How do we produce video courses in real time and the highest quality? Get a glimpse at this production, developed in D.C. through our mobile studio...
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2U’s New $24K Online Undergrad Degree: Trend of Publicity Stunt?
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Philanthropy that helps learners earn college credit for free gets 150k users, @openedx
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Analysts Raise Suspicion: A $23k Degree on edX Prompts Doubts on the @2Uinc Model
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The @linuxfoundation unveiled today the formation of the Confidential Computing Consortium (CCC) to improve data security. @googlecloud, @Intel, @Microsoft, @IBM & others will be involved, #ossummit
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Amazon’s gigantic training initiative shows how automation is transforming the job market,
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Asimov predicted the state of education in 2019. Was he right?
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A measure to calibrate the success of a learning platform is the progress of engagement. edX, for example, has seen an 11 % increase in their engagement rate in the last two years. iblnews.org/it-is-all-about-…
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[Video] @CanvasLMS @Instructure 's CEO on the learning data controversy: “Information will be owned by institutions” #InstCon
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Kicked things off with our press/analyst/insider lunch this afternoon. Thanks to @PhilOnEdTech, @GoldieChan,@BarrettAll @joyce, @amigot @bhodgesEDU @tonywan @morganmundum, @kylepace, @Frostbe and @coryedwards for being there! #instcon
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It's not all shop talk at #InstCon.
@amigot, Mandy Frolich, @kylepace, @GoldieChan, @BarrettAll, @joyce, @bhodgesEDU, @Frostbe, and @coryedwards touring @TheQueenMary (it's supposedly haunted! 👻)
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Breaking: Dan Goldsmith, CEO at @CanvasLMS, talks about Instructure’s plans and partnerships with @aws Edu, @Microsoft and Nexus Edge, at #InstCon’s opening keynote in Long Beach, CA,
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The next evolutionary step in MOOCs will be the Blockstore (on @OpenEdX), a tool that will break up courses into smaller pieces of learning content, says Robert Lue, faculty director of #HarvardX @HarvardOnline,
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The push to launch start-ups is certainly over. In 2013, nearly 768 education companies were founded. Today that number has dropped below 125. Are the golden years of education entrepreneurship gone?
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