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Ki Mae Heussner Apr 30, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Coursera makes first foray into K-12 education with online courses for teachers

Online learning startup Coursera is partnering with several schools of education, as well as other institutions and museums, to bring professional development courses to K-12 teachers online.…

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Technology
Ki Mae Heussner Apr 12, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Udemy adds revenue stream with private online learning sites for companies

Online learning site Udemy is launching a corporate training option that enables companies to create private online learning sites for their employees.…

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Technology
Ki Mae Heussner Mar 25, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Developer training company Pluralsight releases online coding courses for kids

Pluralsight, a Salt Lake City-based developer training company, has released new programming courses for kids in elementary, middle and high school.…

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Technology
Ki Mae Heussner Mar 18, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Digital learning startup Benchprep expands into video-based software training courses

Benchprep, a digital learning startup based in Chicago, is rolling out video-based software training courses targeting college and high school students, not adults looking for professional development.…

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Technology
Ki Mae Heussner Mar 11, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Hollywood talent agencies join tech VCs in investment in online learning site CreativeLIVE

CreativeLIVE, a Seattle-based provider of online skill-focused classes, has raised a small amount of funding from big name Hollywood agencies Creative Artists Agency and William Morris Endeavor, as well as Google Ventures and the Crunchfund.…

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Technology
Ki Mae Heussner Feb 8, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

A Twitter chat: How technology in schools can help bridge the skills gap

In a Twitter chat Thursday, educators and technologists debated how emerging technologies and new models for education could help students better prepare for college and careers. Here's a look at the conversation.…

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Technology
Ki Mae Heussner Feb 6, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Coursera classes for college credit? Five online courses approved for credit equivalency

The American Council on Education says that it has approved a handful of Coursera courses for credit equivalency, meaning those classes could count toward a degree.…

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Technology
Ki Mae Heussner Jan 15, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

After 17 years, online learning veteran lynda.com raises $103M (is an IPO ahead?)

As new online learning startups have attracted media attention and investor dollars, lynda.com, a veteran of the industry has remained relatively quiet. But on Tuesday the company said it raised $103 million in its first venture round since launching in 1995.…

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Technology
Ki Mae Heussner Jan 8, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

With ‘verified certificates,’ Coursera offers model for making money from web classes

Online education startup Coursera has announced that it will charge students $30 to $100 for "verified certificates" that authenticate students' identity and provide a more valuable credential. At launch, the program includes four universities out of the company's nearly three dozen partners.…

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Technology
Ki Mae Heussner Dec 7, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Online learning site Udemy nabs $12M to expand to new platforms, targeted content

Udemy, a San Francisco-based online learning startup, on Friday announced that it had raised $12 million in Series B funding in a round led by Insight Venture Partners. In the past year, the company said revenue has climbed 400 percent.…

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Technology
Ki Mae Heussner Nov 30, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

On online learning site Udemy, quarter of approved teachers earn $10k or more

San Francisco-based online learning startup Udemy says that a quarter of its approved instructors will finish the year with more than $10,000 from sales of their self-created courses on subjects ranging from web development and entrepreneurship to yoga and photography.…

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Technology
Ki Mae Heussner Jul 20, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

How education startup Coursera may profit from free courses

Earlier this week, online ed startup Coursera said it added a dozen new universities and raised an additional $6 million. A contract between the company and a university partner, obtained by the Chronicle of Higher Education, reveals hints about how it plans to profit.…

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Technology
Ki Mae Heussner Jul 6, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Fancy yourself self-taught? LearningJar tracks your informal education

As online classes proliferate, LearningJar, which launched in public beta this week, offers a platform to help people figure out the skills and courses to focus on, track their progress and prove their competence.…

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Technology
Barb Darrow May 2, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

MIT and Harvard say open-source edX can educate a billion people

Charles River neighbors Harvard and MIT are working together on technology to power free, online coursework for students. The two schools will share ownership of the new $60 million edX initiative but the underlying MITx technology will be open-sourced for use by other schools.…

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Technology
Laura Owen Apr 18, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Two startups aim to make higher education more affordable — or free

Higher education costs have skyrocketed by over 430 percent since the 1980s. Now two startups aim to make college courses more affordable. Coursera offers free online courses from universities like Stanford and Princeton. And a new tool from Akademos helps professors find less expensive -- or free -- textbooks for their courses.…

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Media, Technology
Ryan Lawler Mar 2, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Udemy’s Faculty Project nabs 50,000 students and an Ivy league professor

Early results of Udemy's Faculty Project have been pretty successful, with more than 50,000 students signing up for the program. But that's not all: Udemy is also bringing on ever more prestigious faculty, with its first Ivy League professor soon coming on board.…

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Technology
Darrell Etherington Jan 19, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Apple to help “reinvent the curriculum” with new iTunes U

Apple SVP of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue announced a revamp of iTunes U on Thursday, designed to help teachers create full online courses instead of just creating videos or lectures. The new iTunes U will have its own app, which is similar to iBooks.…

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Apple, Technology

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