Tag: Courses
How To Start Using iTunes U In The Classroom
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Ready to take the plunge and start using iTunes U in the classroom? It's not as scary as you think - and many aren't yet using the tool!
Udemy Launches Teach2013 To Bring Big Names To Online Courses
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Could the future of education be taught by industry experts in an online setting? Udemy is trying to find out thanks to their new Teach2013 tool. It's basically a call for experts and thought leaders to teach their own online courses.
The 11 Most Popular Open Online Courses
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it seems that courses taught by celebrities are some of the most-watched MOOCs so far. Here's a look at some of the most popular open online courses.
EdX Unveils A Broader Spring Catalog Of MOOCs
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EdX announced its spring course and module offerings today and there's a bigger focus on humanities and social sciences.
Big Money Rolls Into MOOCs As Udemy Raises $12 Million
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Udemy has officially announced a $12 million Series B round of financing. To give you some perspective, the total funding for Udemy is now at $16 million.
Tech Blog ‘The Next Web’ Just Launched Its Own Online School
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One of my favorite tech and social media blogs has just unveiled its very own online school. The Next Web (TNW) just launched TNW Academy, an online school that lets you take courses from experts in many popular topics from Social Media to SEO.
BenchPrep Offers Spotify-esque ‘All You Can Learn’ Subscriptions
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Subscriptions have come to online learning. Usually, you have to pay for a single course that you want to take (much like brick-and-mortar schools).
10 Interesting Udemy Courses You Should Know About
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From Mark Zuckerberg to Nicole Hennig's recommended apps for librarians, there's an array of topics on Udemy that are perfect for anyone looking to do some high quality online learning. I've identified just a few of my favorite courses after looking through the catalog.
Investors Bet $80 Million On Desire2Learn’s Next-Gen Online Learning Platform
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Watch out Blackboard. There's a new big fish in the pond. Desire2Learn, a Canadian education technology company founded in 1999, has just announced that it's secured $80 million in funding. That's huge for the edtech world.
Rethinking the Course Management System: From Glorified Textbook to Academic Networking Hub
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A few posts ago, EduDemic reported on a research study by the Lab for Social Computing at Rochester Institute of Technology that demonstrated social media having no effect on classroom communications. The results sho...
