“Online education startup Udemy today unveiled major changes to its web-based platform, including several new features and an overhaul of the site. Aside from a new responsive design intended to feel at home regardless of the size of your browser, and to provide a speedy experience for Udemy users, the site now offers a number of new features, including a Q&A section attached to every class, and personalized content recommendations to help users find more courses they might be interested in taking.
The Netflix-style recommendations are a particularly useful addition for Udemy, since they’ll help the company drive discovery and share some of the love their top instructors are receiving with the rest of the class.”
You can find out more about the update on the Udemy blog.
“In a way, America itself is violating the Truth in Lending Act. It’s cheering millions of high school graduates toward college every year, feeding them into the debt grinder under the banner of increased opportunity.”
“In a way, America itself is violating the Truth in Lending Act. It’s cheering millions of high school graduates toward college every year, feeding them into the debt grinder under the banner of increased opportunity.”
Georgia Tech, Udacity and AT&T team up to offer the first accredited online Master of Science in Computer Science that students can earn for a fraction of the cost of traditional, on-campus programs.
Georgia Tech, Udacity and AT&T team up to offer the first accredited online Master of Science in Computer Science that students can earn for a fraction of the cost of traditional, on-campus programs.
Stanford to collaborate with edX on developing its open-source platform; the full source code for the platform will be released under the AGPL on June 1, 2013.
Stanford to collaborate with edX on developing its open-source platform; the full source code for the platform will be released under the AGPL on June 1, 2013.
Technology has enabled us to interact, innovate and share in whole new ways. Can this dynamic shift in mindset profoundly change the way we learn in the future?
Technology has enabled us to interact, innovate and share in whole new ways. Can this dynamic shift in mindset profoundly change the way we learn in the future?
This question is posed by a political science professor in a recent essay. Whether you agree with his arguments or not (I don’t), it’s a great article for bringing into discussion what knowledge should be compulsory for all.
This question is posed by a political science professor in a recent essay. Whether you agree with his arguments or not (I don’t), it’s a great article for bringing into discussion what knowledge should be compulsory for all.