Coursera Raises $16 Million To Bring Free Online Education to Millions The Internet is revolutionizing education, as several companies and organizations disrupt the online education space including Open Yale, Open Culture, Khan Academy, Academic Earth, P2PU, Skillshare, Scitable and Skype in the Classroom. The Internet has changed how we interact with time and each other. We can be learning all the time now, whenever we want, and wherever we want. For the past year, renowned Stanford University professors Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng have experimented with new online learning tools like videos, quizzes and peer-to-peer platforms to teach free classes to just under a million students. “Imagine a future where top university professors in the country are teaching not just hundreds of thousands of students but hundreds of millions,” says Andrew Ng. Features on Coursera include: A common issue raised against online education is the importance of quality, which many believe can’t be successfully scaled and can’t be generated by computers. olly via shutterstock
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Chrysler outs in-vehicle wireless charger for mobile devices Chrysler's Mopar Division has revealed an in-vehicle wireless charging system for mobile devices that's set to make its debut in the 2013 Dodge Dart later this year Image Gallery (3 images) We've eagerly followed the evolution of the wireless charging technology for mobile devices here at Gizmag, from its very early incarnations right through to the very latest developments. Even though you can't really argue with the potential usefulness of such technology, they've almost universally been restricted to home or office use and not where most of our device batteries actually let us down - out on the road. Chrysler's Mopar Division has developed a wireless charging system that sits in the central console of a car, which juices up the battery of any mobile device placed on the mat. The technology is to make its debut in the forthcoming 2013 Dodge Dart. A brief overview of the system is given in the following video from Chrysler's YouTube channel: Sources: Mopar and Chrysler About the Author
The Big Idea That Can Revolutionize Higher Education: 'MOOC' - Laura McKenna - Business Massive open online courses combine the best of college -- exceptional instruction -- with the best of technology -- online interactive learning. Is this the future of efficient, effective education? Reuters In the historic sweep of technology, higher education stands apart as a bastion of old-fashioned thinking. Daphne Koller, a professor of Computer Science at Stanford University and the co-founder of Coursera, a free online classroom, believes that Hennessy is right. Coursera is a massive online open classroom -- or MOOC -- that operates in conjunction with four top universities - Stanford, University of Pennsylvania, the University of Michigan, and Princeton. Earlier this month, Coursera was joined by another Ivy League MOOC, edX. Students who complete the course would be offered a certificate, rather than college credit. Offer high-quality products at a low price, consumers tend to notice. These classes seem to attract a largely international student body.
Khan Academy Stanford Professors Launch Online University Coursera - Liz Gannes There seems to be something in the water at Stanford University that’s making faculty members leave their more-than-perfectly-good jobs and go teach online. Coursera co-founders Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller Stanford computer science professors Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng are on leave to launch Coursera, which will offer university classes for free online, in partnership with top schools. Mountain View, Calif. Compared to Udacity, a similar start-up from former Stanford professor Sebastian Thrun that’s creating its own classes, Coursera helps support its university partners in creating their own courses, which are listed under each school’s brand. Some might doubt that universities would want to share their prized content for free online with a start-up, but Coursera has already signed up Princeton, Stanford, the University of Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania as partners, with a set of classes launching April 23.
4 Tools for Finding the Perfect Job When you're on the job hunt, it's easy to take an "anything will work" approach to the scope of your search. Everyone remembers the grade-school saying "beggars can't be choosers," but it's not enjoyable to be saddled with a job that's not a good fit. Here's some good news: There are simple tools that will not only ensure the jobs you're applying to are great fits for your personality but also customize your current job portfolio to give you an edge. There are so many ways to find out whether the job you're applying for suits your skills and work style, and plenty that require no cost to use. Here's a roundup of four tools that can give you the edge in finding the perfect job. Have you used these services to get your dream job? 1. It's easy to think of a potential employer as the venerable "man behind the curtain." Resunate attempts to get rid of the curtain altogether by showing users just how their resumes look to a recruiter or potential employer. 2. 3. 4. Social Media Job Listings
Monday Start-Up: Lessons Learned from Air Travel | TheWorkingWardrobe.com As some of you may know via my Twitter stream, I flew to Chicago for work last Monday and am checked in with bags packed to head back to New York this morning. It has been a whirlwind of a trip as most work trips are, but mostly what I wanted to share with everyone is a lesson that I learned from air travel during my flight last week. For some background, I am quite an organized person. Granted some may call it organized chaos (pay no attention to the number of sticky note apps on my MacBook). I have never done anything like this before – especially involving my beloved iPad. Dear readers, I have nothing but wonderful things to say about James who works at Midway Airport’s baggage claims area for Air Tran. What’s even more impressive is the next day, Air Tran’s manager of baggage services from the Jacksonville Airport called me to get my information to FedEx me my iPad.
Online courses could lead to big changes Online education is getting a sudden burst of media attention. That’s because the two biggest brands in the business — Harvard and MIT — announced a multimillion-dollar program to deliver some courses online. And since these schools are widely admired, other colleges and universities are asking questions about what they should be doing with online learning. But this leads to a fundamental question: Why do people go to college? What’s all the online-education fuss about? Does this sound like an irresistible offer to you? So if pricing is a market signal, what message is the free edX sending out to consumers and suppliers of higher education? What Harvard and MIT and the other globally leading schools offer students are two priceless assets: branding and professional networks. And maybe this explains why some of the best are starting their own companies to commercialize the brands they have forged in top universities. But programs like edX raise another question: Would CEOs like Mr.
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