All posts by Henry Kronk
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2U Continues to Sign New Clients, Despite Summer Setbacks
October 08, 2019 Henry Kronk
2U Inc. has had a busy fall semester. In the month of September alone, the revenue-sharing OPM announced a new online Master’s in…
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6 Insights You Can Gain from Student Social Networks
October 04, 2019 Henry Kronk
Learning—whether online or in-person—is a fundamentally social process. The advent of social media and discussion forums in learning management systems makes the social…
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Study Finds 37% of Latin American Students Who Used ISAs to Pay for College Had No Other Options
October 03, 2019 Henry Kronk
Income share agreements are among the most controversial topics in higher education today. The agreements involve financial institutions funding a student’s education in…
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Kenzie Academy, Which Trains Midwesterners for Jobs in Tech, Announces $7.8 M in Series A
October 02, 2019 Henry Kronk
Since emerging in the early 2010s, coding bootcamps and other fast-paced alternatives to undergraduate degrees have typically placed their focus on the coasts.…
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Knowable Wants to Bring Online Learning to the Podcast Format
October 01, 2019 Henry Kronk
The field of online education has long been dominated by a mix of media. Whether synchronous or flexible, long or short, paid or…
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The Ethics Guiding Student Data Collection and Behavioral Modeling Are Eroding
September 29, 2019 Henry Kronk
As we progress further into the digital age, an industry has rapidly evolved in American education. It implicates students who might still be…
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D2L CEO John Baker: “We’re Leveraging AI to Make the Educational Experience More Human.”
September 25, 2019 Henry Kronk
In 1999, a student at the University of Waterloo (based in Waterloo, Ontario) by the name of John Baker founded a company with…
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46% of American Adults without a Degree Want More Education and Workforce Training
September 24, 2019 Henry Kronk
Among American adults who do not hold a college degree, just under half (46%) expressed a desire for further workforce training and professional…
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Michael Moore Walked Away from an IT Job to Learn to Code with Mined Minds. It Didn’t Go Well.
September 23, 2019 Henry Kronk
“With [Mined Minds and Amanda Laucher], truth is always skin deep. She says things that are technically true, but you know, only skin…
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Learning Math with Virtual Vs. Physical Blocks: How Do Kids Fare?
September 19, 2019 Henry Kronk
More and more around the world, kids are using digital technology to learn concepts that have previously been taught with analog material. Virtual…
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