All posts by Cait Etherington
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Should We “Learn with Facebook”? A Troubled Platform Enters the eLearning Market
November 23, 2018 Cait Etherington
Unless you’ve been entirely unplugged for the last year, you have likely heard about Facebook’s growing troubles. The platform, which once appeared to…
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Get XcitEd About EdTech in Helsinki This December
November 22, 2018 Cait Etherington
December’s largest edtech event used to be New York City’s EdTech Week hosted by StartEd. With New York’s EdTech Week now scheduled for June,…
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SNHU and Walgreens Partner to Offer Training to Veterans
November 17, 2018 Cait Etherington
In early November, Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) and Walgreens announced plans to train 5,000 veterans over the next five years for careers…
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There Is Still Time to Enter the Verizon 5G EdTech Challenge
November 16, 2018 Cait Etherington
In September, Verizon launched the Verizon 5G EdTech Challenge in collaboration with the NYC Media Lab. The new challenge invites non-profits “to create powerful,…
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Coursera Launches “AI for Everyone”
November 14, 2018 Cait Etherington
Andrew Ng, co-founder of Coursera and lead player in Google’s Brain Project, thinks everyone needs to understand artificial intelligence (AI). To realize his…
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Could eLearning Help Keep Rural Schools and Districts Open?
November 12, 2018 Cait Etherington
Since the 1930s, the population of the United States has soared, but the same trend has not held true for the nation’s public…
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New NCES Study Confirms Ascendency of Online Learning
November 11, 2018 Cait Etherington
A new study by the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) confirms that online learning is on the rise. The study released in…
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Thirty-Five Years Ago Today, Microsoft Announced the Arrival of Windows
November 10, 2018 Cait Etherington
Remember life before Windows? If you do, you’re dating yourself. Microsoft announced the arrival of Windows on November 10, 1983, though the actual…
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Three Ways Online Education Is Making Higher Education More Affordable
November 10, 2018 Cait Etherington
In an era of rising student debts, a growing number of people are concluding that higher education simply isn’t worth the financial risk.…
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Preply Announces Plans to Expand Its Reach
November 08, 2018 Cait Etherington
As work becomes increasingly global and more people find themselves living in different countries and cultures out of necessity or by choice, it…
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