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Google partners with Udacity to launch Android development nanodegree<\/a><\/strong> — from techcrunch.com by Frederic Lardinois<\/p>\n Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n At its I\/O developer conference in San Francisco, Google announced [on 5\/28\/15] that it has partnered\u00a0with Udacity to launch a six-course Android development nanodegree.<\/p>\n The idea here is to help developers learn how to write apps for Google\u2019s mobile operating system \u201cthe right way\u201d up to the point where they could potentially be hired by Google itself.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Udemy alternatives for selling video courses online<\/strong><\/a> — from robcubbon.com<\/p>\n Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n Udemy is currently the leading online learning platform.\u00a0Their\u00a0top 10 instructors all made\u00a0over $500,000 last year and the top earner makes over $8 million. I\u00a0make\u00a0$4000+ each month by selling courses on Udemy.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 16 startups poised to disrupt the education market<\/a><\/strong><\/span> — from inc.com by Ilan Mochari <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n .<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n New MOOC Platform Provides Free IT Certification Courses<\/strong> <\/a>— from campustechnology.com by Rhea Kelly<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ideo U<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yieldr Academy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lessons Go Where<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ClassDo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Udemy<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n C-Suite TV.com<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Simon & Schuster to sell online courses taught by popular authors<\/strong><\/a> — from nytimes.com by Alexandra Alter; with thanks to Sidneyeve Matrix for her Tweet on this<\/a><\/p>\n Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n Simon & Schuster is making a push into paid online video, with a new website offering online courses from popular health, finance and self-help authors.<\/p>\n The cost of the first batch of online courses ranges from $25 to $85, and includes workbooks and access to live question-and-answer sessions with three authors: Dr. David B. Agus, the best-selling author of \u201cThe End of Illness\u201d; Zhena Muzyka, who wrote the self-help book \u201cLife by the Cup\u201d; and Tosha Silver, the author of the spiritual advice book \u201cOutrageous Openness.\u201d The courses will be available on the authors\u2019 individual websites and on the company\u2019s new site, SimonSays.<\/p>\n .<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n .<\/span><\/p>\n The real revolution in online education isn\u2019t MOOCs<\/strong><\/a> — from hbr.org by Michelle Weise<\/p>\n Excerpt (emphasis DSC):<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Something is clearly wrong when only 11% <\/a>of business leaders \u2014 compared to 96%<\/a> of chief academic officers \u2014 believe that graduates have the requisite skills for the workforce. It\u2019s therefore unlikely that business leaders are following closely what\u2019s going on in higher education. Even the latest hoopla around massive open online courses (MOOCs) amounts to more of the same: academics designing courses that correspond with their own interests rather than the needs of the workforce, but now doing it online.<\/p>\n But there is a new wave of online competency-based learning providers that has absolutely nothing to do with offering free, massive, or open courses. In fact, they\u2019re not even building courses per se, but creating a whole new architecture of learning that has serious implications for businesses and organizations around the world.<\/p>\n It\u2019s called online competency-based education<\/strong><\/span>, and it\u2019s going to revolutionize the workforce. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n worldacademy.tv<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Addendum on 6\/3\/15:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Disrupting Higher Education<\/strong><\/a> — from Campus Technology Excerpts:<\/em><\/p>\n Also, traditional colleges and universities have turned away from the growing population of \u201cnonconsumers\u201d who need workforce skills. Only one in five freshmen actually have that residential college experience that we tend to glorify, she said. Close to 71 percent of students are what we now call non-traditional students, but which are fast becoming the norm.<\/p>\n These kinds of students are \u201coverserved\u201d by those bundled services of traditional brick-and-mortar institutions, she said. Many feel underprepared for the workforce, and they\u2019re looking for something different.<\/p>\n \u201cHigher education institutions are now competing with organizations they have never even heard of,\u201d Weise said. \u201cThese are organizations that are really getting at the inadequacies of the system…. things like coding boot camps, where you can pay $10,000 to $20,000, spend six to 12 weeks learning to code, and get recruited by places like Google or Facebook and start earning about six figures…. Your shot at getting a job is better than if you went to law school.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is just to emphasize that it\u2019s not who you think you\u2019re competing with,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Per Michelle Weise\u00a0 p. 8 pf 45<\/a><\/p>\n IBM-Affiliated Brooklyn School Graduates Its First Students Ahead of Schedule With Both High School & College STEM Degrees<\/strong><\/a> — from finance.yahoo.com and the PR Newswire Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n BROOKLYN, N.Y., June 2, 2015 \/PRNewswire\/ — Six students from Brooklyn are graduating from P-TECH (Pathways in Technology Early College High School) two years early with both their high school diplomas and college degrees in computer systems technology, fast tracking through the nation’s first school that blends public high school, community college, and work experience into one.<\/p>\n Addendums on 7\/1\/15:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n What you don’t get is a huge student loan debt.<\/span> Udacity classes start at $1,200 for a six-month program. The fees have actually helped with online classes’ biggest problem: High dropout rates. Turns out, more people stick with classes if they have to pay for them.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Addendum on 7\/24\/15:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n HowZone Collaborative Learning Communities<\/strong><\/a>\u2122<\/strong><\/a> What We Do:<\/strong> Addendums on 7\/24\/15 — with thanks to Thomas Frey for his posting<\/a> mentioning these resources .<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Addendum 8\/7\/15:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Addendums on 8\/26\/15:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Addendum on 10\/15\/15:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
\nColleges and universities are facing new competition for customers–students and their parents–from startups delivering similar goods (knowledge, credentials, prestige) more affordably and efficiently. Here’s a rundown of some of those startups.<\/em><\/p>\n![\"bootcamp-datascience-NY-june2015\"](\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bootcamp-datascience-NY-june2015.jpg\")
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\nHere\u2019s why business leaders should care: the resulting stackable credential reveals identifiable skillsets and dispositions that mean<\/em> something to an employer. As opposed to the black box of the diploma, competencies lead to a more transparent system that highlights student-learning outcomes.<\/p>\n\n
\nStudents seeking to build technical skills and credentials are enrolling in nanodegree programs.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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\nSkillshare is an online video platform that allows anyone to sign up and teach a class. The company has proved adept at recruiting experts to teach on its website. Aside from Ms. Orlean\u2019s class on creative nonfiction<\/a>, the website has a class on visual storytelling<\/a> from the design maven Debbie Millman and a marketing course<\/a> taught by the entrepreneur Seth Godin. At one point, it even offered screenwriting instruction<\/a> from James Franco.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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\nCan colleges and universities break out of traditional models and compete with the disruptive forces <\/em>changing the nature of higher ed?<\/em><\/p>\n
\nYoung trailblazers pave way for national education model for tens of thousands of students<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n
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\nUdacity has abandoned the idea of giving classes away to huge numbers of people in favor of “nanodegrees”\u2014boot-camp style, short-term programs with a laser-like focus on preparing students for a career.<\/span> Nanodegree subjects include Web developer, Android developer, iOS developer … you get the picture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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\nRather than trying to get universities to shape up, we should recognize that the SPOC (Small and Private Online Courses) model will flourish best outside the confines of today’s campus environment. In small, private forums, pioneers who want to pursue wisdom can find a radically alternate education \u2014 strikingly contemporary, yet deeply rooted in the ancient practice of conversational exegesis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n<\/span>Connecting you with people from around the world who are passionate about the same topics as you.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nHowZone connects people around topics of shared interest and gives them tools to help each other learn<\/a>. Beginners get the foundational knowledge they need and experts get special ways to take their expertise as far as they want to go.<\/p>\n
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