Skip to main content

Home/ EDUC 439/639 Social Networking - Fall 2012/ Group items matching "LaureateEducation" in title, tags, annotations or url

Group items matching
in title, tags, annotations or url

Sort By: Relevance | Date Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
Mathieu Plourde

Coursera Raises $43m, LMS and MOOC Collision In Learning Platform Market - 0 views

mfeldstein.com/on-in-learning-platform-market

MOOC Coursera VentureCapital LaureateEducation LMS

shared by Mathieu Plourde on 10 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • Mathieu Plourde on 10 Jul 13
     
    With the new funding, he [Andrew Ng, Coursera co-founder] said, the company plans to focus on several key areas, including: New mobile apps (coming in the next few months) Deeper international expansion through translation and distribution partnerships Opening up Coursera to enable third-party apps and integrations (long term, the plan is to open up APIs, but in the short term they'll enable university partners to integrate other apps with Coursera) New features to encourage more collaboration between students When I pointed this out on Twitter, Burck Smith of StraighterLine got it right when he said "Sounds like an LMS".
Mathieu Plourde

Thunderbird Business School Tries to Calm Dissent Over Deal With For-Profit - Administration - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

chronicle.com/...140837

business school Arizona LaureateEducation woes strategy backlash highered Thunderbird

shared by Mathieu Plourde on 05 Aug 13 - No Cached
  • Mathieu Plourde on 05 Aug 13
     
    Five trustees have bolted from Thunderbird since the $66-million deal was announced, in March, saying the relationship with Laureate will damage the business school's brand and erode academic quality. The move is pending approval by the school's accreditor, the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, in October.
1 - 2 of 2
Showing 20▼ items per page