Future of Work AI can now tell your boss what skills you lack—and how you can get them Coursera is unveiling a new machine learning tool to show companies what skills their employees are acquiring from its classes and their level of expertise. by Elizabeth Woyke 2018-08-07T10:45:00-04:00
Future of Work Best Online Classes for Job Skills Codecademy, Coursera, edX, and Udacity reveal their most popular courses of 2017 and what they think will trend in 2018. by Elizabeth Woyke 2017-12-29T00:00:00-05:00
Artificial Intelligence Andrew Ng’s Next Trick: Training a Million AI Experts Millions of people should master deep learning, says a leading AI researcher and educator. by Will Knight 2017-08-08T11:00:00-04:00
Business Impact Online Education Pioneer Boots Up a Jobs Program for the Tech Industry Sebastian Thrun helped stoke the hype around massive online open college courses—but has pivoted his own startup to focus on vocational training instead. by Tom Simonite 2016-12-14T00:00:00-05:00
Connectivity Sebastian Thrun on the Future of Learning Udacity cofounder and CEO Sebastian Thrun says more AI is coming to online education, but we’ll still need humans to grade our English essays. by Rachel Metz 2013-07-19T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines As Data Floods In, Massive Open Online Courses Evolve As online education companies track students’ behavior and experiment with different delivery methods, assumptions about effectiveness are being challenged. by Tom Simonite 2013-06-05T00:00:00-04:00
News Online Learning and Upheavals in Social Networks This year, the Web was dominated by online education, shifting social networks, and the continued march toward mobile. by Rachel Metz 2012-12-28T00:00:00-05:00
Business Impact In Online Exams, Big Brother Will Be Watching How can you tell if an online student has done the work? That’s where webcam proctoring comes in. by Brian Bergstein 2012-11-16T00:00:00-05:00
Business Impact Online Courses Put Pressure on Universities in Poorer Nations How a teacher in El Salvador became an advocate of massive open online courses, and why hardly anyone listens to him yet. by Antonio Regalado 2012-11-12T00:00:00-05:00
Business Impact Ivy League 2.0 or Just Another Pets.com? The Minerva Project aims to create a high-status online university. Instead, it may be the sign of a venture-capital bubble in online education. by Lee Gomes 2012-11-09T00:00:00-05:00