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Coursera is Evolving into a Third-Wave EdTech Company

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I remember talking to Daphne Koller about this circa 2014 (in front of one of those ridiculous fountains in the Swan and Dolphin Hotel at a Sloan-C conference). The Coursera platform, writ large , connects universities, learners, government agencies, megacorporations, and local employers. 2U might; it’s hard to tell right now.

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EdTech Malaise: “He Not Busy Born is Busy Dying”

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The editor, author, adopting teacher, instructional designer, cognitive science researcher, psychometrician, data scientist, and UX engineer may all work together to develop a unified vision for a product, but more often than not they are like the blind man and the elephant. Today, in 2014. Yes, shift happens. Do you know what did it?