Category: Open edX Newsletter

Open edX | July 2019: HarvardX’s Blockstore, Boeing, MITx, Coursera, Google…

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JULY 2019 – NEWSLETTER #18 | More breaking news at IBL News

Open edX

• The Next Evolutionary Step in MOOCs Will Be ‘Blockstore’, Says Robert Lue, from Harvard

• Open edX Posts Videos of All Talks from Their Recent Conference

edX

• A Detailed Study of Boeing Shows Learners’ Engagement and Performance on an edX MOOC

• An Innovative, Stackable Online Master’s in Supply Chain Management from ASU On edX

• MITx Prepares 30 New MOOCs and Builds with Other Universities a Blockchain System for Credentials

• Half of the Employees That Need to Re-Skill Don’t Ask for Help, an edX Survey Finds

COURSERA

• “Coursera’s Business Challenge Is Getting Predictably High Revenue Growth,” Says Its CEO

• A Billionaire Will Cover the Cost of Coursera’s Illinois Data Science Master’s Degree for His Employees

• Coursera’s Google IT Support Certificate Program Gets a Good Response

• Coursera Matches Its Global Skills Index Research With Courses and Specialists

• An English Course to Teach Foreigners on Career Development Reaches 320K Learners

INDUSTRY

• Udacity Launches a Program On AI to Train Non-Engineers

• View: A MOOC Platform Catalog is No-Marketing. Leveraging Institutional Networks Is Key

2019 UPCOMING EVENTS

• Education Calendar –  JULY  | AUGUST | SEPTEMBER |  OCT–DEC 2019

This newsletter about Open edX is a monthly report compiled by the IBL News staff, in collaboration with IBL Education, a New York City-based company that builds AI analytics-driven, revenue-oriented learning ecosystems, and courses with Open edX and other educational software.

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July 6, 2019
Open edX | June 2019: Stanford, UBx, LTI 1.3, Coursera, Udacity…

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JUNE 2019 – NEWSLETTER #17 |  More breaking news at IBL News

Open edX

• Open edX Issues Ironwood.2, a New Release of Its Platform

• UBx, University at Buffalo’s Continuing Education Open edX-Based Platform, Expands with New Courses

• A Fascinating Free Course About Beethoven’s Music from Stanford University

• The Open edX Software Ranks #36 on GitHub’s Top 100 Projects

edX

• Chatbots Gain Traction Among Businesses – Now a Course About Them on edX

• Afghanistan’s Ministry of Higher Education Creates AfghanX and Joins the edX Consortium

COURSERA

• Illinois Shuts Down its Traditional MBA and Focuses into Online’s iMBA

• What’s Next for Coursera and FutureLearn? Insights Revealed at the EMOOCS Conference

• Coursera Expands into Canada by Opening an Engineering Office

UDACITY

• Georgia Tech Will Deploy this Summer an Improved Version of its AI-Based Teacher Assistant

• Analysis: Sebastian Thrun, Creates the University of Silicon Valley and the Fourth Degree

• Sebastian Thrun Told Harvey Mudd Graduates to “Stay Curious and Always Believe in Themselves”

• Udacity Offers Two Programs to Train Cloud Engineers on AWS

INDUSTRY

• The New Standard LTI 1.3, which Allows Interoperability of Grades and Assignments, Excites the Industry

• The Good and the Bad: Choose the Best OPM, According to Dr. Chuck

2019 UPCOMING EVENTS

• Education Calendar –    JUNE  |  JULY  |  AUG – DEC 2019

This newsletter about Open edX is a monthly report compiled by the IBL News staff, in collaboration with IBL Education, a New York City-based company that builds AI analytics-driven, revenue-oriented learning ecosystems, and courses with Open edX and other educational software.

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June 10, 2019
Open edX | May 2019: Harvard’s Blockstore, Jupyter, MITx, Blockchain…

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MAY 2019 – NEWSLETTER #16 |  More breaking news at IBL News

INITIATIVES

• Harvard’s Blockstore Technology Will Enable Personalized Learning on Open edX

• Open Resources Such as Jupyter and Open edX Transform STEM Education, Proves Prof. Barba

ACADEMIA

• “Finding a Positive Synergy between MIT’s MOOCs and Learning on Campus”

• Starting in Online Learning: How Rochester Institute of Technology Navigates

• Up-skilling for Today’s Workforce: a Perspective from Lisa Stephens, SUNY

COURSES

• Interview with Dr. Charles Severance, World’s Python Professor

• “Transparent AI Will Revolutionize Online Learning”

VIEWS

• Decentralization & Blockchain on Open edX: Sharing Without Needing Trust

• Few Impactful AI Developments On Education At Scale

2019 UPCOMING EVENTS

• Education Calendar –    MAY  |  JUNE  |  JULY  |  AUG – DEC 2019

This newsletter about Open edX is a monthly report compiled by the IBL News staff, in collaboration with IBL Education, a New York City-based company that builds AI analytics-driven, revenue-oriented learning ecosystems, and courses with Open edX and other educational software.

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May 10, 2019
Open edX | April 2019: A Successful Conference, NVIDIA, MIT, UC San Diego, Ironwood…

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APRIL 2019 – NEWSLETTER #15 |  More breaking news at IBL News

STRATEGY

• A successful Open edX conference in San Diego. 2020’s will be in Portugal

• edX says that it’s committed to advance mass personalization

• edX plans to change the economics of customer acquisition and retention in the OPM industry

COURSES

• NVIDIA’s DLI reaches 120,000 learners and launches new courses on Data Science

• MIT’s ‘Intro to CS Using Python’ on edX reaches 1.2 million enrollments

• NYU Engineering offers a MicroMasters in Integrated Media on edX

SOFTWARE

• The Open edX platform will allow accessing course content without registration

• UC San Diego announces its Caliper Analytics integration with Open edX

• The Open edX Ironwood version is out

• Jupyter Cloud XBlock for Open edX via Google Colab

COMMUNITY

• “We are moving towards a more inclusive, comprehensive Open edX community”

• Open edX starts a series of podcasts interviewing leaders in online education

2019 UPCOMING EVENTS

• Education Calendar –   APRIL  |  MAY  |  JUNE  |  JULY  |  AUG – DEC 2019

This newsletter about Open edX is a monthly report compiled by the IBL News staff, in collaboration with IBL Education, a New York City-based company that builds AI analytics-driven, revenue-oriented learning ecosystems, and courses with Open edX and other educational software.

April 15, 2019
Open edX | March 2019: Upcoming Conference, MIT, Jupyter, Edraak…

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FEBRUARY – MARCH 2019 – NEWSLETTER #14 | More breaking news at IBL News

OPEN EDX

• Open edX Conference’s Schedule: 10 Key Sessions

• Ten 5-Min Talks of Open edX Vendors to Attend

• Ironwood, The Latest Open edX Version, To Be Released Soon

INITIATIVES

• An Open Book to Empower Using Jupyter for Teaching

• Edraak Launches its School Learning for K-12 Children in the Arab World

• EdCast Acquires Leapest, a European B2B Training Specialist

COURSES & PROGRAMS

• A MOOC to Deal with a Post-Truth World Developed by SUNY

• Dr. Chuck’s MOOC on Python Is Now Also on edX.org

• Looking for the Right Name for the MOOC-based Degrees

MIT

• MITx Granted 1,277 Credentials on its Supply Chain MicroMasters

• MIT Issues 2,000 Blockchain-Based Certificates

• A Free MIT Course for Practitioners on Competency-Based Education

2019 UPCOMING EVENTS

• Education Calendar 2019 –   FEB | MARCH | APRIL | MAY | JUNE – DEC 2019

This newsletter about Open edX is a monthly report compiled by the IBL News staff, in collaboration with IBL Education, a New York City-based company that builds AI analytics-driven, revenue-oriented learning ecosystems, and courses with Open edX and other educational software.

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March 1, 2019
Open edX | January 2019: Ironwood, XuetangX, Duke, MOOC-based Degrees…

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JANUARY 2018 – NEWSLETTER #13 | More breaking news at IBL News

OPEN EDX SOFTWARE

• EdX Starts the Process to Release “Ironwood”, the Next Version of its Open Source Platform

• The Open edX Platform Faces a Huge Upgrade into Python 3

OPEN EDX INITIATIVES

• XuetangX, China’s Open edX Platform, Reaches 16M Learners

• Duke University Ditches Open edX and Moves to Sakai

EDX INC.

• EdX Launches a Promotional Website About its Open Source Platform

• edX’s Tax Returns Form Shows an Increase in Directors’ Salaries

• edX Will Invest Another $1.8M in Fostering Digital Bachelors’ Degrees

COURSES & PROGRAMS

• Microsoft Releases a Course About Azure Stack

• Top 2018 HarvardX Courses: CS, Data Science, Buddhism, Pyramids and Architecture

• MOOCs Will Evolve Into Online Degrees

2019 UPCOMING EVENTS

• Education Calendar – JAN | FEB | MARCH | APRIL | MAY – DEC 2019

This newsletter about Open edX is a monthly report compiled by the IBL News staff, in collaboration with IBL Education, a New York City-based company that builds AI analytics-driven, revenue-oriented learning ecosystems, and courses with Open edX and other educational software.

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January 28, 2019
Newsletter about Open edX | December 2018: HarvardX, MIT, edX.org, Anant Agarwal…

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DECEMBER 2018 – NEWSLETTER #12 | More stories at IBL News

OPEN EDX

• MIT’s Private Open edX Platform Used by 99% of Students on Campus

• Harvard University Enhances its DART Tool to Reuse edX Content on Campus

• EdCast Open edX Provider Raises $33.6 Million

EDX.ORG

• EdX Begins to Charge for Access to Graded Assessments

• Anant Agarwal and Larry Hedge Each Receive $1.8M in a Prize Set by a Chinese Philanthropist

COURSES & PROGRAMS

• Insights on Georgia Tech’s Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity on edX.org

• A How-To Course on edX About Amazon SageMaker and Machine Learning

• edX MicroMasters Program Wins Employability Award

TRENDS

• MOOCs Are Dead, Welcome MOOC-Based Degrees

• Reinventing the College Degree: A Future with Modular Credentials

• O’Reilly Media Won’t Organize the 2019 JupyterCon Event

2019 UPCOMING EVENTS

• Education Calendar – JAN | FEB | MARCH | APRIL

This newsletter about Open edX is a monthly report compiled by the IBL News staff, in collaboration with IBL Education, a New York City-based company that builds AI analytics-driven, revenue-oriented learning ecosystems, and courses with Open edX.

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December 30, 2018
Open edX | November 2018: edX.org, NYU, Imperial College, Microsoft, MITx…

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NOVEMBER 2018 – NEWSLETTER #11 | More stories at IBL News

OPEN EDX PLATFORM

• Open edX-Based Freshman Year for Free Initiative Reaches 100,000 Students Milestone

• Reach of the edX.org and Open edX Platform In Numbers

EDX.ORG

• Three Professors from Queensland University Awarded with the 2018 edX Prize

• NYU, Western Governors and HEC Montreal Join the edX Consortium

COURSES

• Microsoft Launches a Series of 10 Courses about Cybersecurity on edX.org

• A Course from Imperial College on edX to Help Investors Understand Climate Risk

INITIATIVES

• EdX Studies the Viability of the MicroBachelors New Credential

• MITx Displays Videos from Courses on edX on Its New YouTube Channel

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Education Calendar

This newsletter about Open edX is a monthly report compiled by the IBL News staff, in collaboration with IBL Education, a New York City-based company that builds AI analytics-driven, revenue-oriented learning ecosystems, and courses with Open edX.

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November 30, 2018
Open edX | October 2018: YouTube, Harvard, Microsoft, Columbia…

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OCTOBER 2018 – NEWSLETTER #10 | More stories at IBL News

INITIATIVES

• YouTube will invest $20M on educational content, and will partner with portals, including edX.org

• EdX will participate in Cyber NYC, an initiative intended to dominate cybersecurity

COURSES

• A Harvard course on edX will teach to build a machine learning algorithm

• Microsoft and edX will produce courses on education transformation

• Columbia releases a MOOC to help veterans transition to college

MASTER’S

• Indiana University launches two Master’s degree programs on edX.org

• EdX launches nine Master’s degree programs at $10K-$23K

• MIT – edX MicroMasters adds Harvard Extension School and four more institutions

SOFTWARE

• Restarting the platform and other Advice Managing Open edX

OPINION

• Analysis: Build vs Buy vs Open edX

• Opinion: Artificial Intelligence will reshape education

• Opinion: Education as a marketing tool for software companies

• Opinion: Modularize and repurpose your learning content

This newsletter about Open edX is a monthly report compiled by the IBL News journalist staff, in collaboration with IBL Education, a New York City-based company that builds AI analytics-driven, revenue-oriented learning ecosystems and courses with Open edX.

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November 1, 2018
Open edX | September 2018: MIT, Anant Agarwal, TU Delft, United Nations…

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SEPTEMBER 2018 – NEWSLETTER #9 | More stories at IBL News

PLATFORMS

• Global Knowledge launches a new hybrid format on its Open edX platform

• FUN Open edX platform’s revenue streams to achieve financial sustainability

SOFTWARE

• edX recommends upgrading its Open edX platform to Hawthorn.2

• Overseas freelancers offer to install basic Open edX for $160

• Opinion: Jupyter is a surprisingly powerful teaching tool which works well with Open edX

COURSES & PROGRAMS

• TU Delft reaches the two million learners milestone

• MIT’s introductory course about computer science on edX reaches 1.2M online learners

• United Nation’s sustainable development courses on edX.org

• The 2018 best edX instructors

ANANT AGARWAL

• Anant Agarwal wins the Yidan Prize for his work with the edX platform

• Anant Agarwal’s column: How MOOCs help the skills transformation issue

This newsletter about Open edX is a monthly report compiled by the IBL News journalist staff, in collaboration with IBL Education, a New York City-based company that builds AI analytics-driven, revenue-oriented learning ecosystems, and courses with Open edX.

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October 2, 2018