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JULY 2018 – NEWSLETTER #7 | More stories at IBLNews.org
EDX SOFTWARE
• Harvard’s LabXchange will re-engineer the Open edX platform to allow instructors to remix content
• EdX engineers are building a transferrable student records tool
• A new XBlock to award badges after an assessment in the course
• EdX creates “Hawthorn Day” to get feedback before releasing its latest code
• The Open edX hawthorn version takes Its final steps before delivery
• Installing and deploying an Open edX instance: A view from the developer and author McDaniel
STRATEGY
• SUNY Buffalo pilots VR integration on the Open edX platform
• Corporations create online institutes to educate external audiences
• IBM’s Cognitive Class Open edX platform explains how it scaled to 1M users
• An edX survey finds a strong appetite for career shifts
• University governance favors the standardization of online programs
INITIATIVES
• Behind the Freshman Year for Free program, with +60,000 learners (Podcast)
• UQx builds tools to expand social polling and collaboration in Open edX
• A free MIT summer online program on STEM courses for high schoolers
• Another self-managed solution with Open edX
COURSES
• MIT’s Supply Chain MicroMaster program on edX achieves a successful result
• HarvardX launches three new CS50 Courses, with Prof. Malan as a lead instructor
• IBM Launches on edX a course about how to build chatbots and make money with them
• A new edition of HarvardX’s “Science & Cooking” course on edX.org with more top chefs
• UC Berkeley launches a blockchain fundamentals program on
edX
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