The NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute added these new features: Skill-based certifications which can be shared online and added to students' resumes Continued access to fully-configured, GPU-accelerated workstations in the cloud Single sign-on (SSO) integration with the NVIDIA free Developer Program (if you’re not a member, you can sign up for free today) Additionally, NVIDIA has recently added several self-paced classes and instructor-led content to its course platform, built on an Open edX – based ecosystem. In terms of number of learners, NVIDIA is on its way to reach the first 100K students by the end of this year. NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute IBL News: NVIDIA Launches its Deep Learning Institute on the Open edX Platform to Train Engineers
To date, over 10 million learners have enrolled so far in Stanford's free online courses, or MOOCs, the University disclosed. (The map above shows where the learners come from). This audience mostly comes from courses hosted on Stanford's Open edX platform, called Lagunita, as well as Coursera's. The courses site, featuring 160 courses, has gone through an extensive redesign, improving its search functionality. “These free public courses give Stanford faculty an opportunity to contribute to the public good in new ways by sharing their unique expertise and scholarship with a broader audience,” said Andy Saltarelli, senior director of instructional design, evaluation and research with VPTL. Additionally, the existing collection of MOOCs has become a complementary study resource for some Stanford students on campus. For example, a recent MOOC, called Sports and the University, was used in two undergraduates courses to help prepare students for in-class discussions and provide content for final projects. Finally, creating MOOCs has given Stanford faculty and instructors an opportunity to explore and advance their teaching on campus. • Stanford News: Stanford's free online classes expand education opportunities worldwide and on campus
This course is the result of an Israeli Government partnership between the Ministry of Social Equality and the Council of Higher Education, as an effort to promote academic and professional education in the country as a way to reduce social gaps and accelerate economic growth. This initiative is conducted through Campus.gov.il, the Israeli National Project for Digital Learning. Campus.gov.il (or Campus-IL) is, at the same time, the flagship project of Digital Israel in the field of digital education. This platform, based on the Open edX software, is led by Shai-Lee Spigelman, CEO of Digital Israel Bureau, Ministry of Social Equality. Unlike the eleven Israel X courses on edX, intended for an English speaking international audience, those at Campus-IL are offered in Hebrew and Arabic and are geared to a local audience of college students and professors, high-schoolers, government workers, adults, job seekers and underprivileged communities. During the 2018 Open edX Conference, last May in Montreal, Eran Raviv, Director of Campus-IL, explained that this platform will allow the State of Israel to save around $60 million per year in teacher training costs. Mr. Raviv showcased an innovative pilot of 31 teacher training MOOCs. Campus-IL currently has over 100 courses in development, 40,000 learners in more than 30 courses, 75,000 unique registered users, and 22 academic institutions as participants. The graphic above shows the six covered areas: • 21st Century Skills • Vocational Training • Government Professional Development • High School Matriculation Prep • Academic Courses The learning opportunities that this project is trying to cover are: • Accessible High School Education and Higher Education • Job Training Opportunities • Professional Development for Public Servants • Developing Life Skills In terms of innovation, Campus-IL is developing now the following projects, IBL News reports: • An online computer science BA degree • Micro-credentials as part of a teachers' training innovative model • A year-long MOOC to replace traditional tests • A free SAT Course • Computer Science courses, offering half of the credits needed for a degree 2018 Open edX Conference: "Teachers Training Micro-Learning Innovative Model: Opportunities and Challenges": Slides – Video Talk
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 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 data-driven, sales enabled learning ecosystems and courses with Open edX. If you enjoy what you read please consider forwarding it to spread the word. Click here to subscribe. Archive: Newsletter #6 Jun 2018 Newsletter #5 May 2018 Newsletter #4 April 2018 Newsletter #3 November 2017 Newsletter #2 Octubre 2017 Newsletter #1 Sept 2017 Read also the latest IBL Newsletter on Learning Innovation
In partnership with IBL Education and Crosswater Digital Media, a Buffalo-based VR content firm, the initiative was conducted by the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at UB on a MOOC pilot of Advanced Manufacturing 4.0 Course Elements. Attendants opened an account on the new UB Open edX platform, enrolled in the Collaborative Robot (Cobot) Safety MOOC, and experienced a 360-degree video by using cardboard goggles. The pilot demonstrated the advanced Cobot functionality. Tim Leyh, Executive Director at the Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE) at UB, used Industry 4.0 as a case to show how mass delivery of immersive VR can impact workforce development. "Last week at the Serious Play Conference, UB demonstrated that Virtual Reality can be delivered via Open edX. This is a “game changer” for higher education," explained Lisa Stephens, Assistant Dean to Digital Education and Strategist in Academic Innovation at SUNY. "Open edX clearly offers significant advantages for the future growth of this collaboration," she added. [Disclose: IBL Education is contractually engaged with SUNY University at Buffalo].
