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NOVEMBER 2019 – NEWSLETTER #28 | More breaking news at IBL News | Noticias en Español
Learning At Scale
• Coursera’s Blockbuster Classes of 2019: Preeminence of AI, with 2M Enrollments
• Two Professors from Dartmouth and IMT of France Awarded After their ‘C Programming with Linux’ Course
Higher Ed
• Mid-Wage Jobs Will Be Squeezed by AI Unless They Adapt by Honing Skills
• Virginia Will Invest $1 Billion to Graduate 31,000 Computer Scientists Over the Next 20 Years
• Another Letter from President Reif to the MIT Community
• A Spanish University Builds a Futuristic Eco-Campus with Outside Classrooms
Initiatives
• With a Unique Business Model, Guild Hits $1 Billion Valuation After Raising $157 M
• An Amazon Marketplace for K-12 Educators Who Want to Sell Their Teaching Materials
Conferences
• The Open Education Conference Falls Apart, Leaving a Community of Passionate OER Supporters
• ISTE Conference Organizer Absorbs EdSurge Media – Investors Won’t Be Rewarded
Wall Street: Instructure, 2U
• Instructure Announces It Is Exploring to Sell the Company – Estimated to be Worth $2.5B
• Sachem Head Becomes One of the Top Shareholders of 2U and Advocates for a Sale
• An Influential Hedge Fund Pushes Instructure’s Canvas LMS to Sell Its Business
• 2U Exceeds Wall Street Expectations With Its Third-Quarter Results
2019 Upcoming Events
• Education Calendar – NOVEMBER | DECEMBER | JAN – JUNE 2020
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