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9/29/2015

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  • Coursera Survey Pins Down MOOC Benefits

    More than seven in 10 learners report career benefits and more than six in 10 report educational benefits from completing massive open online courses (MOOCs). Participants from developing countries and particularly those with lower socioeconomic status and less education appear to be more likely to report benefits from pursuing MOOCs. Those results and others come out of the first major research survey done among Coursera learners and reported in the Harvard Business Review.

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  • Texas A&M University Launches 48-Hour Game Jam

    The Learning Interactive Visualization Experience Lab at Texas A&M University's Department of Visualization is hosting its second annual 48-hour video game building competition, or "game jam."

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  • Penn State Opens Invention Studio

    Pennsylvania State University is opening a new exploration lab designed to foster student creativity and inventiveness.

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