ONLINE EDUCATION
edX | February 15, 2023
On February 14, 2023, edX, an online learning platform, announced its extension with Amazon Web Services AWS to launch its first Professional Certification program in Cloud Solutions Architecture on the edX platform. This program provides the knowledge and skills needed for a successful career in cloud architecture and prepares learners for the Associate exam of AWS Certified Solutions Architect.
edX has been working with AWS since 2017, providing more than 30 AWS courses on its platform to about 300,000 learners worldwide, based on various topics ranging from DevOps to Building Modern Python Applications on AWS. They are accessible to all professionals worldwide to upgrade their skills and learn new professional skills for the cloud-based services on AWS. With this newly launched program on edX, learners can enhance their critical professional skills in the trending and growing field of cloud computing.
President of Partnerships at edX, Andrew Hermalyn, said, "Cloud computing is an enduring and critical skill set that tech professionals across industries can use to secure and build meaningful careers." He added, "The new Professional Certificate program in Cloud Solutions Architecture on edX will give 48 million learners around the globe the opportunity to pursue a valuable, employer-recognized credential that can drive real career impact in an accessible and affordable format."
(Source – Cision PR Newswire)
Vice President of Training and Certification at AWS, Maureen Lonergan, said, "The scarcity of individuals with cloud skills is a major concern for our AWS Partners and customers, and hiring the necessary talent continues to pose a real challenge to the industry." She added, "Through our cloud training and education programs, we are preparing diverse learners for in-demand cloud roles around the world. With edX, we are reinventing how talent is cultivated, trained, and retained and building a pipeline of cloud talent for the future."
(Source – Cision PR Newswire)
About edX
edX, an e-learning solutions provider, has been helping learners worldwide to enhance their skills and potential since 2012. Harvard and MIT universities came together to establish this platform. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is a 2U company supporting about 48 million learners with their educational goals. It connects universities and companies for free and open courses, boot camps, professional certificates, credit-based micro-credentials, and graduate and undergraduate degrees. It offers purpose-driven online programs in various fields like healthcare, science, technology, social work, education, and sustainability.
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TALENT DEVELOPMENT
EdisonLearning | February 17, 2023
EdisonLearning, a provider of digital learning solutions for K-12 grade students, has recently announced its partnership with Game Learning, to bring online learning to life. Through this partnership, it is adding an interactive educational gaming curriculum to its online, blended learning content.
It will be providing educational video games to PK-8 students and schools for subjects like Math, History, Science and English. These games are compatible with individual learning preferences and capabilities of students like auditory, visual and kinesthetics. The strategy of playing these games includes life simulation, turn-based, role-playing, and real-time.
The variety of styles and different approaches to gaming will provide opportunities to engage, entertain and learn. This curriculum is accessible on tablets or desktops without the requirement of a high-speed connection. They are designed in a way that they can be used at home, in the classroom, during after-school programs and in travel.
Founder and CEO of Game Learning Matt Massman said, "Our games use a variety of play styles to maximize online learning engagement. Because our games feel like real games, instead of online textbooks, students engage more deeply while developing a love of learning. This lays the foundation for lifelong learning".
(Source – Cision PR Newswire)
President and CEO of EdisonLearning, Mr. Jackson, said, "EdisonLearning has always sought ways to incorporate new instruments of learning to engage and motivate current and future generations of young people." He added, "Game-based learning upgrades a student's capacity to learn new ideas, different concepts, and retain them – and most of all, make learning fun."
(Source – Cision PR Newswire)
About EdisonLearning
Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, EdisonLearning, an e-learning solutions provider, is connecting schools, educators, educational content, and students for upliftment. It has brought remarkable innovation to the public education system of the United States. It offers services for online middle and high school learning, e-courses, online learning, virtual learning, alternative education, blended learning, drop-out recovery and prevention, school management, and school turnaround. It is a minority-owned education company making online and blended learning courses for middle and high school students, with certification from National Minority Supplier Development Council for bona fide Minority Business Enterprise (MBE).
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EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
Jones & Bartlett Learning | February 03, 2023
On February 02, 2023, Jones & Bartlett Learning, one of the providers of learning-performance management solutions, partners with LiveCarta, a collaborative platform for digital publishing and learning, to deliver customized e-learning resources for nursing educators.
Through its platform, nursing educators can structure educational resources such as books, academic papers, video and audio clips, binders, and scholarly collections with the nursing education curriculum. This integration will acquire a slot in popular learning management systems (LMS) like Canvas or Blackboards, making it accessible to everyone, including the students. In addition, LiveCarta's platform will provide proven nursing education concepts, a developed flipped classroom experience, and just-in-time teaching (JITT) modes.
Its collaborative publishing platforms and portals offer flexible, goal-oriented learning and a shared platform for digital content for authors, educators, and classmates. Publishers and content creators can sell the whole book, specific chapters, allowing students to collect data from different publications as course content and study aids.
President of the parent company of LiveCarta, Tributary Publishing, Richard Speakman, said, "We built LiveCarta to provide educators with new tools to create the perfect online course pack. Educators can tailor books for their students, including only chapters they intend to teach and adding in additional materials to extend the original author's work. We are excited to partner with Jones & Bartlett Learning to offer nursing educators more innovative ways to bundle learning materials."
(Source – Business Wire)
Director of Product Management at Jones & Bartlett Learning, Matt Kane, said, "LiveCarta supports our mission to offer students and instructors flexibility in their learning resources. We're excited to offer select nursing education titles among the first products to be featured in the LiveCarta platform."
(Source – Business Wire)
About Jones & Bartlett Learning
Jones & Bartlett Learning, which is a division of Ascend Learning, is one of the prominent assessment and learning-performance management solution providers for the secondary, post-secondary, and professional education markets. It also designs educational services and programs by modifying authoritative written content with innovative technology applications, thus creating engaging e-learning educational content catering to the needs of the current education system. In addition, it has been providing personalized, quality learning solutions across nursing, health administration, health professions, computer science, and public health.
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