Analysis of Generative AI PDF Solutions
Generative-AI which I have written about many times (and will in the future too, as it impacts our space), continues to be “hot.” The challenges include “quality,” “hallucinations,” “bias,” and “output.” There are a lot of products already out there for someone to choose from, and in this analysis I focused on the whole PDF…
The Emergence of China’s Nationally-Recognized MOOCs
China MOOC Conference: MOOC team receiving award MOOCs took off in China in 2013 with the launch of XuetangX, China’s first MOOC platform, which was developed by Tsinghua University. Six years later, China offers over 12,500 MOOCs across more than 10 MOOC platforms. In July 2017, China’s Ministry of Education announced an initiative to recognize…
SWOT Analysis
Adding a SWOT Analysis to your yearly goals doesn’t take long and can help identify opportunities for growth and areas you need to focus on. Make this a regular process and you’ll be able to plan for success. Performing a SWOT analysis of yourself is the best way to gain clarity on who you are…
Coursera’s 2019: Year in Review
In 2019, Coursera achieved the coveted unicorn status — that is, it reached a valuation of over $1B after raising $103M in a Series E round. The total number of registered learners on the platform grew from 37 million to 45 million, allowing Coursera to remain the world’s largest MOOC provider by a significant margin.…
5 Great Jobs in Data Science – A Booming Sector!
Big data is only getting bigger and bigger. This means that the surrounding industry is also experiencing enormous growth. The data sector is best understood as a subsection of every other sector, as the leveraging of data is now essential to all industries. This means that it’s an incredibly dynamic labour market, with lots of…
EdX’s 2019: Year in Review
In 2019, edX got a new co-CEO, gained more learners than in 2018, and a couple of the platform’s instructors won a Nobel prize. The total number of learners on edX grew to 24 million, up from 18 million last year. Before that, edX was gaining 4 million learners a year. As usual, edX launched…
EdCast vs Degreed vs Fuse – The Analysis
Where do you start? How do you explain why these three vendors were selected, how the process for analysis was conducted, and what are the results? How do you provide enough information, without writing the next War and Peace? Here is how. What is this? It is a first for me. Well, not the first…
