Ready for retention: Presenting a unified note-taking experience
Ken Sun, Director of Product Management, Coursera What did you learn in your last course on Coursera? What were the important concepts presented each week? Could you draw one graph the instructor used? If recalling these facts feels tough, you’re not alone. Humans tend to lose 40% of information within the first 24 hours after…
What’s new on Coursera for Business – August 2019
By Kyle Clark, Senior Skills Transformation Consultant Coursera released 44 courses on our platform in August. We are particularly excited to announce a range of new courses from the manufacturing, architecture, and engineering design software industry leader, Autodesk, on Generative Design and CAD/CAM for manufacturing. Here are our top picks for enterprise for this past…
Redefine what’s possible with Professional Certificates on Coursera
Ready to start a new career or take your career to the next level? Professional Certificates on Coursera help you gain marketable skills and become job-ready for an in-demand career in less than 12 months. Why are Professional Certificates on Coursera unique? Learn from top companies and universities, including Google, IBM, UCI, SAS, and more…
Coming Full Circle: From IBM Data Science Professional Certificate to IBM Internship
Sarah is a senior at Louisiana State University who knew she wanted to find her way from food service into a data science career. In her words, she shares how she gained hands-on experience that fast-tracked her path into data science in less than 6 months. When I started the IBM Data Science Professional Certificate,…
Data Science and SEO: A Winning Combo for Mirela
Mirela was a digital producer for the SEO department at a Romanian startup when she discovered the IBM Data Science Professional Certificate. After completing the program in less than 6 months, Mirela secured a new job in a new city that combines her passion for both data science and SEO. B.C. Before Coursera I have…
Redefine What’s Possible With Coursera
Every day, 43 million (and counting!) Coursera learners are redefining what’s possible. From dorm rooms to lunch breaks, learners like Emmanuel, Kelly, Tristen, and Kara saw the opportunity to take a goal and turn it into a new reality. We’re proud to be a global community where anyone, anywhere can come to Coursera to find…
Universidad de los Andes Will Develop Latin America’s First Top-Tier Online Master’s in Software...
By Dil Sidhu, Chief Content Officer at Coursera Automation and technology are disrupting jobs worldwide while also creating a strong demand for software engineering and IT professionals, and Latin America is no exception. The region currently has an estimated shortage of nearly 450,000 IT professionals, with a gap of more than 25,000 individuals in Colombia…
Coursera Introduces Hands-On Learning with Coursera Labs
By Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO Coursera August 28, 2019: At Coursera, we envision a world where anyone, anywhere can have access to the world’s best education, and we’re proud of how far we’ve come with over 3,600 courses, 190 top university and industry partners, and 14 degrees. But our work doesn’t stop there. In today’s rapidly…
What’s new on Coursera for Business – July 2019
By Kyle Clark, Enterprise Content Expert Coursera released 45 courses on our platform in July, including the brand new G Suite Administration Specialization from Google Cloud. Here are our top picks for enterprise for this past month: July 2019’s Key Launches: G Suite Administration Specialization by Google Cloud – The G Suite Administration Specialization has…
How to Integrate Mastery Learning into Course Design
by Adam Hodges, Ph.D., Sr. Teaching & Learning Specialist A fundamental challenge for course design is how to improve learner performance on educational outcomes. The key to doing this in online education is to maximize the mastery learning principles built into the Coursera platform. The traditional model of education revolves around a fixed time frame…
