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While expensive educational institutions in the US are being bailed out... online education is on fire 
with engagement up 100%+ for many platforms
Many offering courses for free or at a discount, so no better time to start learning!
An overview
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with engagement up 100%+ for many platforms Many offering courses for free or at a discount, so no better time to start learning!
An overview
(1/10)
1/ @duolingo has always been free thanks to @LuisvonAhn 's inspiring vision https://blog.duolingo.com/duolingos-values-a-letter-from-the-ceo/ and "traffic going nuts 3-5 days after a country implements social-distancing measures. New user growth in US (90%), Spain (135%), Italy (100%)" according to @tonywan
2/ Lots of @teachable courses available for free here: https://discover.teachable.com/courses/free-courses
@AnkurNagpal reports engagement is through the roof as well https://twitter.com/ankurnagpal/status/1242535833585975297
@AnkurNagpal reports engagement is through the roof as well https://twitter.com/ankurnagpal/status/1242535833585975297
3/ @datacamp is free for teachers/professors and their students: https://www.datacamp.com/groups/education
@datacamp subscriptions are 50-70% off (depending on location). https://www.datacamp.com/ #rstats #python.
Engagement on @datacamp is up 100%+ in the past 8 weeks!
@datacamp subscriptions are 50-70% off (depending on location). https://www.datacamp.com/ #rstats #python.
Engagement on @datacamp is up 100%+ in the past 8 weeks!
4/ Tech learning platform @pluralsight is doing #Freeapril offering all their courses for free! https://www.pluralsight.com/
5/ @codecademy & @zsims giving 100,000 scholarships to affected workers https://www.codecademy.com/worker-support and 10k to affected students/teachers https://twitter.com/zsims/status/1238887253201608710
6/ @coursera is providing universities free access to their catalog and free courses to learners as well! https://blog.coursera.org/coursera-together-free-online-learning-during-covid-19
Google searches for @coursera roughly tripled in the past 8 weeks! I didn’t find more data on engagement. https://twitter.com/coursera/status/1238122789111988230
Google searches for @coursera roughly tripled in the past 8 weeks! I didn’t find more data on engagement. https://twitter.com/coursera/status/1238122789111988230
7/ @agarwaledu & @edxonline now offering free @edxonline content to any university in the world!
On engagement: google searches up 2x. https://twitter.com/agarwaledu/status/1250485017974898697
On engagement: google searches up 2x. https://twitter.com/agarwaledu/status/1250485017974898697
8/ @udacity is offering a free month for all their courses/nano-degrees!
Google searches up 2x as well. https://www.udacity.com/
Google searches up 2x as well. https://www.udacity.com/
9/ @khanacademy courses have always been free thanks to @salkhanacademy
They are reporting 2.5-3x more engagement and a perhaps surprising challenge: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-04-07-traffic-is-booming-for-online-education-providers-but-so-are-costs
They are reporting 2.5-3x more engagement and a perhaps surprising challenge: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-04-07-traffic-is-booming-for-online-education-providers-but-so-are-costs
10/ This list isn't exhaustive, many platforms are offering reduced pricing/free courses: @LI_learning
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