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While expensive educational institutions in the US are being bailed out... online education is on fire 
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Many offering courses for free or at a discount, so no better time to start learning!
An overviewhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread"> (1/10)
Many offering courses for free or at a discount, so no better time to start learning!
An overview
1/ @duolingo has always been free thanks to @LuisvonAhn & #39;s inspiring vision https://blog.duolingo.com/duolingos-values-a-letter-from-the-ceo/">https://blog.duolingo.com/duolingos... 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">https://discover.teachable.com/courses/f...
@AnkurNagpal reports engagement is through the roof as well https://twitter.com/ankurnagpal/status/1242535833585975297">https://twitter.com/ankurnagp...
@AnkurNagpal reports engagement is through the roof as well https://twitter.com/ankurnagpal/status/1242535833585975297">https://twitter.com/ankurnagp...
3/ @datacamp is free for teachers/professors and their students: https://www.datacamp.com/groups/education">https://www.datacamp.com/groups/ed...
@datacamp subscriptions are 50-70% off (depending on location). https://www.datacamp.com/ ">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/ ">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/ ">https://www.pluralsight.com/">...
5/ @codecademy & @zsims giving 100,000 scholarships to affected workers https://www.codecademy.com/worker-support ">https://www.codecademy.com/worker-su... and 10k to affected students/teachers https://twitter.com/zsims/status/1238887253201608710">https://twitter.com/zsims/sta...
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">https://blog.coursera.org/coursera-... searches for @coursera roughly tripled in the past 8 weeks! I didn’t find more data on engagement. https://twitter.com/coursera/status/1238122789111988230">https://twitter.com/coursera/...
Google">https://blog.coursera.org/coursera-... searches for @coursera roughly tripled in the past 8 weeks! I didn’t find more data on engagement. https://twitter.com/coursera/status/1238122789111988230">https://twitter.com/coursera/...
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">https://twitter.com/agarwaled...
On engagement: google searches up 2x. https://twitter.com/agarwaledu/status/1250485017974898697">https://twitter.com/agarwaled...
8/ @udacity is offering a free month for all their courses/nano-degrees!
Google searches up 2x as well. https://www.udacity.com/ ">https://www.udacity.com/">...
Google searches up 2x as well. https://www.udacity.com/ ">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">https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020...
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">https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020...
10/ This list isn& #39;t exhaustive, many platforms are offering reduced pricing/free courses: @LI_learning
@dataquestio @cloudacademy ...
@dataquestio @cloudacademy ...
