May 25, 2023

Vanderbilt University: Vanderbilt launches free online ChatGPT course, shaping the future of AI education

Vanderbilt University: Vanderbilt launches free online ChatGPT course, shaping the future of AI education. “Jules White, associate dean for strategic learning programs and associate professor of computer science at Vanderbilt University, is making ChatGPT more accessible and useful for the broader public with the launch of his free online Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT course on the Coursera platform.”

New Resources 0
June 20, 2020

Lockdown Productivity: Top 5 Google Certifications for Free (The Quint)

The Quint: Lockdown Productivity: Top 5 Google Certifications for Free. “The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the entire world to a halt and a lot of us have suddenly have a lot of spare time. Searching ways to be productive during these times is a constant habit for everyone staying at home. Fortunately, Google recently rolled out a lot of free courses for beginners and professionals to help people acquire new skills and also improve existing ones. Whether you have a background in IT, management or even want to start a new business, Google has provided courses and certifications for all subsets. Here are the top 5 Google certifications available for free on the learning platforms Coursera and Udemy.”

Useful Stuff 0
May 31, 2020

Yale News: Fishy Facebook science? Yale ‘Methods Man’ gives tools to interpret data

Yale News: Fishy Facebook science? Yale ‘Methods Man’ gives tools to interpret data. “[Dr. F. Perry Wilson] is the instructor behind a free, online course called ‘Understanding Medical Research: Your Facebook Friend Is Wrong,’ developed before the onset of the pandemic but especially relevant in the current onslaught of science and medical news. In the seven-week Coursera course, designed to be entertaining as well as instructive, Wilson explains how medical research works and how misinformation happens through faulty study designs and bad reporting. He covers topics like medical jargon, statistics, and bias. He gives people the basic knowledge to go back to the original study and interpret it themselves, and to look at media reports about those studies with a critical eye.”

COVID-19 0
April 16, 2020

Campus Technology: Coursera Machine Learning Tool Matches On-Campus Courses with MOOC Resources

Campus Technology: Coursera Machine Learning Tool Matches On-Campus Courses with MOOC Resources. “CourseMatch can ‘ingest’ on-campus course catalogs in more than 100 languages and map them to the most relevant Coursera courses in any of the languages available on the platform. It then returns up to five ‘matches’ along with a relevance score, with higher scores given for stronger matches.”

COVID-19 0
June 25, 2018

Google Blog: Learn how to build AR experiences with Coursera

Google Blog: Learn how to build AR experiences with Coursera. “As Augmented Reality (AR) technology develops, many companies are using it to transform how they create products, communicate with their users, market to new customers, and train their employees. To support this growth and foster a new generation of AR creators, today we’re launching Introduction to Augmented Reality and ARCore—a free class on Coursera for those who are just getting started with AR.”

Useful Stuff 0
May 27, 2018

TechCrunch: Google and Coursera launch a new machine learning specialization

TechCrunch: Google and Coursera launch a new machine learning specialization. “Over the last few years, Google and Coursera have regularly teamed up to launch a number of online courses for developers and IT pros. Among those was the Machine Learning Crash course, which provides developers with an introduction to machine learning. Now, building on that, the two companies are launching a machine learning specialization on Coursera. This new specialization, which consists of five courses, has an even more practical focus.”

Tweaks & Updates 0
February 17, 2017

TechCrunch: Coursera’s new skill search could do for learning what Netflix did for TV

TechCrunch: Coursera’s new skill search could do for learning what Netflix did for TV. “Coursera has emerged as a formidable competitor in the online education space, racking up 24 million registered learners with access to 1,900 courses. But with that growth in volume comes new challenges. With so much content, it’s difficult for users to find the videos they need. Today, Coursera is formally announcing a new search tool enabling users to search directly for skills they want to learn and receive recommended content from the company.”

Tweaks & Updates 0
October 31, 2016

Coursera To Offer a Monthly Subscription Plan

Interesting: Coursera is offering a monthly subscription model. “Edtech giant Coursera has launched a monthly subscription payment option in the hope that learners on its platform can be enticed into ongoing educational activity, rather than a more piecemeal pay-per-course-bundle option. The new payment model applies to users enrolling in any of the platform’s so-called Specializations: aka a bundle of six to eight courses that cover a particular topic. “

Tweaks & Updates 0
June 13, 2016

Coursera Shutting Down Courses On Its Old Platform?

I haven’t seen this anywhere else – anyone who uses Coursera want to comment? Apparently Coursera is getting rid of courses on its old platform. “First, they did away with the free certs like everyone else. My reaction. Meh who cares until I can learn the cool stuff. Next, they follow it up with disabling free access to quizzes and assignments. My reaction – Why?? Everyone understands that quizzes and assignments are where a very large part of the learning happens. How am I supposed to master an algorithms course without submitting solutions to the problems? Still they were showing quizzes and just disabled submissions. I was unhappy but still I thought it can’t get any worse. Finally (??), They are now removing all the courses on the old platform. This is what finally broke my heart. There are tons of courses that are not on the new platform. The […]

Tweaks & Updates 0

The ResearchBuzz Firehose is regular RB content presented as individual posts.
For digest-type posts a couple of times a day, please visit ResearchBuzz.

Want to know how to best use the Firehose for content discovery?
Check out this handy article.

Get RB Firehose Via EMail

Enter your email address to subscribe to ResearchBuzz Firehose and get a firehose of new posts straight to your email.

Join 2,017 other subscribers

Recent Posts

Popular Posts

Latest ResearchBuzz Gizmos

Vibe-Check Current Events by Category: NewsDrizzle
Explore Bing, Bing News, and WordPress Searches as Word Clouds: CloudSERP Explorer
Find TV Stations By City/State and Google Search Them: Marion’s Monocle v2
Software VerSearch
Find Lifespan Overlap With Chronos Crossfinder

Brought to you by Calishat.