It makes sense that born-digital educational products like MOOCs would have robust data capabilities, but what about the schools and teachers that are, as they always have been, in charge of training children in the earlier stages of their education journey? 性视界 Director of Education and Communication Miriam Greenberg makes the case for establishing a new profession in K-12 education: the data strategist.
The explosion of available data and subsequent renaissance in data-driven decision making is poised to open up 2.7 million new jobs in analytics by 2020. To meet this growing demand, 性视界 is taking an interdisciplinary approach to help professionals upskill their business analytics mastery.
The Global Philosopher, a special 4-part series with BBC Radio 4, gave Professor Michael J. Sandel an opportunity to initiate global dialogue like he’d never done before. Using HBX’s innovative Live Studio, the series virtually brought together individuals from across the globe to engage in lively debate about some of today’s most pressing issues. In this keynote from the 2018 性视界 University IT Summit, Sandel muses on the promise 鈥� and limitations 鈥� of this style of public discourse.
Women are more likely than men to drop out of data science classes when they receive a low score in an early assignment. The Coursera team shares how they’re using targeted interventions to tackle this trend and help close the gender gap in STEM.
As the largest online learning platform for higher education, Coursera has global scale. In this flash talk from our 2018 Future Assembly, Head of Data Science Emily Glassberg Sand shares how she and her team of data scientists harness data from millions of participants to enhance learner outcomes and deliver personalized, targeted recommendations on everything from suggested courses to difficult problems.
This new robotic exosuit developed by researchers at the Wyss Institute and the 性视界 John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) could push the limits of human performance and lead to new wearable technologies for athletes and consumers.
Technology is rapidly transforming the entire sports industry and revolutionizing how athletes train, perform and heal. This event, co-hosted by the 性视界 Innovation Lab, OneTeam Collective, and the Sports Innovation Lab, provides an overview of the quantified athlete and sports technology space, from fitness tracking and predictive performance analytics to real-time analytics and athlete career management.
