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MARCH 27, 2019

In an unusual move intended to shake up how college teaching is done around the world, Carnegie Mellon University today announced that it will give away dozens of the digital-learning software tools it has built over more than a decade—and make their underlying code available for anyone to see and modify.

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JULY 11, 2023

When you think about that in an educational context, it … really opens up the opportunity to give more students the kinds of things that are better supporting their learning.” Norman Bier, director of the Open Learning Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University What is a scenario of how a teacher in a classroom would use your tool?

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JUNE 19, 2018

Both edX and Coursera have top courses on teaching Python, one of the most widely-used programming languages. They’re essentially self-help courses grounded in some serious body of knowledge, and their topics are similar to self-help books that dominate print best-seller lists. We’re counting the crypto-currency tech course.)

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DECEMBER 13, 2017

I’m looking for a non-grade-level specific facilitator who is creative, engaging, can manage an open learning space and is interested in working at a startup school. These resources are all firmly in line with the mission and beliefs of CLA, and provide background knowledge that we feel is imperative for all faculty who work with us.

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