Instructure Takes on Education Reform with Free Online Courses - The Business Journals
abernard102@gmail.com 2015-03-11
Summary:
"Instructure, the software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that created the Canvas learning management system (LMS) and Canvas Network, today announced the release of new education reform courses in partnership with the Foundation for Excellence in Education. The massive open online course (MOOC) series, titled "EdPolicy Leaders Online," is aimed at policymakers and will be offered for free on Canvas Network. The series will launch with three timely courses offering policymakers the opportunity to learn about the relevant education reform issues in the news today. Course topics include data privacy, national security and communications. The 'EdPolicy Leaders Online' series also features nearly 40 experts and leaders across the education landscape from superintendents, teachers, parents and community leaders, to senators, policymakers, technology experts and CEOs ..."