By Vinod Bakthavachalam, Senior Data Scientist and Adam Lewis, Skills Transformation Consultant With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing companies to transition to remote work, employees are adapting to new realities. Trying to balance work with life responsibilities during shelter-in-place has led to a decline in productivity for many and uncertainty about the future. Anxiety has risen, […]
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What’s new on Coursera for Business – April 2020
By Adam Lewis, Skills Transformation Consultant As we continue to adapt to the new norm, here are 114 new courses and projects to pick out what’s important to you. You can try out Yale’s latest insights on why your Facebook friend is wrong about the stats they’re sharing. Or find your purpose with Michigan’s course […]
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What’s new on Coursera for Business – March 2020
By Kyle Clark, Senior Skills Transformation Consultant As our Chief Enterprise Officer Leah Belsky wrote to many of our customers last week, the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) has profoundly affected our work – and our lives. At Coursera, we’re grateful for the opportunity we have to continue to serve businesses, universities, and governments during this […]
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Resources to Support your Learners: Stay Informed & Productive During the Coronavirus Crisis
By Alison Lands, Skills Transformation Consultant As companies scramble to secure the health and safety of employees, virtualize their operations, and check-in with their customers (not to mention find a quiet + comfortable + decent-looking nook from which to work virtually in their homes!), a new level of leadership is being demanded from every individual […]
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What’s new on Coursera for Business – February 2020
By Kyle Clark, Senior Skills Transformation Consultant February was a special month at Coursera: we officially launched Rhyme Projects for enterprise. Coursera acquired Rhyme Softworks last year to augment our abilities to create and share hand-on projects with learners. Projects allow learners to work on a task in their browser while following a self-paced or […]
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What’s new on Coursera for Business – January 2020
By Kyle Clark, Senior Skills Transformation Consultant 2020 is already proving to be an exciting year for skill development on Coursera. Our university and industry partners launched over 60 courses in January – an average of 2 courses per day. Our new courses range in topic from IT automation and feature engineering to visual analytics, […]
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Welcoming Zac Rule and JP Moran to Coursera’s Enterprise Leadership Team
By Leah Belsky, Chief Enterprise Officer, Coursera Due to the rapid pace of technology advancement, companies, jobs, and the skills needed to compete are at risk of being disrupted. As a result, institutions can no longer be complacent about skills capital; companies, governments, and universities must come together to reskill and upskill the global workforce. […]
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What’s new on Coursera for Business – December 2019
By Kyle Clark, Senior Skills Transformation Consultant Coursera’s university and industry partners launched over 50 courses in December to round out 2019. Our new courses range in topic from the data-heavy – including new AI, cloud, and analytics courses – to cultural intelligence, public health, security management, and business English. Here are our top picks […]
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Leading Companies Partner with Coursera for Business to Drive Digital Transformation
By Leah Belsky, Chief Enterprise Officer, Coursera It has been an unstoppable year for Coursera for Business. Technology and globalization are rapidly advancing and companies can no longer afford to let talent fend for itself in a changing economy. 79 percent of CEOs today see skill shortages as a growth threat, meaning skills transformation is […]
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What’s new on Coursera for Business – November 2019
By Kyle Clark, Senior Skills Transformation Consultant The end of the year brings with it some of our most exciting launches of 2019. Our latest batch of 50+ courses includes enterprise critical skills such as personal resilience, computational thinking, and coding for managers. Additional topics this past month range from Python for asset management to […]
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