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Free massive open online courses and the future of corporate training

It’s Learning at Work Week and Mark Lester, Global Head of Education Partnerships at FutureLearn discusses how free online courses can make a difference in corporate training. If you are a corporate L&D manager …

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Our response to the Heartbleed bug

You may have heard in the media about the Heartbleed bug that affects the OpenSSL framework that allows websites to pass data around the internet securely. When you see the …

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The first ‘O’ in MOOC

Editorial Advisor, Matthew Shorter, talks about ‘Openness’ in the context of FutureLearn FutureLearn is a platform for a learning experience often referred to as ‘Massive Open Online Courses’ (or ‘MOOCs’). …

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Learning from experience – FutureLearn’s first second runs

Matthew Shorter, Acting Head of content at FutureLearn, talks about the first of the second runs of courses on FutureLearn and discusses what it has been like to work with …

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FutureLearn is one year old!

As FutureLearn celebrates its first birthday, Head of Strategy and Insight, Kathryn Skelton talks about her experience as one of the first to join the team. Believe it or not …

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Building and facilitating relationships with FutureLearners

Inky, our User Advocacy Lead, talks about fostering fruitful relationships with users by actively listening to feedback “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most …

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Why is brand so important to experience?

Creative Director Lucy Blackwell gives an insight into how the FutureLearn brand – and pink colour palette – was formed. A newborn baby learns instinctively without planning or practice, it …

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What is beta?

Head of Product Matt Walton explains what we mean by “beta” and some of the new features you can expect to see over the coming weeks. Today FutureLearn starts running …

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Continuous delivery at FutureLearn

Developer Tom Ward discusses how we use continuous delivery to quickly get improvements to the FutureLearn platform into the hands of our users. Just over two weeks ago FutureLearn went …

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FutureLearn.com attracts visits from across the globe

Only one week after going live in beta and FutureLearn.com has already reached learners from all corners of the world. The top ten countries – by visitor numbers – have …

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Designing FutureLearn is simple…

Designer Tom Dickinson reveals a glimpse of the journey and thought process behind the design of FutureLearn.com. Right from the start, the design brief was based on the core goals of …

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FutureLearn goes live

FutureLearn’s CEO, Simon Nelson talks about the FutureLearn journey so far, as well as the company’s next steps. In a meeting with Martin Bean, Vice Chancellor of The Open …

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Social Learning and large scale online learning

Professor Mike Sharples, FutureLearn Academic Lead, commenting on some of FutureLearn’s features around Social Learning and addressing the challenges of large scale online learning How do you offer compelling learning …

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Meet the Marketing and Communications Team

Friday at FutureLearn: Claire Davenport introduces FutureLearn’s global marketing and communications team. Please let me introduce to you our FutureLearn marketing and communications team, out in Camden in London celebrating …

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FutureLearn Public beta to go live on 18 September

Claire Davenport talks about FutureLearn’s go live and explains how you can be one of the first to get access. With our go-live date just 13 days away, we’re extremely …

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Free massive open online courses and the future of corporate training

Our response to the Heartbleed bug

The first ‘O’ in MOOC

Learning from experience – FutureLearn’s first second runs

FutureLearn is one year old!

Building and facilitating relationships with FutureLearners

Why is brand so important to experience?

What is beta?

Continuous delivery at FutureLearn

FutureLearn.com attracts visits from across the globe

Designing FutureLearn is simple…

FutureLearn goes live

Social Learning and large scale online learning

Meet the Marketing and Communications Team

FutureLearn Public beta to go live on 18 September

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