Smart List: 10 HigherEd Innovators

Getting Smart is acknowledging people and organizations making a difference with a series of back to school top 10 lists. During August we will run about 40 ‘best of’ lists, not in order, not exhaustive, just people we appreciate. Today we’re recognizing 10 higher education innovators.

• Coursera: about 400 courses with more than 80 universities

• edX: 60 courses with 28 universities

• Udacity: about 30 courses

• Instructure: LMS and open MOOC Canvas

• Western Governors University: pioneers in competency-based credits

• StraighterLine: affordable gen-ed courses

• Propero: Pearson’s low cost gen-ed solution

• Educause: the highered edtech folks & host of Next-Gen Learning Challenges

• Minerva: planned next gen university for the world’s brightest students

• Arizona State: the most innovative public university

We’re also a fan of dual enrollment and Early Colleges, so we like National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships and Jobs for the Future.

Coursera is a Learn Capital portfolio company.  Pearson and Educause are Getting Smart Advocacy Partners