EDUCATION - Can skills grouping help adults learn better online? Startup Thinkful gives it a shot

If you sign up for a class on Coursera, complete lessons on Codecademy, or use another online learning platform, chances are, you're mostly going it alone. Yes, students interact with each other on online forums, through peer grading and, occasionally, in offline meetups. But, for the most part, students travel at their own pace with minimal accountability to a group - and, in those models, many students ultimately drop out.To help keep students ...

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