Saying Coursera’s 2024 Excellent Associate Achievement Award Winners

Coursera honors modern educators at 2024 Associate Awards. Uncover how these visionaries are remodeling on-line studying and shaping the way forward for international schooling.

Photograph by Chloe Jackman

By Kina Lara, Senior Associate Advertising and marketing Supervisor

As Coursera marks its twelfth yr, we proceed to be impressed by the dedication and innovation of our companions. Collectively, we’re not simply adapting to the altering panorama of schooling—we’re actively reshaping it, creating unprecedented alternatives for learners worldwide.

At our twelfth annual Coursera Convention on September seventeenth, 2024, along with saying awards for our clients, we’re proud to announce the recipients of our Associate Awards. These awards acknowledge the extraordinary efforts of our companions in driving profession transformation, placing learners first, and pushing the boundaries of innovation in on-line schooling.

Let’s meet our 2024 Associate Award winners—the visionaries shaping the way forward for studying.

Profession Transformation Award

This award acknowledges the accomplice whose course finest achieves transformational profession outcomes for learners, as knowledgeable by Coursera’s Learner Outcomes Survey.

Winner: UC Chile for “Gestión Empresarial Exitosa para Pymes” (Profitable Enterprise Administration for SMEs)

Highlights:

• Highest share of Tangible Profession Outcomes on Coursera
• 47% of learners reported beginning their very own enterprise after finishing the course
• Over 237,000 enrollments with a powerful 4.8/5 ranking

Congratulations to UC Chile for his or her excellent affect in fostering entrepreneurship and remodeling careers worldwide!

Learners First Award

This award honors the trainer and course crew who’ve acquired the very best rankings from Coursera learners primarily based on direct suggestions.

Winner: HRCI for his or her “Expertise Acquisition” course

Highlights:

• 4.79/5 course star ranking 
• 97% course satisfaction rating
• Praised for offering a transparent, complete overview of a significant HR subject

Congratulations to HRCI for his or her dedication to placing learners first and equipping them with sensible, in-demand expertise!

Innovation Award

This award acknowledges the course crew that has achieved essentially the most to advance on-line pedagogy by means of distinctive, inventive, and cutting-edge content material.

Winner: Vanderbilt College for “Immediate Engineering” and “ChatGPT Superior Knowledge Evaluation“

Highlights:

• Well timed adoption of cutting-edge know-how in Generative AI
• “Immediate Engineering” course attracted 270,000+ enrollments
• 1000’s of five-star evaluations

Congratulations to Vanderbilt College and Dr. Jules White for his or her modern strategy to schooling on cutting-edge matters!

Particular Recognition – Establishment

This award celebrates a long-term accomplice who has demonstrated a unprecedented dedication to learners worldwide.

Winner: Microsoft

Highlights:

• Launched six new Skilled Certificates
• Reached over 900,000 distinctive learners
• Collaboration on distinctive DEI and scholarship packages

Congratulations to Microsoft for his or her tireless efforts in creating alternatives for learners in all places!

Particular Recognition – Particular person

This award honors a person who has made distinctive contributions to reworking schooling.

Winner: Dr. W Brooke Elliott, College of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Highlights:

• Led the event of the iMBA, the primary diploma on Coursera
• Created an ecosystem of alternative with seamless transitions between open programs, certificates, and diploma packages
• First feminine Dean of the Gies College of Enterprise

Congratulations to Dr. Elliott for her visionary management and dedication to modern, accessible schooling!

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As we mirror on the achievements of our 2024 Associate Award winners, we’re struck by a profound realization: we’re not simply witnessing the evolution of schooling—we’re a part of a revolution. These companions, with their modern approaches and unwavering dedication, are redefining what’s doable within the realm of on-line studying.

To our visionary companions and the thousands and thousands of curious minds they serve: you’re the catalysts of change on this new period of studying. Your creativity, perseverance, and keenness proceed to push the boundaries of what schooling can obtain.

Thanks on your partnership, your dedication, and your relentless pursuit of excellence. Right here’s to the following chapter in our shared mission to remodel lives by means of studying!

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