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OPINION: When it comes to liberal-arts education, online learning changes only the tools

The Hechinger Report

But despite growth in the numbers and sophistication of online options, high school seniors continue to apply for the opportunity to learn with one another on a college campus. Will the 2020 coronavirus pandemic change that? I’d already adapted this class in 2013 as one of Coursera’s free online humanities offerings.

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Next Week - The Library 2.0 "Emerging Technology" Mini-Conference - All Keynotes and Sessions Posted!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our third Library 2.019 mini-conference, "Emerging Technology," will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, October 30th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to register now to participate in this event.

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What I’ve been up to: Silver Lining for Learning

Dangerously Irrelevant

Blended and online learning with Catlin Tucker. MOOCs and open education in Southeast Asia. It’s a world of learning at the World Bank. Nepali high school students in MOOCs. Interactive XR learning aids in Myanmar and beyond. Cross-school collaboration: The Global Online Academy. Student voices.

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COVID-19 Is Accelerating the Digital Blending of Working and Learning

Edsurge

It seems certain that more professional learning will happen outside of traditional institutions and campuses – especially if colleges fail to adapt. Learning is increasingly happening in the workplace, or “ in the flow of work.” Career-oriented lifelong learning is now even more of a societal and economic imperative.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Brown University joins edX. “ Y Combinator MOOC for Tech Startups Attracts Thousands of Views,” says Campus Technology. Not sure why this is called a MOOC. Microsoft had a media event this week. The Business of Job Training. Well, not quite.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

It’s now become a way in which educational events, organizations, and institutions dole out funding for projects. In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education. See David Kernohan’s excellent keynote at OpenEd13 for more.)

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Buzzfeed : “The Education Department Quietly Invited Anti-LGBT Groups To A Father’s Day Event.” ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Big HR news about Coursera in the HR section below. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Facebook , an Online Learning Platform?”