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Scaling Practice-Based Coaching through Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University recently scaled access to professional learning content for educators by taking advantage of the Massive Open Online Courses for Educators (MOOC-Eds) format. There are people literally from the other side of the world in our MOOC-Eds.

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Twitterize Adult Learning | A MOOC-Ed Experience

The PL2C Blog

In the spring of 2014, a team from the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation launched to first rendition of a Massive Open Online Course for Educators (MOOC-Ed), titled Coaching Digital Learning | Cultivating a Culture of Change (CDL). 73% of the MOOC-Ed participants indicated the Twitter Chats as Valuable or higher.

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?In Move Towards More Online Degrees, Coursera Introduces Its First Bachelor’s

Edsurge

When free online courses known as MOOCs began to take off in 2012 , their pitch to investors often included jargon around “disrupting” the way education is accessed and consumed. We are realizing that the vast reach of MOOCs makes them a powerful gateway to degrees,” Coursera CEO Jeff Maggioncalda said in a statement.

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Join #TeachDoNow Summer MOOC

Educator Innovator

To accomplish all of this, participants and facilitators will be working together as both learners and change agents in an open environment known as a Massive Open Online Collaboration (MOOC). All are welcome to participate at the level and to the extent that make sense for their own individual learning goals, but we encourage a deep dive.

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How to Teach Online MOOC: Aloha Discussion

EdTechnocation.com

Author: Mathieu Plourde {(Mathplourde on Flickr) This week marks the beginning of the How to Teach Online MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). What is a MOOC you may ask? A MOOC is very similar to university courses but typically do not offer course credits. I want to see deep, rich conversations about the topics of this MOOC.

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Free or Low-Cost Resources for PD in Distance Learning

Graphite Blog

You'll need to sign up for a free account with Common Sense Education to access the digital citizenship curriculum and other resources. edWeb (free) edWeb offers a range of professional learning, including a huge archive of more than 1,850 recorded webinars. Here's a map where you can verify eligibility to earn credit.

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Beyond Finding Information

The Principal of Change

The idea that technology gets rid of the “basics” is ridiculous; it is more about going beyond those basics and doing more than you could without access to endless information. September 8, 2016 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting Soon!

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