ProfHacker

AUGUST 26, 2016

When we look at common definitions of Open Educational Resources or OERs (e.g., Some examples of open scholarship based on this definition can be publishing an article in an open access journal, teaching a MOOC, and joining a Twitter hashtag to chat about an educational issue. – Dave Cormier and George Siemens.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

Over the last few years, we’ve traded resources, articles and work samples as we try to build our own starter kit for this fast-moving field. The field is so new that there are no definitive ways to do it “right” and lots of approaches are worth learning from.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) But first, a definition (or two) might be helpful. 70+ million users’ account details. What is a “Platform”?

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The Principal of Change

OCTOBER 15, 2017

People always point to Finland as this education powerhouse, and it definitely has done some great things in their system that people from around the world that educators need to learn from. I read an article recently, and it talked about “unbiased experts” and it stopped me in my tracks. That is always your best bet.

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Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Some new services and platforms will emerge to cater for different forms of learning, MOOCs will evolve and improve and open badges will be hot. The MOOC backlash. Of course I have to start with MOOCs. The MOOC backlash started in earnest in 2013. MOOC providers will keep on refining them. Introduction.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

What critics say: Students are definitely taking a leap of faith that the upstart will be viewed favorably by employers. As one professor at Pomona College, John Seery, wrote in a Huffington Post article , Nelson first approached Pomona about the partnership, but faculty there turned down the idea after some study.

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

In a History course I can give students a passage from an article and ask them to Identify three connections they see in the article and what they have learned in the course. In your answer, draw from three specific course materials (texts, characters, discussions, etc…).

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “How Should Colleges Approach Student Success When Different Definitions Abound?” National) Education Politics. Her remarks.) The third: lifelong learning.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2016

esSurge mentions their article on APIs and Indie Ed Tech. A: Short answer: no, it’s definitely possible. He criticized the allure of universal solutions and totalizing narratives (the LMS, the MOOC). We need to use more APIs to get more sources talking with each other. Self-hosting is an interesting beginning tool.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2016

esSurge mentions their article on APIs and Indie Ed Tech. A: Short answer: no, it’s definitely possible. He criticized the allure of universal solutions and totalizing narratives (the LMS, the MOOC). We need to use more APIs to get more sources talking with each other. Self-hosting is an interesting beginning tool.

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Hack Education

MAY 6, 2020

As the Superintendent William Johnson wrote in an article in The New York Times a week after the experiment launched, So far as possible, fifteen minutes' time is given to each broadcast above the fourth grade. Because definitely running two giant planes as a television broadcasting service makes sense.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

The Wired article editorializes, “Unless every family homeschools their children—a prospect that even homeschooling advocates say is untenable—it will remain an individualized solution to a social need.” The cost of starting a company has gone down because there are online tools you can use for free. Adaptive learning apps.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

I know there was the article by Nicole Mirra, but I am guessing there is a background why this topic is close to your heart and also why you think hashtagging it is a good direction to take the conversation further. Maha : What inspired the idea of #techquity?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

There’s really no agreed-upon definition of “personalized learning” after all , and as such no real way to measure how many or how well schools are actually implementing it. The article takes that assertion at face value; many readers probably did too. Whatever “it” is.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2017

But we’ve been disheartened to see a lack of interest in making that clear distinction, as evidenced most recently by the comments of a number of our colleagues in a recent Campus Technology article.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

In the long feature article in Time magazine on Khan Academy from July 9, 2012, it says (emphasis added): Khan is using the money [ from donations from Google, etc. ] The Time article has details.) In 2013 it was all about Khan Academy; in 2017, MOOCs; today the new hotness is AI. Does Khan realize this? What will it be next?

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

To push it further, one definition of disruption might be a bottom-up cause that substantially effects the ecology it is a part of (e.g., ” The article goes on to point out some examples of this kind of dilemma, and how certain businesses responded. MOOCs, nanodegrees, etc. Robotics in the classroom.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Aftermath of the MOOC wars: Can commercial vendors support creative higher education ? ” From the article: Zuckerberg revealed that he wants to ensure that education has a chance to flourish in VR. Raise $146.1 Dead) Lady Macbeth? Also dead) Ophelia?

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” asks The Economist in an article about coding bootcamps. ” This one’s definitely my favorite: “Lecture VR is a VR app … which simulates a lecture hall in virtual reality.” What could possibly go wrong?

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Gotta keep that MOOC hype alive. “ MOOCs Find a New Audience with On-Campus Students,” Edsurge claims. National) Education Politics. Watch and see).

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Lots of MOOC PR appeared in the news this week. ” “What if MOOCs Revolutionize Education After All?” “Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” And more on MOOCs in the credentialing section below as well.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Who might benefit from such a restrictive definition of universities? I wrote about this program in more detail in the article in this series on “ The ‘New’ For-Profit Higher Education.” That’s a profession that just doesn’t deserve to be at a university. Keep Away From Coding Schools.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness.

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Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” That’ll definitely bring back the coal jobs. ’” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). National) Education Politics. ”). We have the numbers on Indianapolis Public Schools teachers.”

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Strayer University Sees Success With Predictive Analytics in Online Learning,” Edsurge contends in an article showcasing how the for-profit Strayer and Civitas Learning track students’ behavioral data. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

” I’ve looked at how for-profit colleges , MOOCs , and learn-to-code companies have tapped into these narratives in order to justify their products and services. These have all been separate articles in each series. The prison market. “The new economy.” ” The New Vocationalism.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

According to the article, it’s looking to sell off its two remaining schools, Arizona Summit Law School and Florida Law School. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” These headlines just kill me. ” More MOOC data in the “research” section below. But stop anyway. ” Predictions!

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ XuetangX : A Look at China’s First and Biggest MOOC Platform.” This is an old article on Medium but it’s worth reposting in light of this story: “The Dirty Little Secrets About The Worst Coding Bootcamps Out There.

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