The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 19, 2017

We're excited to announce our third Library 2.017 mini-conferences: "Makerspaces," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, October 11th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). She is also the faculty lead for the University of Michigan's Public Library Management MOOC courses at EdX.org.

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Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

And the MOOC numbers look like they’re rising. Unless the worm turns globally, I’d expect planet MOOC to keep growing in 2016. Mobile : as humanity continues to migrate ever-increasing swathes of life into handhelds, educators slowly follow suit. I expect to see numerous stories along these lines in 2016.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 16, 2015

This time, I''m very happy to interview two of the keynote speakers for the EDEN 2015 conference , which will be held in Barcelona. blogs, social media, learning objects, OERs, MOOCs, etc in this period. I think many MOOCs (and MOOC providers) will struggle to find a sustainable financial model in their current guise.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Then our fourth annual (and free) Future of Libraries conference, Library 2.014, starts on Wednesday, October 8th, at 10:00am US-Eastern Time with the opening keynote by conference co-chair Dr. Sandra Hirsh from the School of Information at San José State University. The current complete schedule is below. Forward this post if you can.

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 7, 2015

isn’t simply limited to YouTube either (though it does work seamlessly there); Khan, Vimeo, and several MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) platforms work as well. Text @4TCHrs to 81010 from your mobile device to join Digital Tools for TCHrs , and receive notifications about a new digital tool every week during the school year.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare. There are, after all, only so many times you can put “mobile” on your list of “what’s on the horizon” before folks begin to suspect your insights might not be that… insightful. How accurate is her data? (I’d

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

The conference is once again being held entirely online around the clock in multiple languages and time zones. We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses. We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses. To be kept informed of the latest conference news and updates, please ?join

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2014

We want YOU to present at the Reinventing the Classroom conference on May 1st - all about the impact of ed tech on the classroom experience. If you''re going to ISTE or live in Atlanta, don''t miss ISTE Unplugged , our set of fun activities around the annual ISTE conference. Submissions are due by April 25th. More information here.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

They can be something everybody uses; that’s how 2012 became the year of the MOOC, and why virtual reality will no doubt be widely cited as the trend of 2016. MOOCs continued to increase in number and attendance. Conferences ran streaming video events. By Stephen Downes, National Research Council. It is one to watch for in 2017.

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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 ? Via Edsurge : “ Salesforce Announces Mobile App for Advising at Dreamforce.” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. Raise $146.1

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

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Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

“ Conservative High Schoolers Want to ‘Own the Libs’,” The Atlantic’s Adam Harris reports from the Turning Point USA ’s conference. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news from Edsurge in the “job training” section below.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” The Atlantic Coast Conference also announced it would move all of its championship games out of North Carolina , a response to the HB2 “bathroom bill.” The startup, which something something MOOC something something, has raised $9.69 million total.

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

“The UK government has published its 2016 HE White Paper, entitled Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice,” the Times Higher Education reports. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. Contests and Awards.

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Senators Introduce Bill to Keep Government Research Data Publicly Available (Preserving Data in Government Act).” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” Via Infodocket : “Two U.S. Increased by just 2, but still.).

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Betsy DeVos Criticizes Professors in Remarks to Conservative Conference.” ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Iowa City Press-Citizen : “ Iowa families foregoing classroom for virtual school.” The transcript.). .”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

” Apparently the FAFSA will soon be available on mobile devices. House Hearing on Algorithms & Big Data : 5 Takeaways for Schools.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” These headlines just kill me. ” More MOOC data in the “research” section below.

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Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “The Future of MOOCs Might Not Be Free ,” suggests Education Week’s Market Brief with an observation that many of us made back in 2012. Via The New York Times : “Dreams Stall as CUNY , New York City’s Engine of Mobility, Sputters.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Contests and Conferences. Bush Defends Legacy of No Child Left Behind at Education Business Conference.” I guess it could also be a reference to the money to be made off of collecting, analyzing, and selling student data. ” asks Techcrunch.

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