EdTech4Beginners

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

With the ease of Google Apps and similar applications, employees and students alike can share files and work on documents and spreadsheets in real time – whether they’re a mile down the road or in a different country altogether. What they don’t see is the infrastructure underneath that’s driving the whole project. Open Ended Education.

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Technology Flipped Classroom Classroom MOOC 202

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. And “free” doesn’t last. Um, they do.)

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Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2019

He’s the guy who coined the term MOOC, short for Massive Open Online Course, which then was a reference to multiplayer video games. Yeah, I quite disagree,” added Maria Andersen, CEO and co-founder of Coursetune, a company that makes software designed to help colleges redesign their curriculum.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Udacity already offers a self-driving car nanodegree but, as its founder and former CEO Sebastian Thrun writes , it “has many prerequisites [and] is built for seasoned software engineers.” This four-month intro course, which starts on Oct. Lyft will also be offering 400 full scholarships for this program.

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Robotics MOOC Company Training 63

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

And it doesn't help, of course, that there is, in general, a repudiation of history within Silicon Valley itself. " I like to cite, as an example, a New Yorker article from a few years ago that interviewed Anthony Levandoski, the Uber engineer sued by Google for stealing its self-driving car technology. We already have, of course.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

Importantly, rather than thinking about non-degree credentials primarily as “alternative” credentials that are substitutes to degrees, these smaller credentials can be useful building blocks toward degrees—giving adults the option to start, stop and restart learning over the course of a career, and across a variety of educational levels.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

A number of colleges have partnered with big MOOC providers, principally Coursera and edX, to offer large-scale online courses at far lower prices, in part to attract new students to their higher-priced online degrees. Boxed-in on campus, some universities have turned to virtual degrees to wriggle out of their tuition squeeze.

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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. By Stephen Downes, National Research Council. Now there are different ways things can be a ‘trend of the year’.

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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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MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 89

Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Connexeo (school administration software): $110 million. Investors in tutoring companies this year included Warbug Pincus, Goldman Sachs, Learn Capital, Y Combinator, the Omidyar Network, Sequoia Capital, TAL Education, Tencent, Google, and of course, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Vive la MOOC révolution.

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Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 93

Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Several months ago, I started to jot down ideas about what I'd cover in my annual review of what's happened over the course of the past 12 months in the field / industry /promotion of education technology. Of course, the latter is just wishful thinking. It’s not an ed-tech story per se.

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Technology Pearson Education MOOC 67

ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 1, 2019

In order to reduce the amount of new content a teacher needs to make, YouTube videos, MOOC s, multiple choice questions and web-based resources can be combined. Additional resources such as ViewSonic’s myViewBoard software , can be used to combine content into a single presentation, which can then be shared with children online.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

I’ve taken a MOOC on algorithms and read, in whole or in part, books and articles that contain significant discussions of computer science-y things like time complexity and NP-completeness. Second, I’ve been using computers and software more and more in my teaching. and then somewhat sparingly.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 19, 2018

“ James Damore is moving his lawsuit against Google out of court,” The Verge reports. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” There’s more MOOC news in the “business of education” section below. Devonshire Investors has acquired MOOC startup NovoEd.

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

For those keeping score at home, here are Peter Thiel’s ed-tech investments (in addition to his “I’ll pay you to drop out of college” fellowship program, of course): Clever, Lore, Thinkful, Declara, and SoFi. ” (That giant: Pearson , of course.). Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” MOOCs are dead , according to Udacity ’s VP. ” Never one to let a good MOOC story pass them by, Edsurge repeats the story. “MOOCs Are ”Dead.“ ” Sham courses. And of course, there’s an app for that.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

We could participate in a number of free Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs), including over a dozen on Chinese History from Harvard University. We might even take a cue from Michael Hathorn’s high school history students in Hartford, Vermont and use tools like Google SketchUp to make a historical model of our city or town.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) It may be the hardware or the operating system (OS), even a web browser or other underlying software, as long as the program code is executed in it. Education’s Proto-Platforms.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

These are online representations of an earned skill, often through taking small credit courses aimed toward working and non-degree-seeking individuals. Another is the rise of the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) or online instructional platforms like edX, Coursera, or Udacity. Or must they take a leave of absence?

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

You’ll remember Gove, of course, from his role as the former education secretary and as special friend of News Corp's Joel Klein. ” She promises that every kid will learn to code (of course) by having the private sector train CS teachers. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

.” That’s Joel Rose ’s School of One software. Via The New York Times : New York governor “ Cuomo to Give Colleges $7 Million for Courses in Prisons.” ” The Google Memo. Jen Howard on “What Happened to Google’s Effort to Scan Millions of University Library Books ?”

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Fines Google $5.1 Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “The cost of maintaining an online course for several years can eventually outstrip the launch cost – but the investment might just pay off,” says Inside Higher Ed. There’s more MOOC news in the credential section below.

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

It’s a look back at what’s happened over the course of each year, not simply – to counter that totally overused phrase from hockey player Wayne Gretsky’s dad – to “skate to where the puck is going,” but to examine where it has been. This is part of the push for MOOCs, we must be honest.).

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Trump’s budget, of course, cuts $9.2 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?”

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Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

The big ed-tech news this week is, of course, that Betsy DeVos is considering allowing schools to use federal funds to arm teachers and staff. ” CPS is, of course, the Chicago Public Schools. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Gotta keep hyping that MOOC thing. ” This is in Alabama.

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Education MOOC Kaplan Robotics 46

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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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

It’s not really “free Internet,” of course – it’s Facebook as Internet. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Aftermath of the MOOC wars: Can commercial vendors support creative higher education ? Raise $146.1 A Wi-Fi system.

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Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Augment, not replace, of course. MOOCs were going to change everything. This is what Google does, for example, when you type something like “how many points LBJ” into the search bar, and you get results about LeBron James. Google Search is biased, as Safiya Noble demonstrates in her book The Algorithms of Oppression.

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

And of course current Undersecretary of Education, Ted Mitchell, is a former VC.) Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). From the Coursera blog : “Coursera pilots a new course format.” ” More via I Programmer on Coursera ’s decision to remove old courses from its platform. .”

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Hack Education

JULY 8, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “For Students Taking Online Courses, a Completion Paradox.” ” Research from EuroDL : “Massive Open Online Courses and Economic Sustainability.” ” Institut Mines-Télécom joins edX. .”

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

“The Year of the MOOC” – I was summoned to Palo Alto, California for a small gathering to discuss the future of teaching, learning, and technology. This talk was presented at The University of Edinburgh's Moray House School of Education. Let me begin with a story. In December 2012 – we all remember 2012 right?

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

And one for-profit story is in the Betteridge’s Law of Headlines section because of course. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ TU Delft Students Can Earn Credit For MOOCs From Other Universities.” Christakis (@NAChristakis) February 4, 2018. Contests and Awards.

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Lenovo Education Facebook MOOC 51

Hack Education

AUGUST 18, 2017

Actions, of course, speak louder than words. Tune into the Contrafabulists podcast this weekend, when Kin Lane and I will discuss the response (or lack thereof) from the tech industry, including Cloudflare , Spotify , Squarespace , GoDaddy , Google , the EFF , and others. ” Her note did not mention Trump. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

Via EdScoop : “ Google adds new terms to comply with Connecticut student data privacy laws.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). If you Google him, you might surmise there’s a lot more going on here than just textbook sales.). State and Local) Education Politics.

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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. Robots are much more ideal as workers, because of course they cannot unionize. On average , a bootcamp runs about $11,000 for a 12-week course.)

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Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

” But of course, that’s not quite true: my first introduction to Papert's work was actually a decade earlier, when I sat at an Apple II and taught a Turtle how to move about the screen. ” This argument is, of course, ridiculously daft, as “the liberal arts” has historically included math and science.

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

” WV is West Virginia , of course. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the job training section below. Of course, Harvard doesn’t keep quiet about anything, does it.). .” (State and Local) Education Politics. ” The chain: KIPP.

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