Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2023

“We’ve been dreaming in the field of education that people could have their own individual tutors to help them learn,” says Mayer, who is a professor of psychology at the University of California at Santa Barbara, noting that ChatGPT has renewed this push. “So How do we create online tutors who are approachable and we want to learn from?’”

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Trends MOOC iPhone Instructional Materials 151

Learning with 'e's

APRIL 6, 2013

Anant Agarwal, president of EdX, (Harvard and MIT''s non-profit making arm that runs MOOCs), says that the software will be a boon to learning online in the future, because it will allow students to rewrite and resubmit their essays time and again, to improve their grades. Photo by Steve Wheeler Let your robots do the marking?

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Robotics MOOC Software Course 56

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2022

They envision an ecosystem where learners buy access to courses without enrolling in colleges; where teachers profit directly from their teaching; where students track progress on ever-lengthening credential chains; and where people who invest in the right tokens gather in learning groups to explore topics of mutual interest.

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Education Groups Robotics Course 174

EdTechnocation.com

MARCH 19, 2014

Last week, the MOOC-Ed, Coaching Digital Learning: Cultivating a Culture of Change , began. Use it, make mistakes with it, learn from it, and become comfortable with it! These teachers instinctively know how technology enhances instruction, engages students, and improves learning. Here are my responses.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Perhaps the Silicon Valley tech billionaire should learn how to build one himself—and sign up for a class from Udacity. This four-month intro course, which starts on Oct. Students who complete this introductory course will be eligible to enroll in the more advanced Self-Driving Car or Robotics nanodegree programs.

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Robotics MOOC Company Training 63

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

A researcher, theorist, educator, Siemens is the digital learning guy. He’s credited with co-teaching the first MOOC in 2008, introduced the theory of “connectivism”—the idea that knowledge is distributed across digital networks—and spearheaded research projects about the role of data and analytics in education.

Digital Learning 60

Digital Learning Technology MOOC Learning Analytics 60

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2020

Among the topics addressed were what colleges have learned from campuses in China, where COVID-19 hit sooner; whether the pandemic might lead to more adoption of microcredentials and other alternative higher-ed models; and whether colleges should do more to evaluate tech-teaching skills when evaluating faculty members.

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Education Policies Course Trends 132

Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

” Some of these experimental sites included MOOCs and coding bootcamps. Via The Verge : “US denies visas to Afghanistan ’s all-girl robotics team.” Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill follows up on the Edsurge article with his own analysis : “ MOOCs Now Focused on Paid Certificates and OPM Market.”

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MOOC Education Robotics Company 57

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Resnick argues that all kids—and even grownups—should approach life the way we all did in kindergarten, where learning happened through playfully rearranging the world around us. The most important thing for them to learn is how to think and act creatively—how to come up with innovative solutions to new situations that they confront.

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MOOC Maker Movement Course Robotics 105

Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

The post 20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic] appeared first on Shake Up Learning. This opens so many doors for teachers, students, and parents to connect, collaborate and learn. Or one for the Robotics Club, National Honor Society, Made with Code, Girls/Boys Scouts, etc. Create a Class for Learning Challenges.

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Google Classroom Groups MOOC 78

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Tomorrow’s technologies are shaping our world today, revolutionizing the way we live and learn. Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, Internet of Things, Drones, Personalization, the Quantified Self. This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded.

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Libraries Conference Elsevier Technology 31

RafranzDavis.com

MAY 22, 2016

Weeks later, the second moment was being invited to the White House during #CSEdweek, to an event created to bridge educators with developers, creating platforms to help teachers teach and learn more computer science. In the months after both of those events, I decided to learn as much as possible about purposeful coding/making.

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Microsoft MOOC Robotics Course 64

Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2018

Kent Darr suggested that “Parsing large data sets could help the instructor and instructional designer make quicker, more informed decisions about course content, tasks, and assessments,” work that “may otherwise prove to be time-consuming for the instructor/ researcher.” The result can be jarring.”

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Education Data MOOC Industry 71

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

These are my prepared remarks, delivered on a panel titled “Outsourcing the Classroom to Ed Tech & Machine-learning: Why Parents & Teachers Should Resist” at the Network for Public Education conference in Indianapolis. Augment, not replace, of course. MOOCs were going to change everything. ”). (No

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Knewton Education Company Learning 60

Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

” This happens all the time, of course, and not just at “business of education” conferences. At ASU+GSV, I heard plenty of invocations about “digital natives” and “learning styles.” ” There was all the usual talk of job-stealing robots and the “ jobs that don’t exist yet.”

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Kaplan MOOC LMS Robotics 58

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Redesigning Learning Spaces: Panelists identified changing learning spaces as a trend that educators and district leaders have embraced for quite some time and which is likely to continue. Technology could be a productive part of this shift by changing where and how students engage with learning.

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Trends Technology Robotics Report 28

Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2020

Retailers such as The Gap are accelerating the adoption of robots in their warehouses. In the COVID-19 era, microcredentials can also be a solution to the need for “ learning continuity ”—providing waystations as students cycle in and out of educational experiences and work.

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Learning Digital Badges E-rate MOOC 178

Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

A quick round of introductions revealed some interesting trends: a growing number of liberal arts institutions are launched or growing online learning programs; many sought to find the distinct ways liberal arts institutions, and campuses pursuing liberal education, can use technology. Online learning is on the rise.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) Arguably, one of the best candidates is the learning management system.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update March 18th All of life is a constant education. Eleanor Roosevelt The technologies of the Internet and the Web are reshaping where, when, and from whom we learn--and even how we think about learning. Interested in becoming a Learning Revolution Partner? Follow #RSCON5 for updates.

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Conference Education Learning Common Core 52

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

“Nothing has more potential to enable us to reimagine higher education than the massive open online course, or MOOC, platforms that are being developed by the likes of Stanford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and companies like Coursera and Udacity.” Learning objects. Learning portals.

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Technology Education Robotics System 0

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

” She posits gaming as the new site for “modern learning,” with an emphasis on skills training and data-driven self-improvement. There is much to learn from the Meeker report. It holds true for my work too, of course.) There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.”

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

– China’s state-controlled news broadcasters have long been considered somewhat robotic in their daily recitation of pro-government propaganda, and a pair of new presenters will do little to dispel that view. We are now living in a world in which robots do many of the jobs we once thought the preserve of humans.

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Robotics MOOC STEM Broadband 101

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

It’s an intense research project that usually tops out at about 75,000 words, written over the course of four to six weeks. Of course, if you look for those education technology writers who are independent from venture capital, corporate or institutional backing, or philanthropic funding, there is pretty much only me.).

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Trends Report iPhone Software 40

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Most online courses are a solitary experience for learners. For large introductory courses, even if students can interact with their professors there are still those who “sit” in the back and neglect to raise their virtual hands. I’m hoping this helps them to stay vested in the course as they’re working with their classmates.”

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MOOC Dropout Exercises OER 60

EdTechTeacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

No matter what you may choose to learn, you can do so via YouTube and other media. Increasingly, the perspective that young people, and people of all ages, bring is the notion that all learners exist within a learning commons. This perspective is shaping formal learning as well. Be the Node!

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EdTech Robotics MOOC System 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Docente infantil y primaria Stories from the Earth: teaching about changing landscapes using 28 years of satellite observations - Peder Nelson, MS Creating equitable STEM learning opportunities for K-12 girls - Brenda Britsch, Co-Principal Investigator Maps, Math, and Media: Innovative Transdisciplinary Projects in Teacher Education - Melda N.

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STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

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. Dangerous practices and products are normalized.

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Technology Pearson Education MOOC 67

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Via The Atlantic : “Why Young Pakistanis Are Learning Chinese.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). From the Coursera blog : “Announcing ‘ AI for Everyone ’: a new course from deeplearning.ai ” (State and Local) Education Politics. on Coursera.”

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Education Coursera Facebook MOOC 53

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Just a few weeks after Daphne Koller ’s announcement she was leaving the MOOC startup she co-founded, Coursera unveiled “ Coursera for Business ” this week, marking its pivot from “democratizing higher ed” to “ training corporate employees.”

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Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52

Hack Education

AUGUST 17, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). That would be Omarosa Manigault Newman , of course. Wants Students to Learn Bleeding-Control Methods to Prepare for School Shootings.” How’d He Learn to Fly?” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. " But hey.

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Education Robotics Facebook Moodle 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Two school districts in two states are scaling back their use of the Facebook -built Summit Public Schools ’ learning management system. Via Edsurge : “ Connecticut School District Suspends Use of Summit Learning Platform.” ” Via The Indiana Gazette : “Directors vote to scale back Summit Learning program.”

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Education Robotics MOOC Facebook 46

Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs are back in the headlines again. Via Edsurge : “The Second Wave of MOOC Hype Is Here, and It’s Online Degrees.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” “ Cyber Charters in at Least 5 States Face Closure. .”

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Education MOOC Social Media Report 46

Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

“Free College” Via Edsurge : “For Free Community College , Online Learning Isn’t Always Part of the Recipe for Success.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” That’s the University of Kansas. million total.

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Education Company MOOC Report 49

Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via WCTI12.com com : “Boy, 8, drives to McDonald’s after learning how online.” ” “ MOOCs Started Out Completely Free. Via The New York Times : “ Dolly Parton College Course Combines Music, History and Appalachia Pride.”

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Education MOOC Facebook Report 45

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Do Online Courses Really Save Money? ” (Note: there’s a response to this article by Georgia Tech professor Ashok Goel, who builds teaching chat-bots, in the “robots” section below. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” " It’s lovely to see the big innovation from the MOOC startups in 2017 involves the learning management system. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Education E-rate MOOC Data 44