Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

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. He points to the learning management system as an example.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

edX - www.edex.org - MOOC site, courses are all free, people who teach the courses are from Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, University of Texas, etc. Coursera is another option for higher ed MOOCS. Close to 10% of students got into MIT by excelling in a MOOC. For example, this young man from Mongolia. I LOVE Diigo!)

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I also asked each person to specify their role concerning technology, and there were a lot of different roles: someone running a distance learning program, another in charge of a problem-based learning initiative, a prof looking for good examples of technology in liberal education, a provost to whom several tech departments reported, and more.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2016

He cited Jon Udell ‘s vision of Wikipedia as a place where knowledge is socially constructed. Data and ownership of one’s web space, being wary of silos, should be discussed now. Q: Sam from Amherst asked about the LMS for gathering student data. His response: web hosting has gotten much easier than it used to be.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2016

He cited Jon Udell ‘s vision of Wikipedia as a place where knowledge is socially constructed. Data and ownership of one’s web space, being wary of silos, should be discussed now. Q: Sam from Amherst asked about the LMS for gathering student data. His response: web hosting has gotten much easier than it used to be.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs.

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Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Daniel Bell’s 1973 book The Coming of Post-Industrial Society is a classic example of this work. Friedman and the rest of the uncritical MOOC cheerleaders) or dystopian views. However, I’d probably lean toward Kenneth Galbraith’s 1972 (2nd ed.) Serving the same purpose but in the more narrow niche of U.S.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. Why the Diverse Charter School Model Is Being Gentrified.”

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Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Daniel Bell’s 1973 book The Coming of Post-Industrial Society is a classic example of this work. Friedman and the rest of the uncritical MOOC cheerleaders) or dystopian views. However, I’d probably lean toward Kenneth Galbraith’s 1972 (2nd ed.) Serving the same purpose but in the more narrow niche of U.S.

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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. How accurate is her data? (I’d There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” ”) How accurate are her observations?

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Wired Campus

MARCH 13, 2015

Big data is coming to education, if it’s not here already. Some 32 national organizations unveiled a statement of “Student Data Principles” during the conference, outlining a guiding philosophy that included a commitment to collecting only the minimum amount of information needed to help students succeed.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

And yet it is naive and even misleading to pretend as though education technology exists separately from either of those – from the politics of DC, the politics of local school boards, or the politics of Silicon Valley, for example. Data Insecurity. Beyond the MOOC. The Compulsion for Data. Data and Privacy.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Via The Independent : “13-year-old girl arrested after contacting clown on social media and asking him to kill her teacher.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Aftermath of the MOOC wars: Can commercial vendors support creative higher education ? Raise $146.1

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

.” “Two assessment companies – Educational Testing Service and Data Recognition Corp. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Humans, the Latest MOOC Feature.” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. The states in question: Texas and Nevada.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 5, 2018

’s use of earnings data investigated.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s data about distance education enrollments in the US in the research section below. The Atlantic on Logan Paul : “The Social-Media Star and the Suicide.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

A fabulous example of our healthy capitalist economy working its magic. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” DonorsChoose data scientist Barbara Cveni? Roombas, for example. ” Kaltura has acquired Rapt Media. Data, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

” The city uses algorithms, for example, to place students in public schools. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). A call to rebrand MOOCs , from Edsurge. Via Motherboard : “ New York City Passes Bill to Study Biases in Algorithms Used by the City.” ” Education in the Courts. .”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Bush ), and the invocation of facts, evidence, and expertise in political arguments (particularly those arguments on social media) is now interpreted as bias rather objectivity. Take iPads , for example. Or MOOCs even. Fads fade, of course. Hype wanes. Or the flipped classroom. What might we afraid to admit has died?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Many students cannot afford the heavy data usage required by geofencing apps, for starters. Furthermore, at launch, Pokémon Go demanded users sign over a great deal of personal data and grant permissions to the app that, for a time , gave it access to a user’s entire Google account. To data about students’ sexual identity?

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the credential section below. Via Class Central : “Analysis of 450 MOOC -Based Microcredentials Reveals Many Options But Little Consistency.” Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. Because of course.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

” Note the significant difference in language in this headline from The Verge , for example – “ Harvard’s Root robot teaches kids how to code ” – and the way in which Seymour would describe the LOGO Turtle – that students would using programming to teach the robot. Computer Science For All.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Really great investigative work on Department of Education data on school shootings by NPR’s Anya Kamenetz, Alexis Arnold, and Emily Cardinali : “The School Shootings That Weren’t.” Thank you, big data, for giving people this insight.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

I’ve never seen an education story receive quite as much attention from non-educators on social media. The Department of Education , under the auspices of “transparency,” promises more access to data about financial aid. Via the IEEE Spectrum : “How the Pioneers of the MOOC Got It Wrong.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

Via The Guardian : “ Student Loans Company ‘spied on vulnerable students’ social media’ ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” JFC. Sticks With Him.”

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Indeed, Edutechnica, which also tracks LMS data, responds with their own numbers and says that Blackboard still has about two hundred more installations than Canvas and about a million more students using the software. Data, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

And more importantly, to ascertain where some folks – those who issue press releases, for example – want the puck to head. It ignores what happens in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for example: the site of Harvard and MIT. We’re more likely to overlook the role that venture capital plays, for example.

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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

MAY 13, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). In related MOOC news, there's more on “ nanodegrees ” in the “credentialing” section below. ” The story above is just one recent example of technology entrepreneurs making claims that do not “add up.” charter school.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

A public service announcement from the FBI : “ Education Technologies : Data Collection and Unsecured Systems Could Pose Risks to Students.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ Monetizing A MOOC Platform.” Why Data Walls May Cause More Harm Than Good.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

” The University of Northern New Jersey had a website – one with a.edu domain, to boot – as well as several active social media profiles. Financial data on coding bootcamps can be found on funding.hackeducation.com. New federal rules, for example, were poised to raise the standards for these graduates.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 26, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “Why America’s MOOC pioneers have abandoned ship” by Jonathan Rees. “ MOOCs Are Dead. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. Data and “Research” 21 states still allow corporal punishment. Terms were not disclosed.

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Testing, Testing… “ Common Core testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs for credit ! ’ ” 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. There are other markets to pursue, after all – markets in Mexico , Gaza , Uganda, Kenya, and Nigeria , for example. The prison market.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Department of Education has released data showing there were 539 institutions placed on heightened cash monitoring as of Dec. More about the politics of education data – particularly regarding undocumented students – in the data and surveillance section below. More via Bloomberg.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Data-Protection Law Looms.” ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “How Much Hollywood Glitz Should Colleges Use in Their Online Courses ?” Maybe social media is broken, Cathy O’Neil suggests. And from Phil Hill : “A Note on Data Used for LMS Market Analysis.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Buzzfeed : “ Online Charter Schools Prepare For A Trump-Era Boom.” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. Via Venture Beat : “ LinkedIn resets some Lynda.com users’ passwords following data leak.” ” More via Inside Higher Ed.

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