Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

What do you think the whole MOOC thing George Siemens and I and others was about? Needless to say, these students are not roaming autodidacts who, left to their own (digital) devices, will thrive and succeed as “free range learners” in a world of MOOCs. We are focused on the advantages of OER-enabled pedagogy.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

He’s never been a fan of digital textbooks or MOOCs.) There’s a lot of creativity around targeted vocational programs that deliver a definite salary uplift and expand people’s life options,” he says. Among them: Achieve3000, a language arts tool, and Frontline Technologies, a provider of administrative software.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

A venture-backed for-profit called the Minerva Project created the college’s curriculum and software, and has raised more than $95-million. What critics say: Students are definitely taking a leap of faith that the upstart will be viewed favorably by employers. Tax status: Hybrid of for-profit and non-profit.

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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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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.”) But first, a definition (or two) might be helpful. ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

I''m definitely sharing this with my colleagues and networks on this side of the planet. Most impressive demonstration of the possibilities of the software and of engaging ways to interpret the conference theme! " -Anonymous “This is a fantastic conference and I plan on using the recordings for my graduate student -professional teachers.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

In addition to new definitions, models, and strategies, citations and references will also be added periodically, as will updates, corrections, edits, and revisions. Terry Heick offers a definition of digital citizenship as “The quality of habits, actions, and consumption patterns that impact the ecology of digital content and communities.”

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

In my work, I influence this type of planning, so her commentary causes me to reflect on my work, though with our size we will never be mistaken for LA, and we definitely don’t ever talk about dollar figures as high as those at issue for LA Unified. Or teachers are allowed some lab time but no access to software or internet.

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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. Whatever “it” is. ” Instead, it said it would offer some diagnostic tools online.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2017

It’s not even a definitional debate, like whether a MOOC can be considered truly “open” if the content isn’t released under a Creative Commons license or if students have to pay to receive a certificate. It confuses the properties of the whole with the properties of a part. Educational products can’t be efficacious or not.

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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 ? ” Definitely no one I trust more on this topic, no siree. ” And his partner Michael Feldstein : “ Student-Centered Educational Software.”

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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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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” This one’s definitely my favorite: “Lecture VR is a VR app … which simulates a lecture hall in virtual reality.” ” Via the AP : “2 ex- El Paso schools administrators guilty in testing scam.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That). And “free” doesn’t last.

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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? If you want a job as a software developer in the technology industry, you’ll need a college degree. million ads for software-developer jobs nationwide. million ads for software-developer jobs nationwide. ” MOOCs for credit.

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Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

” That’ll definitely bring back the coal jobs. ’” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Reminder: a lot of MOOC news is now job training news, so you’ll find some updates in that section below. We have the numbers on Indianapolis Public Schools teachers.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Big HR news about Coursera in the HR section below. Here’s the headline from Inside Higher Ed : “For-Credit MOOC: Best of Both Worlds at MIT ?” ” But if you look closer, it’s not a MOOC; it’s just an online class at MIT.

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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. “More Americans just need the right training.” ” The company in question is HireVue. ” (Ha.

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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.” Google has released an update to its Course Builder software. CourseStorm has raised $760,000 from Maine Venture Fund for its online course registration software.

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