Educator Innovator

DECEMBER 13, 2016

New media educator Howard Rheingold interviews educator Kevin Hodgson about connected learning and how educators enact its principles with technology. If you are organizing a course, MOOC, or co-learning community, daily connects are one of the most powerful and yet simple tools at your disposal. The kids were so excited.

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DECEMBER 31, 2018

” Tutoring is the cornerstone of technological fantasies about “personalized learning.” Not a great outcome for a company that had raised over $77 million in venture funding and had been lauded as the future of social learning. “EdTech fails to pay, again,” The Financial Times chuckled.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 20, 2015

The following infographic/cheat sheet from @goboundless outlines some of the larger scale (eLearning) or controversial (MOOC) movements, as well as those on the rise (1:1, personalized learning), and providing working definitions for each. Massive Online Open Courses (MOOC). Blended Learning. Adaptive Learning.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2020

And his vision leans more toward student and teacher agency, championing novel initiatives that work within existing school structures to support cross-disciplinary programs, project-based learning and entrepreneurial mindsets. To a large extent, though, the MOOC movement has proven to be a disappointment.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

To get a glimpse into what the next 12 months will hold for everything from professional development to digital learning, and from communication to virtual reality, 15 ed tech luminaries looked back on 2016 edtech trends to help predict what’s in store for 2017. MOOCs continued to increase in number and attendance.

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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. “Can a District Disrupt the Edtech Industry ?” Where Are They Now?” Priorities.

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DECEMBER 22, 2017

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). A call to rebrand MOOCs , from Edsurge. ” “Personalized learning,” I believe Zuck calls this. ” Lots to say about “personalized learning,” but amazingly little reflection on if any of that vision actually works.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The University of Iceland has joined edX. Via Education Week : “Why Neuroscience Should Drive Personalized Learning ” – because of “the propagation of myths and misinformation.” Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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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.” I mean, clearly the company has a strong grasp on the politics of information.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Just 22 schools with running water and basic supplies will start holding informal classes today in an attempt to kickstart recovery.” In the future, you might want to look for most MOOC-related news in the “business of job training” section below. “ Is Homework Compatible With Personalized Learning?

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JUNE 16, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “Free MOOCs Face the Music,” writes Inside Higher Ed on edX ’s decision to start charging fees. More “MOOC” news under the job training section below. Open Learning has raised $8.5 million for its MOOC platform.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ California Should Watch Arkansas Process for Creating New Online Institution,” says Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill. ” According to WCET , “Developing Effective Courses Using Adaptive Learning Begins with Proper Alignment.” million total.

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JUNE 23, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The Post and Courier : “ South Carolina ’s online charter schools: A $350 million investment with disappointing returns.” Via The 74 : “ Montessori Was the Original Personalized Learning. ” That is the Sophie B.

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JANUARY 12, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “ Personalized learning gives students a sense of control over chaotic lives,” says The Hechinger Report , in a very glowing look at the Summit Public Schools ’ ( Facebook -built) learning management system. ” Yeah.

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MAY 5, 2017

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The IRS data retrieval tool that let financial aid applicants automatically import income information into the FAFSA won’t be restored for the current aid cycle, said James Runcie, chief operating officer of the Office of Federal Student Aid, in written testimony to Congress Wednesday.”

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MAY 4, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). So much MOOC news! (Or “ MOOCs Are Global. Also via Edsurge : “How Harvard Is Trying to Update the Extension School for the MOOC Age.” “ Are Edtech Companies Doing Enough to Protect Student Privacy? ” asks Edsurge.

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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?” “ Can personalized learning prevail?

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JULY 1, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). From the edX blog : “How to be a Better Learner: Determine Your Learning Style.” Elsewhere in MOOC research… From Campus Technology : “Grouping MOOC Students by Communication Mode Doesn’t Help Completion.” edtech https://t.co/DOo11lof2f

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APRIL 27, 2018

’” 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. Edsurge on Education Elements : “Million-Dollar Advice: The High Cost and Limited Return on Personalized Learning Consulting.”

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Course Signals, a software product developed by Purdue University, was designed to boost “student success” by using learning analytics to inform teachers, students, and staff to potential problems, labeling students with a red/yellow/green scheme to indicate their danger in failing a course. Course Signals. Uber for Education". “We

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MARCH 16, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill : “If At First You Don’t Succeed, Try To Be An OPM : Conversion of for-profits and MOOCs.” ” There’s some Udacity-related MOOC news in the job training section below. ” Just five!

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MAY 19, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Why Haven’t MOOCs Eliminated Any Professors?” He’s referring to “ personalized learning ,” but might as well be any buzzword when you frame the headline that way, bud.). Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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APRIL 28, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” ” From the press release : “ MOOCs and books initiative launched by Springer and Federica Weblearning.” ” “How Can VR be Used for Learning?

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NOVEMBER 9, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” All those teachers promoting their personal brandzzz on Insta will be thrilled! ” Via Edsurge CEO Betsy Corcoran : “ Edtech Incubators are Fading. From Pearson : “ AI-based tutoring : A new kind of personalized learning.”

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Chalkbeat investigates the Indiana Virtual School : “As students signed up, online school hired barely any teachers – but founder’s company charged it millions.” ” From Edsurge : “​Invasive or Informative? For-Profit Colleges.”

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JANUARY 5, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ CSU signs deal to record, broadcast classroom lectures,” says the San Francisco Examiner. Pearson execs writing in Edsurge ask , “Can Edtech Support – and Even Save – Educational Research ?” ” More via The Pacific Standard.

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MARCH 24, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ Coursera Removes Biometric Identity Verification Using Keystroke Matching,” Class Central reports. ” Ng is, of course, the co-founder of the MOOC startup Coursera. Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security. From the HR Department.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Via Edsurge : “ ​Rhode Island ’s Plans to Become a ‘Lab State’ for Personalized Learning.” ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Iowa City Press-Citizen : “ Iowa families foregoing classroom for virtual school.” ” Education in the Courts.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

” Via Edsurge : “The Makings (and Misgivings) of a Statewide Effort to Personalize Learning in Massachusetts.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The GW Hatchet : “Oversight of online learning programs lacking in some schools, report finds.”

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

” Via Edsurge : “ Betsy DeVos Visits Bay Area Public School for a Lesson in Personalized Learning.” 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.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). It’s baaaaack: “Return of the MOOC ,” The City Journal tells us. There’s some (sorta) MOOC-related news in the venture funding section below. Because MOOCs on an airplane proved to be such an effective mode of instruction.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The 74 interviewed Sal Khan on personalized learning and his goal to create a “ global diploma ,” which he says his company can “uniquely” do. Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” asks KQED’s Mindshift.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Edsurge : “ Jefferson Education Accelerator Winds Down, Rebrands to Focus on Edtech Reviews and Procurement.” “Kidtech startup SuperAwesome is now valued at $100+ million and profitable,” Techcrunch informs us. .” Of course.

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JANUARY 12, 2017

A bill in Missouri would end tenure for all new faculty hires starting in 2018 and require more student access to information about the job market for majors. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” edX is offering an online master’s degree with Georgia Tech : an OMS (online master’s in science) in Analytics.

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MARCH 31, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Online education platform Coursera has set a goal of offering 15 to 20 degree programs by the end of 2019. ” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s Rick Levin on the Evolution of MOOCs and Microcredentials.”

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JULY 29, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “A Platform to Monitor Learning” is the headline IHE uses to describe Yellowdig , a new social platform where instructors can watch how students interact and share information. The University System of Maryland joins edX. From MIT President L.

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JUNE 22, 2018

Where Is the Office of EdTech ?” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). To borrow from Jello Biaffra, “MOOCs aren’t dead, they just deserve to die.” ” From Edsurge : “How Blockbuster MOOCs Could Shape the Future of Teaching.” “The Dept.

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