Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

That’s his explanation for how he thinks about the role of education in the 21st century. 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.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2020

It helps me have a finger on the pulse of what’s going on for learners and particularly for instructor’s work in academia, in business, and in K-12 industries. At Duke we’ve been thinking about, like a lot of universities, a “robot-proof future,” and thinking about the sixty-year curriculum. We need to be thinking about that.

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Education Policies Course Trends 138

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Analysis of Georgia Tech ’s MOOC-inspired online master’s in computer science suggests that institutions can successfully deliver high-quality, low-cost degrees to students at scale.” ” “ Robot abuse ”?!

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

As with any changing industry, there are many problems standing in the way of effective technology implementation. Scaling promising innovations is another problem that most educators run up against, but don’t know how to get around. CHALLENGES. Teachers are becoming more comfortable with this idea of “blending learning.”.

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Trends Technology Robotics Report 28

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

MOOCs were going to change everything. My favorite ludicrous claim remains that of Knewton’s CEO who told NPR in 2015 that his company was a “mind reading robot tutor in the sky.” ” (My man here does not even know how to use the word “literally.”). The Internet was going to change everything.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

But as successive refinements improve them to the point that they start to steal customers, they may end up reshaping entire industries: classified ads (Craigslist), long distance calls (Skype), record stores (iTunes), research libraries (Google), local stores (eBay), taxis (Uber) and newspapers (Twitter).” Robotics in the classroom.

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Examples Classroom Maker Movement Social Media 40

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

More on student loans (namely, people in powerful political office with connections to the student loans industry) in the politics of education section above. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” If you can’t create revenue, raise venture capital. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. powered teaching method.”

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Education Coursera MOOC Udemy 46

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. ” Industry, not the child’s imagination as Seymour would have it, largely dictates the shape and direction of the CS trend.

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

“Free College” “How to Pay for Free Community College ,” according to Inside Higher Ed. In the future, you might want to look for most MOOC-related news in the “business of job training” section below. “‘Eton for all’: will robot teachers mean everyone gets an elite education?

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Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

” Challenging forced arbitration clauses has been one way the CFPB has taken on the student loan industry. Via Buzzfeed : “A Close Ally Of Mike Pence Is Helping The Shady Student Debt Relief Industry.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” MOOCs. ” (That’s Marty Obst.).

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MOOC Education Company Coursera 47

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Brown University joins edX. “ Y Combinator MOOC for Tech Startups Attracts Thousands of Views,” says Campus Technology. Not sure why this is called a MOOC. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” The attack was at Transylvania University.

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

This is really similar to the work I do mapping the relationships – financial and otherwise – among various players in the ed-tech industry. Here’s how a convention could do it.” “[Senator Lamar] Alexander and [Secretary of Education John] King disagreed on how to enforce the new law governing Title I.

Education 40

Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “ Betsy DeVos ’s first Detroit visit featured Girl Scouts, robots, and talk of beluga whales.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). So much MOOC news! (Or “ MOOCs Are Global. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” asks Edsurge.

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MOOC Education Robotics Company 42

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

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.

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). From the edX blog : “How to be a Better Learner: Determine Your Learning Style.” “ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” ” More on MOOC (and related) research in the research section below.

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

But how do they compare to the old one and the ACT ?” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). From the World Bank’s ed-tech blog : “How students in Uruguayan schools are being taught English over the Internet by teachers in Argentina – and in the UK & the Philippines.”

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Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “A Sector in Flux: How For-Profit Higher Ed Has Shifted.” ” 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.”

Education 46

Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” A MOOC consortium , that is, with member institutions Davidson College , Colgate University , Hamilton College , and Wellesley College. Via The New York Times : “The Snake Oil of the Second-Act Industry.” ” Contests and Conferences.

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Education Facebook Khan Academy MOOC 50

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Edsurge’s Jeff Young and Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill both asked industry analyst Trace Urdan for his take. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. a month.). .” Move along.

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Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

.” More on how the IER, the Department of Education’s research arm, fails to protect student data in the infosec section below. Via The USA Today : “Kids on winning robotics team told, ‘Go back to Mexico’ ” The kids were from Pleasant Run Elementary School in Indianapolis. From the HR Department.

Education 52

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The Question Is How to Pay for Them.” “ Should Children Form Emotional Bonds With Robots? So much industry-driven fun fun fun. More details about more industry money for Code.org in the venture philanthropy section below. “Huh?”

Education 48

Education Robotics Company Report 48

Hack Education

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.” ” The tech industry is still bullish on the business of tech training nonetheless.

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Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). I’ve got all the “learn-to-code” news in the job training section, because let’s be honest… Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. .” Of course. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Ashford U. What Should We Teach?”

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Education Company Data Elsevier 46

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” An op-ed in Forbes by University Ventures’ Ryan Craig : “Make Online Education Great (For The First Time).” ” New Nanodegrees from Udacity : Digital Marketing and Robotics. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Robots hate the Common Core.

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “How Much Hollywood Glitz Should Colleges Use in Their Online Courses ?” “How Silicon Valley Plans to Conquer the Classroom” by The New York Times’ Natasha Singer – through some pretty shady practices, no doubt. ” No.

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

” More on the technology industry’s role in building a Muslim registry in the surveillance section below. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Buzzfeed : “ Online Charter Schools Prepare For A Trump-Era Boom.” “Could robots be marking your homework ?”

Education 40

Education Coursera lynda.com LMS 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “As In-Person Bootcamps Falter, Codecademy Introduces Paid Online Options.” Pretty sure this is the best MOOC story of the week: “ Russian Underground Launches Online Courses in Card Fraud ,” Infosecurity Group reports. .”

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Khan Academy Elsevier Education MOOC 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news down in the “labor and management” section below. Speaking of Google, “ Google Is Teaching Children How to Act Online. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Indiana University has joined edX.

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Education Khan Academy Company MOOC 60

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Vive la MOOC révolution. ” “Orphan MOOCs and the Digital Dark Ages” by Jeffrey Pomerantz in Hybrid Pedagogy. ” There’s more licensing and certification news in the MOOC section above. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

” The New York Times looks at “A Legal Industry Built on Private School Sex Abuse.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Responses to last week’s news about Western Governors University and the audit of its competency-based offerings: Via NPR : “Who Is A College Teacher, Anyway? .”

Education 47

Education Company Data Report 47

Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “The Future of MOOCs Might Not Be Free ,” suggests Education Week’s Market Brief with an observation that many of us made back in 2012. That’s how marketing works. ” (Psst. I think Kamala Harris is onto y’all.).

Education 45

Education Sakai Udemy Report 45