Edsurge
APRIL 27, 2023
And he suggests that in the future students may be able to choose the “gender” and “race” of the interactive agent delivering a lecture or serving as their AI tutor, much as people today can select the gender and accent of the Siri assistant on their iPhone.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 17, 2017
Coursera was a pioneer in offering MOOCs, or massive open online courses, in partnership with hundreds of top colleges. While attention around MOOCs has died down, the company seems to have found a business model for free courses with something it calls Specializations. I have to say, a week of beta testing is not nearly enough.”
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Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
He's led work on reporting on college technology, as well as on college admissions and student life. He's been an active podcaster, too, creating programs on the future of higher ed, and on the sometimes-brilliant sometimes-frustrating role of technology in education. EdSurge: MOOCs, MOOCs, MOOCs!
The Principal of Change
MARCH 25, 2017
I am not a fan, and when schools are saying that they are either a) in a time crunch or, b) having limited use of technology, I struggle that we use this precious amount of time focusing on keyboarding programs. What “iPhone Keyboarding” class did they take to learn that? Mindset will move us forward, not any technology.
The Principal of Change
APRIL 30, 2017
Innovation is about how you use technology. My belief is that this happens because a lot of technologies that are advertised are deemed innovative, which can be true. But innovation is a way of thinking, not simply the way we use technology. Innovation is solely a “product” People believe the iPhone was innovative.
EdTechTeacher
FEBRUARY 10, 2015
To kick off this event, Alec Couros ( @courosa ), Associate Professor of educational technology and media at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina is giving the opening keynote. One day, Alec says that he tweeted out that he was thinking of starting a MOOC. ” – Seymour Papert He then compares iPhone to a lightbulb.
Learning with 'e's
OCTOBER 30, 2011
With its lurid red cover and aggressive image of a fist gripping a pencil (I would have suggested an iPod Touch or iPhone instead) while wearing a wrist band that proclaims DIY U, the books holds a lot of promise. The challenge , she says, is to capture the potential of technology to both lower costs and improve learning for all.
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