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The Metamorphosis of MOOCs

Edsurge

At a recent meeting of educational technology policy advisors, a well-informed university CIO casually declared that MOOCs were history. Increasingly, MOOCs are being packaged into series of courses with a non-degree credential being offered to those who successfully complete the series.

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It’s Time to Digitally Transform Community College

Edsurge

With an uncertain fall and a deep economic downturn, many believe two-year colleges may be the best answer to meeting the higher education needs of both traditional and non-traditional students and workers looking to learn new skills. Local and highly affordable, community colleges are engines of economic opportunity.

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Coursera Co-Founder Andrew Ng Wants to Bring ‘AI to Everyone’ in Latest Course

Edsurge

The course will cost $49 per month and will be hosted on Coursera, a platform for massive open online courses, or MOOCs, that Ng co-founded in 2012. (He offers through Coursera, which Ng teaches, have had wide appeal on the MOOC website. In June, EdSurge reported that three Coursera’s top 10 most popular courses were taught by him.

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GSV Ventures Raises $180M Fund in Search of Global Edtech Opportunities

Edsurge

There are also new technologies that have yet to meet their potential, she adds: “There is some skepticism around AI and machine learning, but there are substantive pieces of technology being built, and education is just in the first inning of productively applying them to improve teaching and learning.” billion in 2017.

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MOOC-Ed: Coaching Digital Learning, Unit 1 Reflection

EdTechnocation.com

Last week, the MOOC-Ed, Coaching Digital Learning: Cultivating a Culture of Change , began. We meet quarterly to have important discussions about the technology in our school, ask questions, and provide support. You can still register for the MOOC-Ed and participate! Digital edtech Learning mooc MOOC-Ed'

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?Meet Intel Education Accelerator’s Newest Cohort of EdTech Visionaries

Edsurge

report cards have by and large stayed the same over the last century—there’s not always good feedback, and it’s too late once bad grades get in. The model costs $8 a month and their first game, Tyoto Ecology, generated $115,000 within six months of its release via the online gaming platform Steam. But entrepreneurs behind Comprend.io

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New Teachers Won’t Save Us

The Thinking Stick

According to a Project Tomorrow Report. But student-teachers report that their tech training focuses only on simple management tools. At the same time, the report concludes that those who have the biggest influence on new teachers — veteran educators – don’t always embrace new ways of using technology to engage students.