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How a Parody Twitter Account Helps Decode the Hulking Educause Conference (And What to Expect This Year)

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EDUCAUSE_HULK , the long-running parody Twitter character who captures the spirit of the event with simple pronouncements in all-caps. ANY PUNY HUMAN SMARTPHONE ONLY! It’s trying to serve all kinds of tech leaders. So who else to turn to for advice about what to look for at this year’s event than. What’s his suggestion? EDUCAUSE HULK.

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New learning environments: The challenge and the promise #EDENchat

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The last two decades alone have seen a rapid rise in popularity of the World Wide Web, smartphones, social media, social networks, augmented reality, wearable technologies and user generated content sites. What are the issues we need to address to make new learning environments a success? And what new skills and knowledge do educators need?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Some of these experimental sites included MOOCs and coding bootcamps. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Class Central’s Dhawal Shah, writing in Edsurge : “ MOOCs Find Their Audience: Professional Learners and Universities.” State and Local) Education Politics.

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Distance Education in transit? #EDENchat #EDENchatUS

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The advent of the Web, along with wider access to computers, smartphones and other personal technologies, has transformed distance education to the point that anyone can now access free learning through MOOCs and other online forms of content delivery. Please join us on Twitter to discuss the future of distance education.

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10 Experts’ Predictions for Education and Technology in 2016

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The most common device among students is the smartphone. Many online learning platforms can be used with smartphones, tablets, and desktop computers. Because mobile learning is a trend, one’s own online content should always be tested for smartphone and tablet use. Barbara Geyer-Hayden (MA Programme Director, Germany).

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15 hot edtech trends for 2017

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They can be something everybody uses; that’s how 2012 became the year of the MOOC, and why virtual reality will no doubt be widely cited as the trend of 2016. MOOCs continued to increase in number and attendance. Follow her on Twitter at @TeachitRalph. By Stephen Downes, National Research Council.

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How—and Why—We Can Improve the Future of Mobile Learning

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When Massive Open Online Courses (or MOOCs) were first introduced, people quickly realized these platforms could help students learn more effectively at their own pace on their own schedule. He or she relies on his or her smartphone and other mobile devices to communicate, create content, and access and share information.