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Makerspace Educators Need Professional Development, Too

EdTech Magazine

In past MOOCs, authors engaged in Twitter chats, had guest speakers via YouTube, prompted educators to share their reflections through blogs and Facebook groups and challenged participants to create a weekly visual of their learning. Voice and choice can transform a makerspace from a STEM playground into a personalized passion project.

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14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education

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And just as universities haven’t been ‘job training facilities,’ more immediately, neither has K-12. When we seek to train students, we have to ask ourselves what we’re training them for, and make sure we can live with the consequences.” The rub comes when universities seek to revise themselves. New pedagogies.

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It’s 2020: Have Digital Learning Innovations Trends Changed?

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The primary trends identified by the team were: adaptive learning, open education resources (OER), gamification and game-based learning, MOOCs, LMS and interoperability, mobile devices, and design. To those working in higher education, some of the trends presented by the team may not have come as a surprise.

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Free or Low-Cost Resources for PD in Distance Learning

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Teaching Digital Citizenship (free) This roughly one-hour, interactive online training prepares educators to teach students the crucial skills and dispositions to be mindful and responsible online citizens. " The MOOCs are self-directed and offer videos, activities, digital forums, and other resources. " A bonus?

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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In 2009, our team at Kaplan Ventures invested in a virtual reality corporate training startup that was ten years too early. MOOCs topped the cycle in 2012. million Americans quit their jobs in the last two years, and employers are increasingly looking at skills training and skills based hiring to help fill these open positions.

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(The Very Last) Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Not so sure how folks plan to do their beloved STEM without the S or the E in this future, but hey. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The Business of Job Training (and Educational Benefits for Employees). It’s like the MOOC crap all over again. ” asks The Atlantic.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” More on bootcamps in the job training section below. 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. The Business of Job Training.