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Harvard and MIT Launch Nonprofit to Increase College Access

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Officials for the group tell EdSurge that the goal is to partner with others to support projects that build better student engagement in online courses or support better college and career outcomes. In fact, a New York Times piece declared 2012 “ the year of the MOOC.”

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Remote Learning Begs the Question: Must Lectures Be So Long?

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Insights that derive from dialog between K-12, higher education, and online-learning providers could well shape instructional practices for the better as students return to school, whether in a classroom or over Zoom. Instructors have also experimented with lecture formats that did away with podiums and blackboards.

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Join #TeachDoNow Summer MOOC

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To accomplish all of this, participants and facilitators will be working together as both learners and change agents in an open environment known as a Massive Open Online Collaboration (MOOC). The goals of this MOOC are to: Engage participants in relevant and important conversation around issues critical to 21st century learning.

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The Trends and Challenges Shaping Technology Adoption In Schools

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A panel of 59 experts from 18 countries discussed major trends in education that are driving the adoption of technology, as well as the big challenges to effective implementation. Trends affecting the adoption of technology in schools. NMC/CoSN Horizons Report: K-12 Edition).

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Virtual Reality in education brings the future closer

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Out of all the trends in e-learning right now, I have to say that I have a soft spot for Virtual Reality, or VR. First of all, VR works for students of all ages and it can be used for almost every teaching subject. Secondly, the student engagement that it creates it’s immeasurable. Or go inside one of Dali’s paintings ?

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10 Experts’ Predictions for Education and Technology in 2016

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But that hasn’t stopped us from asking a number of experts in education and technology to gaze into their crystal balls and share their thoughts on one major EdTech trend we can expect to see lighting up learning and one major challenge that education will face in 2016. Technology and the classroom – major trends and challenges.

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4 Important Lessons from 15 Years in EdTech

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Collaborative Learning, 21st Century Skills; Blending Learning, Student Engagement, MOOC; Flipped Classroom; Gamification; Big Data. ” Lesson learned #3: Don’t chase trends. I constantly play contrarian with our marketing team around using the latest education lingo: Project-Based Learning; Web 2.0;

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