The Principal of Change

DECEMBER 13, 2018

You can do what I did; take your computer or tablet and work in classrooms. April 13, 2018 Every “Best Practice” in Education Was Once an Innovation July 24, 2016 11 Books To Further an #InnovatorsMindset October 13, 2011 Turn on the lights September 8, 2016 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting Soon!

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EdTechSandyK

OCTOBER 4, 2012

The emerging model in business today is BYO3 - Bring Your Own Laptop/Tablet/Phone We are coming to a price point where schools can provide small tablets and allow students to bring their own devices for learning as well. Question : Are we taking brand new disruptive technologies and trying to force them into old models?

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Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

And the MOOC numbers look like they’re rising. Unless the worm turns globally, I’d expect planet MOOC to keep growing in 2016. Skepticism about the quality of online learning could migrate to the general population. The hype bubble burst in America, but other countries seem to be interested.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2016

And although Comprend.io’s co-founders Dan Nash and Sean Hookano-Briel initially targeted K-12 schools for the tool, it seems the corporate sector, which has increasingly turned to MOOCs to train employees, has taken a liking to it even more. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, Comprend.io prices on a by-school or company basis.

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Bryan Alexander

MARCH 5, 2016

Another example: phones are much more important than tablets for less affluent students, but CIOs see them as equally significant. For example, MOOCs are still weak on completion and learning, but evolving. Connectivity raises cost issues, too. Possiblye the FCC will extend E-rate funding to poorer areas.

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GoConqr

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

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. Web-based classroom solutions also offer apps in most cases. GoConqr Click To Tweet. Maria Mendez (Educator, Chile).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes. Instead, they’ve re-branded as job training sites.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2011

link] EPCOP MOOC WEBINAR ( Australia Series ) Mon 8 Aug 09:00PM New York / Tue 9 Aug 01:00AM GMT / Tue 9 Aug 11:00AM Sydney Coach Carole. We will hear from the MOOCers about their discoveries, their plans for participating in the MOOC and we will find out just what impact e-portfolio learning is having on them so far.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 16, 2020

Students use laptops, tablets, and myriad software to complete in-class work and at-home assignments. In a survey of 1,000 long-time high school teachers, 73% say their classrooms use laptops and tablets daily. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are also excellent resources, offering free classes from world-renowned universities.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

Curating the Best Content for Learning , Spending on education technology is now in the tens of billions dollars as schools push for broadband, computer labs, and 1-to-1 tablets. There’s a lot of great games, apps, websites, and digital curricula to go along with tablets and computers. But what about content?

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

” BYOD programs allow students to use their own technology (usually smartphone or tablet) in a classroom. The study of teaching adults. An initialism that stands for “Bring Your Own Device.” ” “Mastery learning is used in order to advance an individual’s potential for learning. ” (11). Mobile Learning.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Fortunately, there is a vast amount of content already available, such as YouTube videos, MOOCs, multiple choice questions and web-based resources. Because to these outdated images of uninspiring classrooms shiny tablets, learning without a teacher and - gasp - getting out of your chair would be.

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EmergingEdTech

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Real-Time Interactive Instructional Tool Set Offers Unique Functionality at an Affordable Price Ever wanted to just add PDF notes to your online classes and write all over them? While the concept of. Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. In 2011, the analyst firm Gartner predicted that annual tablet shipments would exceed 300 million units by 2015. The quotation is from 2012.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, doctoral student research, library and information center "tours," and more! We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses.

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Fractus Learning

MAY 11, 2016

Options in this realm include educational computer games, massive open online courses ( MOOCs , for short), provided for free by many universities and other learning hubs, as well as the growing world of digital books downloadable to a PC or tablet, offering specialist content across a broad range of disciplines.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Charles, IL Common Sense Media - 1-to-1 Essentials: A Roadmap for Schools , Learn about Common Sense Media’s 1-to-1 Essentials Program, a roadmap for schools implementing 1-to-1 tablets. Following recent conversations about the assessment capacity of MOOCs, this is a great topic! Learn more here. Thanks, Ted!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 11, 2014

With the tablet classroom in mind, Common Sense Media, well-renowned for their digital citizenship curriculum and resources, now offers resources for teaching digital citizenship in an iPad classroom. First up: 3D prosthetic hands Scientists work on backing up human brain with computers A MOOC MYSTERY: WHERE DO ONLINE STUDENTS GO?

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The company sells a tablet for use in prison. Here’s how Techcrunch describes it : Edovo works with facilities to bring in secure wireless networks and tablets that access Edovo’s educational platform. The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2016

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. Wheneducational resources like study materials are easily accessible via a smartphone or tablet, students can benefit tremendously.

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Bryan Alexander

MARCH 13, 2017

MOOCs: simply present in the ed tech space, without the hype crash America experienced. Interesting studies and projects, from using MOOCs on mobile devices to former colonies accessing courses created by their prior colonizers. Android) tablets, and has successfully used this in various remote locations in Kenya.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Also via Techcrunch : “ Facebook brings Messenger Kids to Fire tablets.” More on the for-profit formerly known as Kaplan University in the online education section below. More funding for coding schools in the venture capital section below.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Via The Star Online : “ Germany plans to invest an extra €5 billion over the next five years to equip more than 40,000 schools and colleges with faster internet, wireless access points and tablet computers, the Education Minister said.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Microsoft Hopes to Revive Its Education Tablet Efforts With the New $399 Surface Go,” says Edsurge. Via The Washington Post : “Former executives of defunct for-profit college firm ITT settle fraud charges with SEC.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Kno was headed by Osman Rashid, the co-founder of the textbook rental company Chegg, and the tablet was aimed at the college market. According to Arrington, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen called the Kno tablet “the most powerful tablet anyone has ever made.” See David Kernohan’s excellent keynote at OpenEd13 for more.)

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Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” A MOOC consortium , that is, with member institutions Davidson College , Colgate University , Hamilton College , and Wellesley College. Via Techcrunch : “ Amazon adds a 10-inch tablet to its line of kids products.”

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Why Haven’t MOOCs Eliminated Any Professors?” The company makes wooden blocks that interact with a tablet. .” Also via The New York Times : “For-Profit Charlotte Law School Is Subject of North Carolina Inquiry.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Here’s The Chronicle headline from then : “Professor Leaves a MOOC in Mid-Course in Dispute Over Teaching.”) Good thing I never did anything in those MOOCs, otherwise I'd be losing my work. Remember Richard McKenzie?

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

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. Because MOOCs on an airplane proved to be such an effective mode of instruction.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The GW Hatchet : “Oversight of online learning programs lacking in some schools, report finds.” More MOOC job changes: Techcrunch reports that “ Coursera ’s chief product officer just left to become a VC.” But Do Tablet Programs Work?

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Standard Digital : “School abandons computer lessons as tablets remains unpowered.” ” That’s the Nalekat Primary School in Kenya which has government issued tablets but no power to charge them. .” Of course.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). In other words, MOOCs are now gym memberships. Initially, the course will be available to anyone as a MOOC with an optional $99 identity-verified certificate. Testing, Testing… Via EdSource : “Testing company fined in California for second year.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 5, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs, CAI, and now this. ” Campus Technology writes up the International Data Corporation’s market latest data on tablet sales: “Worldwide Tablet Shipments Fall More Than 12 Percent in Second Quarter.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Via ELearning Inside : “An Emirati City Is Giving Tablets to Every K–2 Learner As Part of its Lughati Initiative.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). .” Via the Tennessean : “One of Nashville’s Achievement School District schools to close months after opening.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Bridge International – funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the Gates Foundation, the Omidyar Network, and others – is a private school startup that hires teachers to read scripted lessons from a tablet that in turn tracks students’ assessments and attendance – as well as teachers’ own attendance.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “As In-Person Bootcamps Falter, Codecademy Introduces Paid Online Options.” Pretty sure this is the best MOOC story of the week: “ Russian Underground Launches Online Courses in Card Fraud ,” Infosecurity Group reports. .”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ XuetangX : A Look at China’s First and Biggest MOOC Platform.” “ PBS debuts its own tablet for kids, the Playtime Pad,” Techcrunch reports. ” Talking to them, I guess, is not an option.

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