Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2017

Apparently one of those projects is his new online course sequence, which is being offered through Coursera. Most sequels make sense even if you didn’t catch the original, but that might not be true of Ng’s latest. He replied: “I think the China ecosystem is very strong at taking things to market—it moves shockingly fast.

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2017

His latest book, “ Teaching Naked Techniques: A Practical Guide to Designing Better Classes ,” expands on his arguments and offers practical advice for instructors who want to rethink how they design their classes. That’s not how good teaching works, argues Jose Bowen, president of Goucher College. This is not their favorite place.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2018

New years mean clean slates, fresh perspectives and goal setting for the months ahead. Several students dropped a bombshell at the New Media Consortium summer conference last June, telling educators they are not as tech-savvy as society paints them as. We’ve rounded up our 10 most popular articles from 2017, as picked by our readers.

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Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Some new services and platforms will emerge to cater for different forms of learning, MOOCs will evolve and improve and open badges will be hot. Many of these are merely extensions of what we’ve seen in 2013 but there are some new things that we’ll see. Things will be different in k12 and corporate training.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

His latest teaching experiment continues his attempt to reach students in new ways. Plus, it sounded a lot like a MOOC (short for “massive open online courses”)—free courses designed for thousands of students that were all the rage a few years ago, but which today are seen as having fallen far short of the hype.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

He’s credited with co-teaching the first MOOC in 2008, introduced the theory of “connectivism”—the idea that knowledge is distributed across digital networks—and spearheaded research projects about the role of data and analytics in education. That’s his explanation for how he thinks about the role of education in the 21st century.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Bold claims have been made in the past decade about personalized learning, automated assessments and massive open online courses (MOOCs). He jokingly sums up the learning outcomes of MOOCs with a simplified observation he calls Reich’s Law: . How are you going to build meaningful relationships and new connections with your students?

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 16, 2015

I''ve stayed in it because it changes a lot and there are always new developments, eg I''ve been through VLEs, web 2.0, blogs, social media, learning objects, OERs, MOOCs, etc in this period. I think it''s a good news, bad news story. I usually feature them on this blog under the banner of 10Q - ten questions.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

It has become increasingly popular to say that higher education needs to go back to the drawing board—that the best way to improve college is to start new campuses from scratch or radically reinvent old ones. Below is a quick look at five campuses that offer a new model of the undergraduate college experience.

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Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Some new services and platforms will emerge to cater for different forms of learning, MOOCs will evolve and improve and open badges will be hot. Many of these are merely extensions of what we’ve seen in 2013 but there are some new things that we’ll see. Things will be different in k12 and corporate training.

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Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2017

Harvard reportedly spends $75,000-$150,000 building each new MOOC, most of which goes towards video production costs. Patagonia’s multi-module educational campaign to encourage environmental activism and the New York Times 360 Video Channel preview what video learning platforms of the future could look like.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Photo by Clyde Hare, courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University) Simon spent the latter part of his career as a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, making the case for bringing in a new kind of engineer to help improve teaching. This story was published in partnership with The Moonshot Catalog. But at a university? “We

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Big and small, patent and beta—here’s a round-up of Intel Education Accelerator’s latest protégés: PrepFlash : Based in College Station, Tex., Big and small, patent and beta—here’s a round-up of Intel Education Accelerator’s latest protégés: PrepFlash : Based in College Station, Tex.,

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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.”) ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) Remember Edmodo?

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 20, 2014

Professor Terry Anderson , who is based at Athabasca University in Canada, is one of the famous figures of contemporary education, and his list of achievements is lengthy. We are delighted that Terry will be delivering a keynote speech at this year''s European Distance and E-Learning Network ( EDEN ) Conference in Zagreb in June.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

This talk was delivered at Virginia Commonwealth University today as part of a seminar co-sponsored by the Departments of English and Sociology. The slides are also available here. Thank you very much for inviting me here to speak today. Either way. as well as honored to be here. But when I finish this talk, my work for the year isn’t done.

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Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2017

But if you ask Mark Brown, a professor and director of the National Institute for Digital Learning at Dublin City University in Ireland, problems such as falling for hype around new technology is an absolute moral dilemma. In the past, I have been guilty of being seduced, perhaps mesmerized by the hype of new technology,” Brown said. “I

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Form: An index of learning models, theories, forms, terminology, technology, and research to help you keep up with the latest trends in 21st century learning. In addition to new definitions, models, and strategies, citations and references will also be added periodically, as will updates, corrections, edits, and revisions. ” (1).

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

Looking for a job can be daunting, particularly if you are pivoting to a new role or switching industries, like those folks coming into the edtech space. Make sure to carve out time to invest in learning new things in a more focused way than you would be able to do while working hard at your day job.

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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! To be kept informed of the latest conference news and updates, please ?join

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Educator Innovator

JULY 30, 2014

Get the latest buzz on events going on around the world and find everything you need to throw a great event. This post originally appeared on the Mozilla Webmaker blog. Each web literacy competency has a dedicated page that features the best resources on the web to help you “Discover, Make, and Teach” those skills.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2018

And how can students and employers sort through all the new options? EdSurge: Lumina has been actively involved in supporting new kinds of credentials like microcredentials. EdSurge: Lumina has been actively involved in supporting new kinds of credentials like microcredentials. But what counts as high-quality?

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Law Could Force Rural Residents Off Information Superhighway.” Paul LePage has called for a review of his state’s groundbreaking 1-to–1 student computing initiative, highlighting the growing pains nagging an educational-technology movement now well into its second decade.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

But for the past year or so, I've turned my attention away from the day-to-day news as I've researched and written a book on teaching machines and the history of personalization and behaviorism. For the past decade, I've churned out a multi-part series on the dominant trends and narratives. Of course, the latter is just wishful thinking.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

But Gloria Larson argues in a new book that all of higher education should embrace this mixture, and move past the notion that a college has to focus on either liberal arts or practical workplace preparation. And that’s one reason the president of Bentley University, Gloria Cordes Larson, invites students to call her by her first name.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 19, 2016

One of the big stories this week: the US Department of Education ’s announcement about which “non-traditional providers” ( MOOCs , coding bootcamps ) will be eligible for financial aid as part of its EQUIP experiment. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). .” Education Politics.

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

” Also on the list of new hires: Robert Eitel , “who had been criticized for his dual role as a top for-profit college official and Education Department adviser, has resigned from his position at Bridgepoint Education.” Via The New York Times : “The Accusations Against Navient.” Education Politics.

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Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

” Lots of Betsy DeVos-related for-profit higher education news in the for-profit higher ed section below. The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss with a clickbait-y headline : “ Betsy DeVos went to New York to visit schools for the first time. ” Via The New York Times : “ L.G.B.T. .”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Various education-related updates – via The New York Times : “How the Republican Tax Plan Uses School Savings to Hurt States.” ” Via Buzzfeed : “A Small College That Mostly Accepts Poor Students Is A Last-Minute Loser In The New Tax Plan.” More on the news in the HR section below.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Ivanka Trump with an op-ed in The New York Post : “Why we need to start teaching tech in Kindergarten.” ” is how Education Week describes the news. ” Via The Intercept : “Conservative Provocateur James O’Keefe ’s Group Hit With Restraining Order, Blocking Latest Sting.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

“The Year of the MOOC” – I was summoned to Palo Alto, California for a small gathering to discuss the future of teaching, learning, and technology. This talk was presented at The University of Edinburgh's Moray House School of Education. Let me begin with a story. In December 2012 – we all remember 2012 right?

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 12, 2018

In part, I am including it here at the top of my weekly news roundup because, as a journalist, I find the political climate right now to be incredibly frightening for people in my profession. “ Silicon Valley’s Saudi Arabia Problem ,” as Anand Giridharadas puts it in The New York Times. National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Via The Dallas Morning News : “ Texas board votes to eliminate Hillary Clinton , Helen Keller from history curriculum.” ” Via the Phoenix New Times : “Meet the Creationist Helping to Change Arizona School Standards on Evolution.” There’s some DACA-related news in the financial aid section below.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Via The New Yorker : “ Georgia ’s Separate and Unequal Special-Education System.” Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

” There’s some accreditation news in the accreditation section below. ” There’s some accreditation news in the accreditation section below. ” Via The New York Times : “ Net Neutrality Has Officially Been Repealed. Apologies that this week this article is a day late. Except the US.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “Consumer Bureau Loses Fight to Allow More Class-Action Suits.” ” Via The New York Times : “Consumer Bureau Loses Fight to Allow More Class-Action Suits.” . “Assessing Betsy DeVos ’ Rollback on Disability Rights ” by Pacific Standard’s David Perry.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Good thing taxpayers are on the hook for millions of dollars to pay for her private security detail. ” There’s more DeVos news in “the business of financial aid” section below. .” ” There’s more DeVos news in “the business of financial aid” section below.

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