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Tonight - A True History of the MOOC

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join me today, Wednesday, September 26th, for a one-hour live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar on the "true history" of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) with Dave Cormier, Alec Couros, Stephen Downes, Rita Kop, Inge de Waard, and Carol Yeager.

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New Teachers Won’t Save Us

The Thinking Stick

Are they studying new and emerging learning theories like Connectivism that was written and has been around since 2005 and is the foundation to what MOOC s are based on. We can do better… Random Thoughts COETAIL Connectivism gamification mooc presentation reverse instruction' Where they might work and where they might not.

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Interview with Terry Anderson

Learning with 'e's

Second,to follow from Marshall McLuhan the Medium is the Pedagogy (first coined by Cousin (2005). What are your views on MOOCs? Thus, ongoing levels of media and specifically network literacy are critically important. Terry: I generally support the efforts to scale education, as we have always done in distance education. Land and S.

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A Top Proponent of Higher-Ed Disruption Moves to Put His Theories Into Practice

Wired Campus

The term has been “bastardized” by Silicon Valley and venture capitalists — and overused in higher education as well, says Mr. Horn, who was a student of Mr. Christensen’s at Harvard Business School in 2005.

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Online Learning Does Not Mean Sans Engagement

Fractus Learning

Joseph Cavanaugh’s research has found that teaching a course online consumes more instructor time than teaching the identical course face-to-face (2005). As educators we may be comparing apples to oranges, but today’s tech savvy learner, doesn’t see the difference. – Cavanaugh, Joseph K.

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A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers: Learning Models & Technology

TeachThought - Learn better.

A learning theory that suggests that “people construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world through experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences” (Christie 2005). (14). Differentiation. ” “Mastery learning is used in order to advance an individual’s potential for learning. ” (11).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

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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