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MAY 12, 2020

From Zoom to Skype to Webinars and even live streaming on social media itself, video is perhaps the most visible and common form of technological innovation in K-12 and higher ed. MOOCs are great ideas, but assessment and feedback loops and certification are among the many issues holding them back. We shall see. An example?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2020

Recently, we asked Dintersmith for his thoughts on the decade in edtech, as someone who’s seen a fair number of sides of it. Ted Dintersmith : There was a massive gush of enthusiasm for MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), with some conviction it would revolutionize higher education. As I travel (and I travel a lot!),

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Of course, teachers have utilized social media sites for years to launch various side-hustles — speaking gigs and “ brand ambassadorships ”, for example — as well as to facilitate their main hustle — you know, teaching. The incident, she added, had also made her aware that “Pearson is monitoring all social media during PARCC testing.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 26, 2016

Bresch had previously been involved in another education-related scandal when, in 2007, it was revealed she had been awarded an MBA by West Virginia University even though she’d only completed half of the required credits. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ MOOCs Are Dead.

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