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. Students will receive iPads.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

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. Half of those, the firm said, would be iPads. Apple sold just 50 million iPads. Virtual worlds in 2007, for example.

Trends 40

Trends Report iPhone Software 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Take iPads , for example. Or MOOCs even. Fads fade, of course. Hype wanes. Or the flipped classroom. Fads fade, and then sometimes they re-emerge, sometimes they re-brand. “ Zombies ideas ,” as I’ve previously called them. No doubt, the most wishful of the ed-tech zombies this year was VR.

Technology 40

Technology Education Report Training 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his kids have iPads. In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness. The iPad would solve that,” he said.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145