Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

We’ll see big growth in higher education services from outside of the university sector, a continued gnashing of teeth from established providers. 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. The focus is on tertiary education.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. Are any education technologies, for that matter?

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 26, 2015

I don’t follow higher education very closely, so this is all from 10 feet away. Competency-Based Education is something I’m hearing more and more about, which is neither bad nor good, but worth understanding more carefully. 4 General Examples Of Innovation In Higher Ed. That’s good. Which is dumb.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 19, 2017

If you are unsure what makerspaces are, think of them as creative locations for tinkering, collaborating, problem solving, and creating in a library or educational space. We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to provide input and participate this event. This is a free event, being held online.

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Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

It supersedes her 2008 book chapter “ Why Youth (Heart) MySpace: The Role of Networked Publics in Teenage Social Life ” in Youth, Identity, and Digital Media. Maybe we can do that by trying to list some of the big ideas and an accessible entry point or summary of each idea. higher education. Technology in U.S.

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Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

The articles in these categories tend to be too narrow in scope either because they focus too narrowly on a contemporary issue or technology (and thus quickly fall out-of-date) or because they neglect much or all of the scholarship that lies outside of higher education and student affairs. higher education. Technology in U.S.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2011

Below are this week''s public, free, and interactive Webinars through LearnCentral.org , the social learning network for education that I work on for Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). Do you get excited and energized by talking with other educators about technology tools and resources? Do I need one for my current courses?

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

I pick ten trends and themes in order to closely at the recent past, the near-term history of education technology. Of course, if you look for those education technology writers who are independent from venture capital, corporate or institutional backing, or philanthropic funding, there is pretty much only me.). Any day now.

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Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Continuing with our reading of Richard DeMillo’s Revolution in Higher Education: How a Small Band of Innovators Will Make College Accessible and Affordable (2015) ( publisher ; Amazon ): this week we’re discussing chapter 4, “Technology Curves.” ” (2247).

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2019

He’s the guy who coined the term MOOC, short for Massive Open Online Course, which then was a reference to multiplayer video games. He wrote: “I no longer think there’s a huge difference between for-profit and public higher education. But this tweet was a biting critique of where higher ed is heading. Learn more here.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Education Politics. Via Education Week : “ Maine Gov. 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.” ” Education in the Courts.

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Learning with 'e's

APRIL 16, 2015

2) You''ve had quite a distinguished career in education. How did you first become involved in teaching, and what keeps you motivated to educate? I started in education back in 1997 when I became a grad student at the City University of New York''s Graduate Center. In another life I was an early American literature Ph.D.

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

(National) Education Politics. ” Via Bloomberg : “ Campus Rape Loses Special Status in Trump’s Education Department.” ” Via The Washington Post : “ Education Dept. More via The Hill and via the Department of Education’s press office. State and Local) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Education Week looks at the campaign donations Betsy DeVos has made to “to Senators who will oversee her confirmation.” ” Via Politico : “Trump’s education secretary pick supported anti-gay causes.” Via The Columbia Dispatch : “Group once led by Trump education secretary nominee owes $5.3

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Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

I’m publishing this week’s Hack Education Weekly News a little early this week. Education Politics. I’ve never seen an education story receive quite as much attention from non-educators on social media. She would not commit to refusing to privatize public education. It was a disaster.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Oh yes, I’m sure you can come up with some rousing successes and some triumphant moments that made you thrilled about the 2010s and that give you hope for “the future of education.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

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. “What Trump Didn’t Say About Education,” according to The Atlantic.

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 17, 2016

What does increasing inequality mean for American higher education? If you’re new to the topic, or curious, read these slides , which are much more accessible than the preceding sentence suggests. Next I took the audience through the impacts of inequality on education, including K-12 and higher education.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

This is part six of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Some of the most oft-told tales in education in recent years have the following plot: the students all move from “brick-and-mortar” to “online.” Online education, we’re still told, will be education’s disruptor.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

I wrote “an explainer” of sorts on Thiel and his politics, and I listed the education companies that he’s invested in. Y Combinator ( I list its education investments here ) has refused to sever ties with Thiel. One position that isn’t up for suggestion : Secretary of Education. Education Politics.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

(National) Education Politics. Thoughts on how this might effect education from Inside Higher Ed , from NPR , from Internet2 (via Bryan Alexander), from The Washington Post , and from Edsurge. Via Pacific Standard : “Why Is the FCC Considering Cutting Broadband Access for Students? ” Immigration and Education.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

The Rebranding of MOOCs. Remember 2012 , “ The Year of the MOOC? ” Remember in 2012 when Udacity co-founder Sebastian Thrun predicted that in fifty years, “there will be only 10 institutions in the world delivering higher education and Udacity has a shot at being one of them”?

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Hack Education

JULY 22, 2016

. “The Republican Platform on Higher Education Is a Mess,” says New America. Via Edsurge : “ Republican Party Platform Addresses Education, Nods to Edtech.” Via The New York Times : “ Mike Pence ’s Record on Education Is One of Turmoil and Mixed Results.” Education in the Courts.

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Bryan Alexander

JULY 29, 2015

Higher education policy has loomed surprisingly large so far, and the various postures and proposals sketch out something of a break in the way Republicans and Democrats have been handling education. A new generation of Democratic leaders saw reforming all of education as a cause, especially when institutions resisted.

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