Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

More than two decades ago, when I was hired at Stevens Institute of Technology, as dean of web-based distance learning—a quaint title for what is now known as online learning—few tools were available to help faculty migrate their on-campus courses online. Sink or swim. million students. All you need is your imagination.”

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Online Learning MOOC Learning Coursera 127

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

Yet, when I graduated from college in 2008, I didn’t know this field existed. As online course platforms proliferate, institutions of all shapes and sizes realize that they’ll need to translate content into digital forms. But they can also be creating learning apps, museum exhibits, or the latest educational toy.

Udemy 137

Udemy Course Coursera MOOC 137

Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2018

(Photo credit: Sydney Johnson) Since 2012, Texarkana College has made some major changes, including a full re-design of the its developmental education to reduce the number of non-credit courses that students were taking and paying for. There were physical changes, too. And part of the college’s redesign effort was to find a way out of that.

Course 74

Course Data System Adaptive Learning 74

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. The Flipped Classroom". He didn’t invent the idea of video-taping instruction to watch at home and doing “homework” in the classroom instead; but history don’t matter in Silicon Valley.

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Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Saving Socrates

MARCH 19, 2014

And, of course, the educational technology community has now begun to focus on this. I hope to rectify this in the near future, but since 2008, reading acquisition has become something on the forefront of my mind. I''ve even experimented with the use of more than one level of reading textbook for teaching in the classroom.

Technology 51

Technology Blended Learning Elementary Assessment 51

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Edmodo was one of the early stars of the most recent resurgence in ed-tech startup founding and funding (circa 2008 onward, that is). million in venture capital from high profile names like LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and from firms active in ed-tech investing such as Learn Capital. The company has raised some $77.5

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

.” Via the AP : “A judge ruled Friday that school districts [in Florida ] can’t hold 3rd graders back just because they score badly on a mandated standardized reading test, saying that classroom grades and teacher evaluations have to be considered.” ” Of course, you have to pay $300 for this “features.”

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