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Examples Of Innovation In Higher Ed–With A Caution

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MOOCs are great ideas, but assessment and feedback loops and certification are among the many issues holding them back. Comparing an unsupported MOOC from 2008 to an in-person college experience isn’t apples to apples. Reduce the college dropout rate to closer to 10% (than the current 40%+). Which is dumb.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Testing, Testing… Via Inside Higher Ed : “Large-Scale Assessment Without Standardized Tests.” Via Campus Technology : “ AP Exam Pass Rates Rise Even as Participation Doubles.” The suit against the for-profit chain and its American InterContinental University was originally filed in 2008.”

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Education's Online Futures

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Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn, for example, predicted in their 2008 book Disrupting Class that by 2019 half of all high school classes would be taught via the Internet. Meanwhile, the state has cleared the company to become a dropout recovery school. ” It’s an inevitable move, or so the story goes.

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