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‘Our Technology Is Our Ideology’: George Siemens on the Future of Digital Learning

Edsurge

A researcher, theorist, educator, Siemens is the digital learning guy. He’s credited with co-teaching the first MOOC in 2008, introduced the theory of “connectivism”—the idea that knowledge is distributed across digital networks—and spearheaded research projects about the role of data and analytics in education.

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Higher education technology predictions for 2014

Mark Smithers

Let’s just say that, when it comes to adopting online learning on a large scale, universities have the organisational memory of a particularly forgetful goldfish. This means that they continue to try and implement online learning strategies that have consistently failed over the last eighteen years. On-campus Edtech.

MOOC 89
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Higher education technology predictions for 2014

Mark Smithers

Let’s just say that, when it comes to adopting online learning on a large scale, universities have the organisational memory of a particularly forgetful goldfish. This means that they continue to try and implement online learning strategies that have consistently failed over the last eighteen years. On-campus Edtech.

MOOC 32
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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. As we move forward with new technologies in learning analytics, how and who will be evaluating the claims that people put forward?”. Aaron Swartz, 2008. Course Signals.

Pearson 145