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. The field has deep roots in distance education, human computer interaction, and visual design.

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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.” I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

This summer yielded a surprising announcement in the world of online education: that edX, founded by Harvard University and MIT a decade ago as a nonprofit alternative to for-profit online education providers, had agreed to sell its operations to a for-profit company, 2U. EdX, in contrast, was to be a non-profit.

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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). ” (1990) Even mentoring gets the treatment.

Education 40

Education MOOC Learning Analytics Data 40

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. Learn more here. But this tweet was a biting critique of where higher ed is heading.

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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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MOOC LMS VLE EdTech 28

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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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

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 also still told, will be its savior.

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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. You can fill out a form online to offer some names. Education Politics.

Education 40

Education Company Pearson E-rate 40

Hack Education

JUNE 22, 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. Immigration and Education. ” (National) Education Politics. ” (State and Local) Education Politics.

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Education Microsoft MOOC Coursera 44