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A Class You'll Be Excited To Take. #ETMOOC

The Web20Classroom

My entire Masters degree was done online back in 2009 and 2010 and that wasn''t all that traditional at the time. But I do enjoy learning and I am very interested in the ideas of MOOCs or Massively Open Online Courses and have been for a while. It is a MOOC with a focus on educational technology and media. ETMOOC MOOC'

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

Edsurge

I was lucky enough to attend the inaugural ASU GSV back in 2010 in Tempe, Arizona. In 2009, our team at Kaplan Ventures invested in a virtual reality corporate training startup that was ten years too early. MOOCs topped the cycle in 2012. So now is the perfect time to reflect on the state of edtech.

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Good analysis of higher ed trends and strategy: Jon McGee’s _Breakpoint_

Bryan Alexander

million in fall 2009, a gain of 43 percent.” The discussion of digital changes (76-82) touches on high points (cost, commodification, MOOCs), but comes to no conclusions or recommendations. For example, “There are 1000 more degree-granting colleges and universities today [2015, presumably] than there were in 1996.”

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Good analysis of higher ed trends and strategy: Jon McGee’s _Breakpoint_

Bryan Alexander

million in fall 2009, a gain of 43 percent.” The discussion of digital changes (76-82) touches on high points (cost, commodification, MOOCs), but comes to no conclusions or recommendations. For example, “There are 1000 more degree-granting colleges and universities today [2015, presumably] than there were in 1996.”

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

Hack Education

” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. The Horizon Report said in 2010 that “open content” was less than a year away from widespread adoption. The quotation is from 2012.

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Week of July 30, 2011 - Live and Interactive Webinars in Blackboard Collaborate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

EPCOP MOOC INTRO WEBINAR ( Australia Series ) Mon 1 Aug 09:00PM New York / Tue 2 Aug 01:00AM GMT / Tue 2 Aug 11:00AM Sydney Coach Carole. A repeat intro to the EpCoP MOOC has been scheduled for August 2 to suit a new influx of registered participants and for those in other time zones who could not attend the first one.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. But in 2010, the company, co-founded by Gina Bianchini and Marc Andreessen, announced that it would no longer offer a free version. In 2010, Sir Michael Barber published Deliverology 101: A Field Guide for Educational Leaders.

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