Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

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. What will be less big in 2014?

MOOC 89

MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 89

Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

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. What will be less big in 2014?

MOOC 32

MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 32

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.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

The topic names have been modified “for consistency,” the report’s authors say (although I’m a little unclear about some of these choices – how are “mobile learning,” “tablet computing,” and “bring your own device” separate technological developments? Blended Learning Designs.

Learning Analytics 68

Learning Analytics LMS Robotics Trends 68

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. As we move forward with new technologies in learning analytics, how and who will be evaluating the claims that people put forward?”. Course Signals.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145