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Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

Edsurge

From the very start of digital education, the big question has always been: ”How can students learn effectively, if they’re not face-to-face with their instructors?” Most authoring software also integrates assessment tools, testing learning outcomes. The term MOOC was coined by others in 2008.)

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When Education Giants Stumbled and Data Ruled

Edsurge

They bought other companies to try to blend assessment and curriculum as they also continued publishing. On the other hand, companies like Curriculum Associates took the path of blended learning and have seen significant growth driven by a technology-first model. Predictions about online learning didn’t really hit the mark, either.

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The messy reality of personalized learning

The Hechinger Report

Angélica Infante-Green, who became the education commissioner in May, told me that she intends to expand personalized learning to more schools. Four years ago, only one school out of 39 in Providence used personalized learning; the model has since spread to 25 schools.

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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. In 2011, Ning was acquired by “lifestyle” site Glam Media for around $150 million. In 2011, the Mozilla Foundation unveiled its “Open Badges Project,” “an effort to make it easy to issue and share digital learning badges across the web.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The “nation’s report card” is the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. a month.). ” (Wow.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Testing, Testing… Via Education Week : “After seven years of tumult and transition fueled by the common core, state testing is settling down, with most states rejecting the federally funded PARCC and Smarter Balanced assessments, and nearly one-quarter embracing the SAT or the ACT as their official high school test.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The Next Web : “ Facebook is letting Groups create online learning courses – what could possibly go wrong?” Incidentally, I saw lots of harassment online this week from these predatory journal folks , but as Bill Fitzgerald notes, Twitter still does little to address abuse on its platform.). advertising!