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EdSurge HigherEd Year in Review: Our Top Higher Education Stories of 2018

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While not quite the “Year of the MOOC,” 2018 saw a resurgence in interest around the ways these massive open online courses are delivering free (and more often these days, not free) online education around the world, and how these providers are increasingly turning to traditional institutions of learning. Are You Still There?

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Video for learning: Today and tomorrow

Learning with 'e's

We recorded micro-teaches - usually a 10 minute lesson - and then played back the footage to the students so they could see and hear themselves and learn from the experience. Video plays an important role in all of these alternative modes of learning experience (Brame, 2015) and will continue to do so with future developments.

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10Q: Martin Weller - the battle for open

Learning with 'e's

blogs, social media, learning objects, OERs, MOOCs, etc in this period. 2) You wrote a book on being a digital scholar in 2011. I think many MOOCs (and MOOC providers) will struggle to find a sustainable financial model in their current guise. 5) What is your response to the criticism of MOOCs (e.g.

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Do the “basics” change over time?

The Principal of Change

I am blogging to learn here, not to necessarily share learning. What I learned quickly is that the “smiley face” was one of the best tools that I could use to ensure the tone of an email was not perceived as negative. I think I have more questions than answers after so many thoughts being shared on Twitter.

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Announcing the Library 2.017 "Makerspaces" Mini-Conference and Call for Proposals.

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

No matter how many maker learning spaces you may visit, you will quickly notice no two are the same. Participants are encouraged to use #library2017 on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. She is also the faculty lead for the University of Michigan's Public Library Management MOOC courses at EdX.org.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

Another notable area of growth: the size of the report itself, which has expanded from 66 slides in 2011 to 355 this year , with the number of slides almost doubling in the last year alone. ” She posits gaming as the new site for “modern learning,” with an emphasis on skills training and data-driven self-improvement.

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The Stories We've Been Told (in 2017) about Education Technology

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This series is meant to serve in-depth exploration of the events of the past year and an analysis of how these events shape the way in which we imagine and prepare for the future of teaching and learning. Beyond the MOOC. Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech. MOOCs and Anti-MOOCs. Learning to Code.