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Revolution in Higher Education: chapter 2

Bryan Alexander

This chapter takes us from 2012 through 2013, following the expansion of MOOCs across American research-1 institutions and the breakout of Coursera, edX, and Udacity. DeMillo sees MOOCs as unbundling academic content, specifically extracting lectures and the possibility of assessment from the rest of university functions.

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After the pandemic disrupted their high school educations, students are arriving at college unprepared

The Hechinger Report

When she started at a new school in the fall of 2012, she breezed through the timed math tests. For the rest of her junior year and most of her senior year, she learned from a laptop in her family’s living room, with her younger sibling taking Zoom classes down the hall in their shared bedroom. This story also appeared in USA Today.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

In 2012, the district was one of 16 U.S. If we can grab them at kindergarten and start to give them the skills that they need in order to be successful students,” says Creeden, “we have the potential to prevent that student from being a high school dropout.”. Some teachers also have students assess their own mastery of skills.).

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

In 2012, the district was one of 16 U.S. “If we can grab them at kindergarten and start to give them the skills that they need in order to be successful students,” says Creeden, “we have the potential to prevent that student from being a high school dropout.” ” - Celeste Miller, Middletown parent. .

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If more students become pregnant post-Roe, are we prepared to support them?

The Hechinger Report

And perhaps even more worrisome are the outcomes for the children of teenage mothers, who score lower than children of older parents in health, intellectual and behavior assessments. Related: Child care, car seats and other simple ways to keep teen parents in school.

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Education's Online Futures

Hack Education

One other company that rode the wave of the MOOC revolution back in 2012 was MasterClass which offers online classes “from the best,” as its PR puts it. “Faculty,” as this year’s ECAR study put it , “have a love-hate relationship with online teaching and learning. ECOT refuses to pay.

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