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Tonight - A True History of the MOOC

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Date : Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern ( interna tional times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). psid=2012-09-26.0742.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350 Log in at [link]. I have been associated with SUNY since 1989.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

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.

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15 hot edtech trends for 2017

eSchool News

They can be something everybody uses; that’s how 2012 became the year of the MOOC, and why virtual reality will no doubt be widely cited as the trend of 2016. This collaboration allows candidates to view theory in practice and makes learning on campus more authentic. Follow her on Twitter at @TeachitRalph.

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

Hack Education

The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012. Learning to Code. Education Data and Learning Analytics. The Battle for “Open” What Counts “For Credit” The Business of Ed-tech. The Business of Ed-tech. The Maker Movement. The Flipped Classroom. The Battle to Open Textbooks. The Platforming of Education.

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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. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I It was an elaborate scam, dating back to 2012, but one that gave out many online signals that the school was “real.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Thiel was one of the biggest financiers of Ron Paul's super PAC in 2012. It was one of two social media messages – the other a Twitter photo of Tunsil smoking marijuana through a gas mark – that were posted during the NFL draft. ” [Insert Course Signals learning analytics joke here.].

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

But the struggling sector’s political giving is down since peaking in 2012,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Twitter announced big layoffs this week – 9% of its staff – and said it would shutter its video app Vine. Via New America : “The Promise and Peril of Predictive Analytics in Higher Education.”