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A different view of MOOCs

Mark Smithers

This morning Richard Grusin posted a series of twenty tweets presenting a highly critical and thought provoking view of MOOCs. These are valuable so I’ve presented them here in this post. MOOCs are the bastard children of 1980s cyber-utopianism and post-1945 economic neoliberalism.

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2013 School Leadership Summit - Update on the Free Virtual Conference / Submit Your Presentation Proposal!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

If you haven''t participated in one of my other massive, peer-to-peer conferences , they are a blast (they are more than MOOCs, really, maybe HOOPs? Whether you want to present, to attend, or to support as a volunteer, please mark the date on your calendar for a full day of fun (7am - 7pm US-Pacific DST) and tell everyone you know!

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GlobalEdCon 2013 Day Four + Helping the New Grassroots Projects

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Today is day four of the 2013 Global Education Conference. PROJECT: Student Visits-Exchanges-Collaborations PROJECT: MOOCs PROJECT: Google Helpouts PROJECT: Uniting Around One Social Cause PROJECT: International Co-Teaching A summary of today''s sessions is shown below in US-Eastern Standard Time (GMT/UTC-5).

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2013 Global Education Conference Kicks Off Today - List of Sessions

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Speakers, presenters and public from all over the world talking, showing and listening about education. Jerry Blumengarten The 2013 Global Education Conference starts today! Information about certificates for volunteers, presenters, and attendees is here. Elma “Great presentations so far. The world is indeed flat."

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The Learning Revolution - Global Ed Declaration - Connected Cafe Videos - ISTE Unplugged News

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Deadlines School Leadership Summit , March 27th, 2014 Upcoming deadlines: Presentation proposals will be accepted between now and March 15th, 2014. MOOCs for Deeper Learning. Karen Fasimpaur highlighted an upcoming opportunity for educators to participate in a free, nine-week MOOC for deeper level learning. Thanks, Karen!

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Conference 2.0 Updates - STEMxCon Proposals Open, Library 2.013 Acceptances, GlobalEdCon Updates, OZeLive, & More

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Like MOOCs, only more intimate. :) Because the events are virtual and we don''t have the traditional time/space/travel constraints of a physical event, we''ve boldly gone past the traditional conference model of "vetting and selecting" presenters to inclusion and audience choice. Please join us for one or all of these events.

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4 Ways to “Jolt” Yourself Toward Meaningful Change

The Principal of Change

Example… I have watched so many teachers sit through dull, bullet-point slide presentations, wanting to be anywhere else but in that room. Then, many of those same educators work with their students to create the same type of “read off the slide” presentations in schools. Be that “jolt” to yourself.

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