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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. MOOCs are the bastard children of 1980s cyber-utopianism and post-1945 economic neoliberalism. Richard Grusin (@rgrusin) March 12, 2013. Richard Grusin (@rgrusin) March 12, 2013.

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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

Jerry Blumengarten The 2013 Global Education Conference starts today! I only wish I didn''t need to sleep, so I could attend them all live!" -Dr. Jessie Voigts "Thanks for providing this global forum that truly flattens the world of learning." If you haven''t attended our annual Global Education Conference, you are in for a treat! Martinez H.

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Do the “basics” change over time?

The Principal of Change

October 25, 2013 Learning From Eric Sheninger July 27, 2011 Tell More Stories September 8, 2016 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting Soon! IMMOOC July 28, 2010 You Should Read…(July 28, 2010) February 12, 2017 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting February 27, 2017 #IMMOOC. Bear with me.

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School Work and Surveillance

Hack Education

Many of these companies were launched circa 2013 — that is, in the tailwinds of "the Year of the MOOC," with the belief that an increasing number of students would be learning online and that professors would demand some sort of mechanism to verify their identity and their integrity. Who's cheating the time-clock, that is.

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The Arrows Go Back and Forth #IMMOOC

The Principal of Change

Starting “ The Innovator’s Mindset ” MOOC this week ( #IMMOOC ), a lot of people are jumping into blogging, and many people are reluctant and nervous. September 8, 2016 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting Soon! Rightfully so. It can be a daunting task. Many people focus on the technologies on the outside.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes. Instead, they’ve re-branded as job training sites.