TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

MOOCs are great ideas, but assessment and feedback loops and certification are among the many issues holding them back. Comparing an unsupported MOOC from 2008 to an in-person college experience isn’t apples to apples. In fact, 13 states had reduced their funding per student in 2014-15 school year. Open Curriculum.

Examples 140

Examples MOOC Education Competency Based Learning 140

The PL2C Blog

AUGUST 24, 2015

Instructional Technology Coaches Shape Their Future During a MOOC-Ed. Based on context and role, participants used the ITCAP template to create their personal coaching vision and goals, along with specific activities and steps extrapolated from the weekly MOOC-Ed content and their experiences. By: Lisa Hervey.

MOOC 40

MOOC Digital Learning Course Technology 40

The Thinking Stick

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

According to a Project Tomorrow Report. But student-teachers report that their tech training focuses only on simple management tools. At the same time, the report concludes that those who have the biggest influence on new teachers — veteran educators – don’t always embrace new ways of using technology to engage students.

Gamification 99

Gamification MOOC Guidelines Report 99

Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

” Some of these experimental sites included MOOCs and coding bootcamps. “ 18 States Are Suing Betsy DeVos Over For-Profit College Rules ,” Buzzfeed reports. ” “College made millions by tricking Indigenous people, court finds,” The Guardian reports. State and Local) Education Politics.

MOOC 57

MOOC Education Robotics Company 57

Wired Campus

JUNE 16, 2015

Most students in free online courses don’t spend as much time doing classwork as do traditional college students, but they do log a significant number of hours, according to a new survey of more than 4,500 MOOC students by Class Central, a website that reviews free courses. How does that compare with traditional college students?

Course 28

Course MOOC Study Coursera 28

The Principal of Change

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

When we focus our attention on real-time, up-to-the-second reporting on the portal, we elevate the false idols of scores and grades and devalue what really has an impact on learning: positive student-teacher relationships , relevance and student engagement. We cannot reduce our students to becoming letters and numbers.

Conference 71

Conference MOOC Elementary Assessment 71

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

Following Edtech Money (in-depth report on U.S. In addition to the Engrade and Smarter acquisitions, another Rethink portfolio company, 2U, went public in 2014. He’s never been a fan of digital textbooks or MOOCs.) bought for $75 million in 2014 by Pluralsight, which offers more than 5,000 online courses.

EdTech 60

EdTech lynda.com Education Company 60

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Usman Khaliq was an engineering student in northeastern Pakistan when he took his first MOOC. Between 2014 and 2016 Usman earned 21. I found Usman when I was combing through a list of +Acumen “power users” one day in 2014, looking to better understand the stories of people who not only enroll in, but. complete multiple MOOCs.

MOOC 96

MOOC Course Coursera Online Learning 96

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Updates Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings Conversations Submit a Video or Quote Updates Kicking off OZeLive 2014 - Ed Tech Down Under. Deadlines The free School Leadership Summit online conference, March 27th, 2014 Upcoming deadlines: Presentation proposals are being accepted between now and March 15th, 2014.

Conference 51

Conference Video Blended Learning MOOC 51

EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

For my notes on Day 1 of this academy, which took place January 15, 2014, click here. edX - www.edex.org - MOOC site, courses are all free, people who teach the courses are from Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, University of Texas, etc. Coursera is another option for higher ed MOOCS. Click here to see all of them.)

MOOC 75

MOOC Khan Academy BYOD Libraries 75

Hack Education

APRIL 30, 2020

And as you surely know, TurnItIn became a huge business, bought and sold several times over by private equity firms since 2008: first by Warburg Pincus, then by GIC, and then, in 2014, by Insight Partners — the price tag for that sale: $754 million. TurnItIn was acquired by the media conglomerate Advance Publications last year for $1.75

Software 141

Software ProctorU Company Data 141

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update October 29th, 2014 Teaching is not just a job. In this half-day event, library professionals, educators, and thought leaders will explore four major themes from the NMC Horizon Report > 2014 Library Edition , which was downloaded over 1 million times in the first eight days after publication!

Libraries 52

Libraries Maker Movement Conference Learning 52

Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Friedman and the rest of the uncritical MOOC cheerleaders) or dystopian views. danah boyd ‘s 2014 book It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens is a must-read in this area; it’s available for download for free (but please consider purchasing a copy – it’s worth it!). .”

Technology 71

Technology MOOC Industry Social Media 71

MindShift

APRIL 7, 2015

Efforts to innovate new models for college education have led to flipped classrooms , in-class student respond systems, sophisticated online courses, massive open online courses (MOOCs) and multimedia lectures–and now games have joined the fray.

Course 28

Course MOOC Flipped Classroom Analysis 28

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

TurnItIn became a huge business, bought and sold several times over by private equity firms since 2008: first by Warburg Pincus, then by GIC, and then, in 2014, by Insight Partners — the price tag for that sale: $754 million. TurnItIn was acquired by the media conglomerate Advance Publications last year for $1.75

Robotics 83

Robotics Software Company ProctorU 83

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. So here is the consensus from the past twelve years of the Horizon Report for higher education. The quotation is from 2012. How do you do that?

Trends 40

Trends Report iPhone Software 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2018

At the time they were not alone in their efforts; Coursera, Udacity (both of which were also co-founded by Stanford professors) and edX had launched MOOC platforms a year earlier. million in a Series A round in 2014, and has raised $6.3 The pair then started the company in January 2013. Completion rates hover in the single digits.)

Online Learning 99

Online Learning MOOC Coursera Blackboard 99

Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2018

A report by the American Council on Education concludes: "The rapid price increases in recent years, especially in the public college sector, may have led many students—particularly low-income students—to think that college is out of reach financially.” John's College and president of the Santa Fe campus, in one report.

Online Learning 120

Online Learning Coursera Learning Report 120

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This is a throwback post, first published in March 2014 (and referring to yet another post all the way back in 2007). I’ve taken a MOOC on algorithms and read, in whole or in part, books and articles that contain significant discussions of computer science-y things like time complexity and NP-completeness.

MOOC 52

MOOC Software Study System 52

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

RIVAS, Ed.D.,

Conference 72

Conference iLearn Education MOOC 72

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 29, 2013

There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as, MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, and more. 2014 RETHINKING HIGHER ED February, 2014 [link] (coming) Also in the early planning stages, but very excited about this event! Stay tuned!

Conference 54

Conference Libraries Education Blackboard 54

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Testing, Testing… “Big changes ahead for how California assesses school performance,” KPCC reports. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). This is a great headline. I love education research. From the HR Department.

Khan Academy 40

Khan Academy Education LMS Company 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

” It’s been over a decade since comedian Stephen Colbert introduced the word “ truthiness ” on The Colbert Report – his attempt to describe political arguments, particularly those made by conservatives, that need no facts or evidence because they “just feel right.” Or MOOCs even. The engineers?

Technology 40

Technology Education Report Training 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Photo: Sebastian Wells for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Sebastian Wells for The Hechinger Report. “It universities and colleges during the 2014-2015 academic year, the most recent period for which figures are available, only 792 were Syrian, the IIE reports. Photo: Robert Schlesinger for The Hechinger Report.

Education 40

Education MOOC Study Report 40

Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

“The FCC Is Threatening to Gut a Program That Provides Internet Access to Minorities,” Pacific Standard reports. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the credential section below. ” That’s Westchester Square Academy in the Bronx. Because of course.

Education 46

Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

“Hardly Anyone Wants to Take a Liberal Arts MOOC,” Edsurge informed its readers in February. As education reporter Mikhail Zinshteyn wrote in The Atlantic earlier this year, a loud chorus of researchers in education and labor markets question the notion that workers are unqualified for the growing sophistication of tech jobs.

Technology 85

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Still more education news from the UK: “ Sam Gyimah replaces Jo Johnson as universities minister ,” The Times Higher Education reports. Kudos to the Houston Chronicle for the original reporting on this in 2016. Lots of very excited and uncritical reporting on the new charter school on Oracle’s campus.

Education 43

Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

” More on the teacher prep law from The Hechinger Report. ” “Modern E-Rate Puts Telephones On Hold in K–12,” Education Week reports , noting that schools are struggling to pay for phone service (still totally necessary) as well as expanded broadband. More from Quartz. ” Meanwhile on Campus.

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Westworld : “ Adams State ’s ‘Egregious, Unethical’ Online Program Should Be Scrapped, Report Says.” ” Something something Brexit something something MOOCs will save British higher ed. ” The company in question: edX.

Education 40

Education Coursera Facebook Social Media 40

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

. “High school students will be allowed to carry mace in the 2016–2017 school year after the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education agreed to remove prohibitive language and amend its policy,” the Salisbury Post reports. ” “ Smartwatch cheats force Thai students back to exam halls,” the BBC reports.

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 15, 2016

. “Ten more states sued the federal government on Friday over a directive to public schools on bathroom use by transgender students , adding their objections to those of 11 states that brought a lawsuit soon after the directive was released in May,” The New York Times reports. “ Are MOOCs Forever ?”

Education 40

Education Blackboard Common Core MOOC 40

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

DeVos reported a new investment of between $250,001 and $500,000 in the Michigan-based Neurocore , according to a financial disclosure form that was certified by government ethics officials on Wednesday.” Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.” ” $100,000.

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

It’s from these weekly and monthly reports that I start to build my analysis. Beyond the MOOC. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2014. School and “Skills” MOOCS, Outsourcing, and Online Education. MOOCs and Anti-MOOCs. I listen to stories. I follow the money, and I follow the press releases.

Trends 40

Trends MOOC Khan Academy Maker Movement 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

One of the longstanding complaints about accrediting agencies is that, as The Wall Street Journal reported this fall , “College Accreditors Largely Staffed by Employees of Schools They Oversee.” According to a report released in June by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce , “Of the 11.6

Technology 40

Technology Education Secondary Pearson 40

Hack Education

JULY 8, 2016

.” “ Kansas State University ’s policy not to investigate accusations of rape in off-campus fraternity houses is ‘incorrect,’ according to federal government statements filed in court in support of two female students at the university,” The New York Times reports. A trend , perhaps, to watch.).

Education 49

Education Report Company Coursera 49

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

An incredible piece of reporting by The Guardian on corporate lobbying and influence in Wisconsin politics following Scott Walker ’s anti-union efforts in the state. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Education Politics. From the press release : “The U.S.

Education 40

Education Report MOOC E-rate 40