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Higher education technology predictions for 2014

Mark Smithers

Well I missed out on writing a review for 2013 so I thought I’d get in reasonably early and write some predictions for what might happen in 2014. It will get louder in 2014. Expect MOOCs to continue to be the most high profile focus of academic angst in 2014. The focus is on tertiary education. The MOOC backlash.

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Can online learning level the AP playing field for rural kids?

The Hechinger Report

After the three schools consolidated during the 2014-15 school year, the newly formed Holmes County Central High School was able to offer five classes, including AP calculus, English language and English literature. million online courses in 2014-15. Department of Education, students took 317,000 online courses.

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English learners stopped coming to class during the pandemic. One group is tackling the problem by helping their parents 

The Hechinger Report

Enrollment in the program, ourBRIDGE for Kids, has bloomed over the last few years, from 35 students when it opened in 2014 to about 230 children in 2023, with more on waitlists. The afterschool program, which Ganzó started in 2014, now has more than three dozen employees and over 100 volunteers.

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Higher education technology predictions for 2014

Mark Smithers

Well I missed out on writing a review for 2013 so I thought I’d get in reasonably early and write some predictions for what might happen in 2014. It will get louder in 2014. Expect MOOCs to continue to be the most high profile focus of academic angst in 2014. The focus is on tertiary education. The MOOC backlash.

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In China’s Silicon Valley, Edtech Starts at the ‘MOOC Times Building’

Edsurge

Most of the occupants offer products or services in online learning, though not necessarily massive open online courses or MOOCs, despite being the building's namesake. But MOOCs were trending upward back in 2014 when the education incubator was established, so it made a catchy name for the building.

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How to Keep Kids Safe

The CoolCatTeacher

She is an educational consultant for Mackin Educational Resources and Cantata Learning, and Executive Director of Library & Educational Services for Biblionasium. In 2014, Shannon was named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker. She is also the Skype Education Ambassador. Host: Vicki Davis.

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California Could Soon Have Its First Fully-Online Community College

Edsurge

Department of Education shows that 30 percent of undergraduate students enrolled in at least one online education course in 2016, up from 27.1 percent in 2014, Inside Higher Ed reports. The new college appears to follow another trend in the higher education: competency-based education. Recent data from the U.S.

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