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Trends to watch in 2015: education and technology

Bryan Alexander

Here I’d like to identify trends from 2015 which seem likely to persist or grow over the next year. And the MOOC numbers look like they’re rising. Unless the worm turns globally, I’d expect planet MOOC to keep growing in 2016. Let’s see if higher ed figures out mobile-first design, as ELI recommends.

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As Corporate World Moves Toward Curated ‘Microlearning,’ Higher Ed Must Adapt

Edsurge

When there’s a need for information or new skills, employees today are increasingly turning to instantly accessible sources such as search engines and online course libraries available on their mobile devices. employers spent nearly $71 billion on training in 2016—a figure that was flat compared to 2015.

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Learning Revolution Free PD - Google Summit - Student App Development - Maker Education - Reinventing Higher Ed

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. We''re about to announce three additional conferences for 2015: Maker Education, Reinventing Higher Ed, and Digital Citizenship.

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A Call For Homeschool 2.0

TeachThought - Learn better.

Schools Improvement (@SchoolsImprove) February 10, 2015. So self-guided inquiry-based and mobile learning. In 2015, it’s breathtaking. The scale of learning for one child–or in my case, three–suggests new paradigms for the process, content, and forms of learning of learning in 2015. Like school, then?

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Worldwide, Online, and Free - The Library 2.013 Conference Starts Friday

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Please join us for the third annual global conversation about the future of libraries: October 18-19, 2013, [link]. join the Library 2.0 The conference is once again being held entirely online around the clock in multiple languages and time zones. We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses.

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

Hack Education

The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015. Beyond the MOOC. School and “Skills” MOOCS, Outsourcing, and Online Education. MOOCs and Anti-MOOCs. The Digital Library. Mobile Learning. The “New Economy” Credentialing. Data Insecurity. Personalization. Inequality. Standardized Testing.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” Jen Howard on “What Happened to Google’s Effort to Scan Millions of University Library Books ?” ” More via Wired.