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Giving Thanks: The Top EdSurge Contributors of 2016

Edsurge

Today, we’d like to call out nine of our contributors in particular, who’ve written the most popular articles of 2016. WRAP YOUR BRAIN AROUND THIS: Erin Klein, a 2nd grade teacher and our 2016 Fifty States writer in Michigan, got frustrated with traditional classroom design. And we’re giving you a spread! STICKING TO THOSE RESOLUTIONS?

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Trends to watch in 2015: education and technology

Bryan Alexander

What can we expect in 2016 from the intersection of technology and education? There’s now a movement to teach humanities seminars online. And the MOOC numbers look like they’re rising. Unless the worm turns globally, I’d expect planet MOOC to keep growing in 2016. That should extend into 2016.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” There’s more MOOC news in the “business of education” section below. ” “ How many colleges and universities have closed since 2016 ?” Devonshire Investors has acquired MOOC startup NovoEd. million total.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

A must-read on Trump University from Ars Technica : “Trump University and the art of the get-rich seminar.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Here’s The Chronicle headline from then : “Professor Leaves a MOOC in Mid-Course in Dispute Over Teaching.”)

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The Rough Beasts of Ed-Tech

Hack Education

Indeed, I can’t go anywhere these days – inside or outside the US, on- or offline – without hearing panicky questions and proclamations about November 2016, the upcoming Presidential Election, and what the hell is going on with Donald Trump. What are MOOCs, for example? Doing so will even raise your credit score.

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Future Trends Forum #8, with Jim Groom: full recording, notes, and Storify

Bryan Alexander

I asked Groom to describe the Domain of One’s Own movement’s state of the union in 2016. Q: Autumm Caines asked:”I’m getting ready to teach a 1st year seminar on digital citizenship. He criticized the allure of universal solutions and totalizing narratives (the LMS, the MOOC). A: Jim hoped so.

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Future Trends Forum #8, with Jim Groom: full recording, notes, and Storify

Bryan Alexander

I asked Groom to describe the Domain of One’s Own movement’s state of the union in 2016. Q: Autumm Caines asked:”I’m getting ready to teach a 1st year seminar on digital citizenship. He criticized the allure of universal solutions and totalizing narratives (the LMS, the MOOC). A: Jim hoped so.

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