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It’s 2020: Have Digital Learning Innovations Trends Changed?

Edsurge

In early 2017, organizations that have focused on digital learning came together to better leverage their strengths and capacities for a common goal: improving student success.

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SXSWedu 2017: Ones to Watch and What to Know

Edsurge

A Debate on “Open” Educational Resources : Can free and open educational resources (OER) save students money without compromising their content or value? This meetup will bring together innovators and edtech thinkers in the community college space to discuss ways of increasing the number of college graduates. Higher Ed 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.

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Recent & Upcoming Conversations on Open & Networked Learning

ProfHacker

The #OpenLearning17 MOOC has just ended, but the resources and blogposts live on , and the Creative Commons Global Summit is just starting. Here is more of what I look forward to in 2017/2018. Critiques of OER and Open Education. Upcoming events you may find of interest include: 1. Digital Pedagogy Lab Institute.

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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. ” (Amazon Inspire is the company’s OER platform.)

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The 2017 Global Education Conference (Online) Starts Today! Join Us!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The 8th Annual Global Education Conference (GEC) All Online, All Free November 13 - 16, 2017 The Global Education Conference Network's eighth annual worldwide collaboration on globally-connected education starts today, Monday, November 13, and continues through this Thursday, November 16.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

. … The state has until September 1, 2018 ‘to fully implement its program for basic education’ and it must have a plan for funding and implementing ‘by the final adjournment of the 2017 legislative session,’ the court said in a ruling written by Chief Justice Barbara Madsen.” Raise $146.1

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). A call to rebrand MOOCs , from Edsurge. Mark Zuckerberg describes the “ Lessons in Philanthropy in 2017.” Billion in 2017.” .” More via Inside Higher Ed. The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. Edtech Funding Rebounds With $1.2