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EdSurge HigherEd Year in Review: Our Top Higher Education Stories of 2018

Edsurge

While not quite the “Year of the MOOC,” 2018 saw a resurgence in interest around the ways these massive open online courses are delivering free (and more often these days, not free) online education around the world, and how these providers are increasingly turning to traditional institutions of learning. Without a University Involved.).

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Course Round-Up: Summer Learning for Educators

MIND Research Institute

Maybe you want to develop your personal learning network on social media, read a few new books , or take a course alongside other educators. Below, we have collected some Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as well as open courseware, so you can choose your own learning adventure this summer. Summer 2017. Starts May 22.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2017, just a week before Christmas, the New Media Consortium abruptly announced its immediate closure “because of apparent errors and omissions by its former Controller and Chief Financial Officer.” Good for you. with Pigeons.

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Do the “basics” change over time?

The Principal of Change

George Couros (@gcouros) July 2, 2017. When I first wrote this, I was thinking, “Are using email and the Internet ‘basics’ in 2017?” ” This response really helped me past that thinking: IMO email is a tool. Matthew Haley (@MattHaley13) July 2, 2017. Bear with me.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” A cartoon Mark Zuckerberg toured hurricane-struck Puerto Rico in virtual reality [link] pic.twitter.com/BEPfZesjF7 — The Verge (@verge) October 9, 2017. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOCMOOCs are dead , according to Udacity ’s VP. “MOOCs Are ”Dead.“

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Don’t add. Make better.

The Principal of Change

” Too often, we look at all of the flashy tools and try to figure out how to implement them, making technology an addition to learning, as opposed to starting with the curriculum and showing the value to improve opportunities. April 21, 2017 Focus on the “Learner” September 8, 2016 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting Soon!

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

million in 2017,” says Politico , making her the wealthiest of Trump’s Cabinet members. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Stop Asking About Completion Rates: Better Questions to Ask About MOOCs in 2019,” says Edsurge. .” National) Education Politics.