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The Winners and Filmstrips of An (Almost) Decade in Education Technology

Edsurge

Marie Cini is the president of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning. I define education technology as any tool that supports learning, digital or not. So with these guidelines in mind, I’ve chosen six areas where edtech has made an impact this decade: Learning Management Systems. OER and open books.

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The Still-Evolving Future of University Credentials

Edsurge

Five years ago, I published a book on the future of university credentials, making some predictions about what seemed likely to come next in the market for degrees and emerging forms of alternative college credentials. In my book I might have been a bit overly optimistic about the resistance of traditional higher ed, however.

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An overview of Outcome-Based Assessment strategies by Dr. Neelakantan P. C.

Linways Technologies

The Discuss Education BarCamp was a gathering of educators, academicians, and education enthusiasts to discuss about teaching-learning, learning theories, and ways to improve learning. It still remains unanswered whether students are actually being able to achieve the learning outcomes.”.

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

Hack Education

One of my favorites: “Books will soon be obsolete in schools,” Thomas Edison said in 1913. ” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. .” Any day now. Any day now.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs are back in the headlines again. Via Edsurge : “The Second Wave of MOOC Hype Is Here, and It’s Online Degrees.” Economy by 2030.” ” “The Maps for Learning Don’t Exist Yet” says Amplify CEO Larry Berger.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The seller: Book Dog Books. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Techcrunch : “ Tencent and education startup Age of Learning bring popular English-learning app ABCmouse to China.” Techcrunch reports that “ Sesame Street turns to Kickstarter to fund autism book.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ From the article that ”innovative teaching practice" appears to be project-based learning. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “How Much Hollywood Glitz Should Colleges Use in Their Online Courses ?” ” “Whatever happened to the promise of online learning ?”