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

Linways Technologies

We need to start the changes from our own classrooms. Let’s our classrooms be the labs whereby we explore and try to inculcate that spirit of inquisitiveness in each student.”. It’s being speculated that by 2030, the system of affiliation will be abolished. MOOCs, rubrics, open-ended questions, open-book examinations, etc.

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

Hack Education

” – 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. Like, how would you argue against “collaborative learning” as occurring – now or some day – in classrooms?

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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 One-Teacher, One-Classroom Model Needs an Upgrade,” says Edsurge.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via KMOV , news from Montville High in Montville, Connecticut : “ Substitute teacher arrested for starting ‘ fight club ’ in classroom.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” The Chronicle of Higher Education lists “Pros and Cons of Virtual Reality in the Classroom.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill : “If At First You Don’t Succeed, Try To Be An OPM : Conversion of for-profits and MOOCs.” ” There’s some Udacity-related MOOC news in the job training section below.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ Coursera Removes Biometric Identity Verification Using Keystroke Matching,” Class Central reports. ” Ng is, of course, the co-founder of the MOOC startup Coursera. ” “ VR makes a big classroom impact,” Education Dive claims.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” The article is accompanied by a photo of a classroom full of Asian students – as if Asian is not American. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “How Much Hollywood Glitz Should Colleges Use in Their Online Courses ?” ” Getting Smart reviews The Flexible SEL Classroom.