Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Three types of edtech joined the “filmstrip” category in this decade: Learning Management Systems , MOOC s, and digital badges. As for MOOCs, in 2012, the elites in higher education discovered online learning, which many others felt they had already invented and improved over the previous 15 years. OER and open books. Digital badges.

Digital Badges 91

Digital Badges MOOC Technology OER 91

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

” – 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. Disclosure/disclaimer: I am a folklorist by training. The quotation is from 2012. The markets, according to the press releases, are always growing.

Trends 40

Trends Report iPhone Software 40

Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

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.” The Business of Job Training. Economy by 2030.” ” That’s Kris Cheung who plans to join KIPP.

Education 46

Education MOOC Social Media Report 46

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Via Chalkbeat’s Colorado news desk : “$35 million for school safety will go toward training, but not hiring, of school resource officers.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” The Business of Job Training. ” Privacy law in Illinois , that is. ” “The U.S.

Education 44

Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

” 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.

Education 46

Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Representative Ron DeSantis introduced a bill Tuesday that would allow states to set up a parallel accrediting system to direct federal student aid money to a range of career training programs.” The Business of Job Training. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ E.U. .”

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

” More on the new for-profit higher ed – coding bootcamps – in the job training section below. Via The Pacific Standard : “For the First Time, a Female Officer Completed the Marines’ Grueling Infantry Officer Training Course.” The Business of Job Training. ” asks Michael Petrilli.

Education 47

Education Company Data Report 47