The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Join me today, Wednesday, September 26th, for a one-hour live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar on the "true history" of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) with Dave Cormier, Alec Couros, Stephen Downes, Rita Kop, Inge de Waard, and Carol Yeager. His educational journey started in 1998 teaching little children to speak English.

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Educator Innovator

MAY 12, 2014

By Matt Williams, Educational Technologist, KQED. TeachDoNow is a free, collaborative learning experience offered by KQED this summer in partnership with Educator Innovator and the National Writing Project. using social media tools.

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Doug Levin

MAY 12, 2015

I work in K-12 education in the U.S., and I am merely a fan – not a fanboy – of open educational resources (OER).** K-12 context, including issues of accessibility , the copyright that should get assigned to teacher-created materials , and interoperability gaps and needs. I have a confession to make. Image credits.

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Bryan Alexander

MARCH 19, 2016

When the crowd gets above 40 (I think) Shindig breaks people up into multiple rooms accessible through a Mingle Bar on the bottom of the screen, like so: . Technology topics included social media, video, 3d printing, VR, internet of things, automation, and privacy. Ellen Borkowski asked about Watson for education.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

As an example, in 2014, LinkedIn’s top ten jobs were jobs that hadn’t existed five years prior: social media intern, iOS/Android developer, cloud manager, big data architect, or UI/UX designer as examples. Higher education today doesn’t offer many on- or off-ramps in and out of work. The opportunity costs will be too high.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

He’s won a national teacher-of-the-year award and his viral videos about education earned him praise from Wired magazine. It’s a new kind of MOOC, and it’s a new kind of philosophy,” he says. All the social-media activity around the free content is essentially the marketing plan.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 7, 2013

Social media sites such as Twitter span huge distances to connect people around the world. There are many stories of people developing and sustaining friendship, or even romance and eventual marriage, after ''meeting'' on a social media site. Distance Education social media relationships MOOCs Twitter FaceBook'

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 27, 2016

3) How are MOOCs and other massive open study opportunities changing or influencing out thinking as educators? Are we in danger of being left behind if our organisation/institution is not involved in MOOCs? What can we learn from the open and free social media tools we use? 4) Is open content truly 'free'?

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 8, 2019

As such, the country has made access to the Web free and easy to use for everyone. In the meantime, here's the title and abstract of my keynote: Technology Supported Learning: What has been, and what is yet to come In recent years education has been assailed by waves of new technologies, theories and practises.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 30, 2011

Reading Edupunks, Edupreneurs and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education by Anya Kamenetz has been fascinating. Turns out she's a journalist, working the scene, trying to make sense of the open access and bricollage movements that are gripping the imagination of teachers in schools, colleges and universities across the globe.

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2017

Since he introduced Khan Academy in 2006, the free, open-access education platform has inspired several knock-offs focused on specific disciplines. I could see that my students were distracted by social media during the lecture. If imitation is the highest form of flattery, Salman Khan should feel honored.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. State and Local) Education Politics. Education in the Courts. Her remarks.) .”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Promoting the library can be a fun and productive task for all employees and library users IF time is spent on developing a communication plan and providing content for print materials, social media, and word-of-mouth interactions. For group or other purchases, please email steve@learningrevolution.com.)

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 2, 2019

Photo by Vladimer Shioshvili on Flickr Educators have been using video for decades. My fellow students and I watched avidly - I can't recall what the topic was, but I do remember the thrill of the experience - it was fresh and new to be able to watch television in a formal education setting. The future?

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

It was a powerful gathering of campus leaders and practitioners, organized around a common focus on liberal education. I helped start the conference with a half-day workshop on “How Technology Can Enhance Liberal Education: The State of the Art in 2016.” Preconference workshop.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 16, 2015

Now and then, I have the privilege to interview some great thought leaders in the field of education. 1) You’re currently professor of educational technology at the British Open University. 1) You’re currently professor of educational technology at the British Open University. I think it''s a good news, bad news story.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. Are any education technologies, for that matter?

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 31, 2016

True, many people in the world are still unconnected, but with mobile phones subscriptions rising exponentially, more people now have access to digital content than ever before. Students are connected to each other through social media and networks. Being connected has many dimensions.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

In the wider educational sense, autonomy has connotations of choice, including decisions about what one learns, where one learns it, and at what pace it is learnt. For too long, state funded educational systems have been removing this autonomy. Now that is all about to change. Autonomy is often misconstrued. Unported License.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 20, 2015

There were posts about the Anatomy of PLEs , their functionality , their role as a counterpoint to the institutional Learning Management System, and also their relationship to MOOCs and Connectivism. How can the concept be applied to wider issues in education? People tend rarely to refer to them now.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 12, 2015

With technology changing so rapidly, how can libraries, organizations, and individuals stay abreast of the economic, social, and ethical ramifications of innovations and prepare successfully for the future? The MOOC had a massive global reach, but “there is a need to continue to prepare for the emerging future,” stated Alman.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 22, 2019

We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to register now to participate in this event. Libraries can and should be the epicenter of exploring, building and promoting these emerging techs, assuring the better futures and opportunities they offer are accessible to everyone.

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The Principal of Change

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Most educators have already heard about this teen who made the “Sit With Us App”, to help students find people to sit with at lunch. The number of times I have seen it shared on social media, or brought up in conferences has been staggering. September 8, 2016 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting Soon!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 25, 2012

Labs projects, designed to provide spaces for great conversations around education. as well as a special educational start-up "pitchfire" event. It is designed to significantly increase opportunities for building education-related connections around the globe while supporting cultural awareness and recognition of diversity.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 20, 2014

Professor Terry Anderson , who is based at Athabasca University in Canada, is one of the famous figures of contemporary education, and his list of achievements is lengthy. When did you first become involved with research into distance education and online learning? Terry: I was first attracted to distance education as a student.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 10, 2012

Many would agree that Shelly Sanchez Terrell is at the top of the game when it comes to educational innovation. Just look at her profile: She is a teacher trainer, author, and international speaker, is the host of American TESOL’s Free Friday Webinars and the Social Media Community Manager for The Consultants-E.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Informal and self regulated learning are defining characteristics of 21 st Century education. Various commentators suggest that as much as seventy percent of learning occurs outside of formal educational settings (Cofer, 2000; Dobbs, 2000; Cross, 2006). Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 17 (3), 183-193. Delfino, M.,

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Bryan Alexander

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Kevin Carey has a forthcoming book on the future of education, which I’m looking forward to. The Washington Post offered a taste of it with an overview article, “ One vision of tomorrow’s college: Cheap, and you get an education, not a degree “, which I’ll summarize here.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 24, 2019

Webinars gives you access to the live Webinar, as well as any-time access to the recording afterward. Promoting the library can be a fun and productive task for all employees and library users IF time is spent on developing a communication plan and providing content for print materials, social media, and word-of-mouth interactions.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

NAP is the membership wing of the European Distance and E-Learning Network ( EDEN ) which is a prestigious, global co-operative of education professionals, representing all sectors and aspects of technology enhanced learning. It can also be PD in your PJs – professional development at any time, even if you’re in bed!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 10, 2012

It is organized in conjunction with Connected Educator Month , and the conference is based on a highly inclusive model for participation and designed to encourage peer professional development--which means we want you to come and learn from each other! as well as a special educational start-up "pitchfire" event.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 27, 2015

The fuller event description and presenter bios can be accessed at [link]. The Spring Summit has been inspired by and orchestrated in partnership with Library 2.0 founding sponsor, the San Jose State University School of Information ( [link] ). PART 1: Chasing Storms or Rainbows?

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Some would say formal distance education was established much earlier in the Americas. Arguably, the concept of distance education via correspondence may have its roots in earlier attempts at remote instruction when the Apostle Paul sent out letters (or epistles) via courier to the early Christian church from his prison cell in Rome.

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

On 3-4 December I'll be in Manchester to present a keynote speech at the Inspire Conference , sponsored by the Higher Education Academy. The conference is themed around excellence in teaching of the social sciences, which reflects my own professional and academic background. Yes, education costs money.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 19, 2017

If you are unsure what makerspaces are, think of them as creative locations for tinkering, collaborating, problem solving, and creating in a library or educational space. We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to provide input and participate this event. This is a free event, being held online.

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Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The articles in these categories tend to be too narrow in scope either because they focus too narrowly on a contemporary issue or technology (and thus quickly fall out-of-date) or because they neglect much or all of the scholarship that lies outside of higher education and student affairs. higher education. Technology in U.S.

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Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

The articles in these categories tend to be too narrow in scope either because they focus too narrowly on a contemporary issue or technology (and thus quickly fall out-of-date) or because they neglect much or all of the scholarship that lies outside of higher education and student affairs. higher education. Technology in U.S.

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