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Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

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In a telephone interview, Phil Hill, edtech guru and co-publisher of the widely followed e-Literate blog , acknowledged that “the LMS is not only part of the university’s core infrastructure, but it also allows faculty and students to use technology creatively in the classroom.” The term MOOC was coined by others in 2008.)

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‘Our Technology Is Our Ideology’: George Siemens on the Future of Digital Learning

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A researcher, theorist, educator, Siemens is the digital learning guy. He’s credited with co-teaching the first MOOC in 2008, introduced the theory of “connectivism”—the idea that knowledge is distributed across digital networks—and spearheaded research projects about the role of data and analytics in education.

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?A Starter Kit for Instructional Designers

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But they can also be creating learning apps, museum exhibits, or the latest educational toy. My classmates from Stanford’s Learning Design and Technology master’s program have gone on to design for big brands like Airbnb and Google as well as edtech upstarts including the African Leadership University, General Assembly, Osmo and Udacity.

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A Visual Cheat Sheet For Education Technology

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Keeping up with technology is impossible, even for blogs like Mashable, Engadget, and Techcrunch that do it for a living. Massive Online Open Courses (MOOC). Blended Learning. Asynchronous Learning. Adaptive Learning. Personalized Learning. Informal Learning. by TeachThought Staff.

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30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom

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Adaptive learning platforms and learning algorithms. blogs, social media, podcasting) to promote conversation and thinking around what’s possible in education. MOOCs, nanodegrees, etc. Rapid change in the demands for media forms (e.g., text to infographics to eCards to podcasts). Ease of publishing (e.g.,

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” " It’s lovely to see the big innovation from the MOOC startups in 2017 involves the learning management system. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Speak Up, Speak Out! The Student Voices That Stirred Higher Ed in 2016

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EdSurge Independent is a student-run community that meets online once a week to discuss trends and ideas within postsecondary education, and share their experiences on a student-run Medium blog. We’ve learned so much from the wit, energy and thoughtfulness from the first two cohorts of students. Personal blog).