Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

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.

Digital Learning 60

Digital Learning Technology MOOC Learning Analytics 60

Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Skepticism about the quality of online learning could migrate to the general population. And the MOOC numbers look like they’re rising. Unless the worm turns globally, I’d expect planet MOOC to keep growing in 2016. Big data and data analytics : interest in this is widespread and has some hefty power behind it.

Trends 40

Trends Technology MOOC Education 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) They’re supposedly “engines of innovation.”

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

.” “Two assessment companies – Educational Testing Service and Data Recognition Corp. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Humans, the Latest MOOC Feature.” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. The states in question: Texas and Nevada. million total.

Education 52

Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Funding data about “learn to code” startups can be found at funding.hackeducation.com. “Hardly Anyone Wants to Take a Liberal Arts MOOC,” Edsurge informed its readers in February. Computer Science For All. Only “1.86 unique users have enrolled 4.1 million times in edX’s liberal arts course.”

Technology 85

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

Via The Guardian : “ Student Loans Company ‘spied on vulnerable students’ social media’ ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). DreamBox Learning has raised $130 million from The Rise Fund. ” JFC.

Education 43

Education Pearson Company Blackboard 43

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ California Should Watch Arkansas Process for Creating New Online Institution,” says Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill. danah boyd has announced that she’ll be stepping down from running her research organization Data & Society. Apple had a thing.

Education 51

Education ProctorU Company Report 51