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Ed Tech Vocab: Keeping Up with Trends in Education

eSpark

This means that there are more concepts, terms, and trends in education that teachers need to be aware of - but how do you keep track of them all? Think of it as a cheat sheet to help you learn all you need to know about technology in the classroom! MOOC refers to a massive online open course, a type of distance learning.

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Why Is Teaching So Prone to Fads?

Edsurge

A few years ago, MOOCs graced the covers of newspapers as a way to bring college to the masses on the cheap. At some point, gamification was going to be the answer. It was low-tech, but it foreshadowed some of the adaptive learning systems of today. But almost as quickly as it emerged, the practice faded.

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Ed Tech Vocab: Keeping Up with Trends in Education

eSpark

This means that there are more concepts, terms, and trends in education that teachers need to be aware of - but how do you keep track of them all? Think of it as a cheat sheet to help you learn all you need to know about technology in the classroom! MOOC refers to a massive online open course, a type of distance learning.

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It’s 2020: Have Digital Learning Innovations Trends Changed?

Edsurge

The Online Learning Consortium (OLC), one of the 12 partner organizations of Every Learner Everywhere, was charged with identifying and understanding innovations in the digital education landscape. To those working in higher education, some of the trends presented by the team may not have come as a surprise.

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Trends to watch in 2015: education and technology

Bryan Alexander

What can we expect in 2016 from the intersection of technology and education? I’m building on previous posts about trends in technology and educational contexts , plus my FTTE report, naturally. Educational technology trends. Skepticism about the quality of online learning could migrate to the general population.

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4 Important Lessons from 15 Years in EdTech

Gaggle Speaks

Last week, during the 2015 CoSN Annual Conference , I participated in the CoSN Camp FailFest where leaders in education shared professional failures in order to see future successes. I constantly play contrarian with our marketing team around using the latest education lingo: Project-Based Learning; Web 2.0;

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4 Important Lessons from 15 Years in EdTech

Gaggle Speaks

Last week, during the 2015 CoSN Annual Conference , I participated in the CoSN Camp FailFest where leaders in education shared professional failures in order to see future successes. I constantly play contrarian with our marketing team around using the latest education lingo: Project-Based Learning; Web 2.0;

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