Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes. How is Google influencing policy? How is Google influencing research?

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2016

I’m not sure we talk often enough about technology-enhanced learning in these terms – as a political not merely pedagogical practice. In 2004, the mantra might have been “everyone should learn real estate”; now it’s “everyone should learn to code.” What are MOOCs, for example?

Conference 63

Conference Course MOOC Technology 63

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

“Hardly Anyone Wants to Take a Liberal Arts MOOC,” Edsurge informed its readers in February. ” “Trump’s neo industrial policies won’t create these jobs,” he added. Nor, I’d argue, will a fixation on simply “learning to code.” See: the LMS, the MOOC.

Technology 85

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

And certainly the expectation of many ed-tech products (and increasingly school policy) is that parents will do just this — participate in the incessant monitoring of student data. In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Via The New York Times : “ Trump Orders Review of Education Policies to Strengthen Local Control.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” Education Politics. Not much,” says The LA Times’ Joy Resmovits.

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47