Iterating Toward Openness
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
Ask a publisher why inclusive access is good for students and the list of reasons they will provide sounds like it came straight off a 2013 OER advocacy slide. The question we must each ask ourselves is – what is the real goal of our OER advocacy? What do you think the whole MOOC thing George Siemens and I and others was about?
ProfHacker
AUGUST 26, 2016
OER Commons , The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation ) it is clear that there is tendency to equate open educational resources to open educational materials and tools , such as course materials in text, audio, or video format, open textbooks, and educational software.
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Edsurge
MARCH 20, 2019
It’s common these days to hear that free online mega-courses, called MOOCs, failed to deliver on their promise of educating the masses. Now, one of the first professors to try out MOOCs says he has a way to reuse bits and pieces of the courses created during that craze in a way that might deliver on the initial promise.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 29, 2017
Kaltura (video) – $166.1 Or one could look at ed-tech companies that laid off staff: the coding bootcamp Galvanize , the analytics company Civitas Learning , the learning management system Schoology , MOOC provider Coursera , the education giant Pearson , for example. Age of Learning (educational apps) – $181.5
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
FEBRUARY 26, 2014
Updates Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings Conversations Submit a Video or Quote Kudos Updates GlobalEdCon Celebration and Meetup Reminder. Following recent conversations about the assessment capacity of MOOCs, this is a great topic! Submit a Video or Quote We''d like to feature a user submitted video each week.
NeverEndingSearch
DECEMBER 20, 2017
Claims on YouTube: Students watch a short video and explain why they might not trust a video that makes a contentious claim. . YouTube Evaluation : Students evaluate a YouTube video and identify reasons why it may be unreliable. Social Media Video : Students watch an online video and identify its strengths and weaknesses.
Hack Education
OCTOBER 7, 2016
Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Aftermath of the MOOC wars: Can commercial vendors support creative higher education ? iNACOL has released a report on advocacy for competency-based education. Raise $146.1 million in venture funding; ask people to work for you for free.
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