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Tonight - A True History of the MOOC

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

I am also currently carrying out research of open educational practices, such as Massive Open Online Courses and am involved in research in learning analytics. In my spare time I have been, to name a few other pursuits, a magazine editor, a designer, real estate agent, writer, paralegal, painter, carpenter and a farmer.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Analysis of Georgia Tech ’s MOOC-inspired online master’s in computer science suggests that institutions can successfully deliver high-quality, low-cost degrees to students at scale.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “Many are never the same.”

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). ” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. It’s now an LMS too.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Zion Market Research : “ Massive Open Online Course Market : Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecasts 2016-2024.” “ The growth of online learning : How universities must adjust to the new norm” is sponsored content on Education Dive. ” Price tag for the report: $3599.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. Via San Francisco Magazine : “A Kindergarten Teacher May Be Evicted from Her Mission Apartment. From this article, I learned that Sal Khan earns more than $540,000 a year.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via the New York Magazine : “The Death of Vine Makes the Internet a Worse Place.” Meanwhile, over at Edsurge : “A Small Liberal Arts School Becomes a Testing Ground for the ‘ Facebook of Learning Management Systems ’ ” Also via Edsurge : “Pursuing Academic Freedom and Data Privacy Is a Balancing Act.”