Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

My classmates from Stanford’s Learning Design and Technology master’s program have gone on to design for big brands like Airbnb and Google as well as edtech upstarts including the African Leadership University, General Assembly, Osmo and Udacity. To get serious about education technology, you have to read Seymour Papert.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Have you ever felt that the traditional classroom structure we’ve all grown used to is a bit too limiting for the today’s day and age? Below you’ll find professional insight into: What is a flipped classroom approach? What challenges will you face within a flipped classroom approach? So what does this mean?

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Techcrunch says that “ EdTech is having a renaissance , powered by the emerging world.” ” NPR asks whose bones made up those old classroom skeletons.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 6, 2020

Free lesson plans for helping teachers integrate technology into their digital classrooms. Massive Open Online Courses (Sometimes referred to as MOOCs) – MOOCs are readily available courses that are presented online. MOOCs are not an ideal way for most students to learn. Tech ed resources – online classes .

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Neo LMS

JUNE 16, 2020

Technology plays a prominent role in the modern classroom. In a survey of 1,000 long-time high school teachers, 73% say their classrooms use laptops and tablets daily. How to learn more about edtech options. When it comes to professional development for educators, it’s vital to learn about the edtech options available.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 1, 2019

Incorporating technology in the classroom has paved the way for a myriad of innovative methods and practices that are aimed at improving upon teaching structures of the past. Neil Rickus ; EdTech Consultant & Former Teacher. Blended learning enables me to effectively bring technology into the classroom.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

But before the 1980s and since, many education technologists have been convinced that tutoring is the best form of instruction – far, far surpassing “traditional” classroom instruction – and that the only way that we can reach the goal of one tutor per child is to use the computer as the tutor. Vive la MOOC révolution.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 28, 2017

“In an effective classroom students should not only know what they are doing, they should also know why and how.” Check out their article, How to Create an Infographic Syllabus. I actually did this for one of my Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). ” – Harry Wong. Piktochart is a free infographic tool.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom. ” The article goes on to point out some examples of this kind of dilemma, and how certain businesses responded. ” What are some examples of disruptions in the classroom, then? 30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom . by Terry Heick. Maker Movement.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2020

This article is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. Recently, we asked Dintersmith for his thoughts on the decade in edtech, as someone who’s seen a fair number of sides of it. To a large extent, though, the MOOC movement has proven to be a disappointment.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

” Via The AP : “Police in Vermont say a 15-year-old student was cited after approaching a classroom wearing a clown mask and banging on the windows as clown sightings are viewed as potential public safety threats throughout the country.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Raise $146.1

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Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs are back in the headlines again. Via Edsurge : “The Second Wave of MOOC Hype Is Here, and It’s Online Degrees.” National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 17, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Is The LMS A Distraction In EdTech Futurology? ” (Actually the article is just a promotion for three books penned by people close to Edsurge.).

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Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Forbes : “The Startup President: How France ’s Macron Nearly Built An EdTech Company.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). National) Education Politics. It has raised $69.7

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

Via The New York Times : “ Rolling Stone Settles Lawsuit Over Debunked Campus Rape Article.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” ” Udacity has updated its online "classroom."

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Via KMOV , news from Montville High in Montville, Connecticut : “ Substitute teacher arrested for starting ‘ fight club ’ in classroom.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via WCTI12.com ” “ MOOCs Started Out Completely Free. Disclosure alert : no mention that Edsurge, which published this article, shares an investor with Class Central.). “Can a District Disrupt the Edtech Industry ?” ”).

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The University of Iceland has joined edX. This isn’t a “meanwhile on campus story,” but I’m not sure where else to put articles about sexual harassment and sexual assault. classrooms,” Axios claims. Will they make it happen? .”

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

John Bel Edwards has agreed to a mandate that cursive writing must be taught in Louisiana ’s public school classrooms.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” asks The Economist in an article about coding bootcamps. ” “We Shut Down Our Edtech Startup. .

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the credential section below. “ Robots in the classroom ? Edtech Raises $739M in Venture Funding.” Because of course.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Politico : Western Governors University , “the nation’s leading provider of competency-based educatio n – which the Education Department’s independent watchdog last month said violated federal student aid rules – is expanding into North Carolina.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Apologies that this week this article is a day late. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “Free MOOCs Face the Music,” writes Inside Higher Ed on edX ’s decision to start charging fees.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Stop Asking About Completion Rates: Better Questions to Ask About MOOCs in 2019,” says Edsurge. .” It was a nightmare.’” million total.

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Education MOOC Social Media E-rate 58

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Vox on segregation in US public schools : “We can draw school zones to make classrooms less segregated. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” The school: the Electronic Classroom of the Future.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Via Chalkbeat : “Can in-house child care keep young teachers in the classroom? ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). These districts want to find out.” ” Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Microsoft -Branded MOOCs for K–12 Leaders.” ” The answer, in part, is in this Buzzfeed article by Molly Hensley-Clancy : “ Native American Colleges Have Abandoned The Student Loan System.” ” He was 7.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Marquette University was justified in disciplining a professor who had publicly rebuked a graduate teaching assistant over her handling of classroom discussions of homosexuality, a state judge ruled on Thursday.” Not sure why this is called a MOOC. Yik Yak had raised $73.5

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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. “ Will AI Be The Next Big Thing In The Classroom? There’s more for-profit news in the HR and accreditation sections below.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Via the AP : “The state of Utah has denied it has anti-gay school laws as it defends itself from a lawsuit challenging restrictions on talk about homosexuality in the classroom.” Larry Cuban has another article on AltSchool , which he says marries Dewey and Thorndike. ” Meanwhile, edX ads appear on Breitbart.

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Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). So much MOOC news! (Or “ MOOCs Are Global. Also via Edsurge : “How Harvard Is Trying to Update the Extension School for the MOOC Age.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Gotta keep hyping that MOOC thing. Via Edsurge : “ MOOCs Are No Longer Massive. National) Education Politics. ” Gotta keep hyping that VR thing.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Via ABC News : “ A defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine over the magazine’s debunked article about a University of Virginia gang rape was tossed out by a judge Tuesday. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” More on MOOC (and related) research in the research section below.

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Via The Salt Lake Tribune : “Lawmaker: Utah ‘s veteran educators may need to ’die off ’ before technology fills classrooms.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Lots of MOOC PR appeared in the news this week. ” “What if MOOCs Revolutionize Education After All?”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Classrooms.” There’s an article in the venture philanthropy section below about how private student loans are being pitched as “impact investing.” There’s more MOOC news in the job training section below.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, The Flipped Classroom". Um, they do.)

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” ECOT is the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, an online charter school. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ Monetizing A MOOC Platform.” Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ’” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Reminder: a lot of MOOC news is now job training news, so you’ll find some updates in that section below. Edtech Companies?” ”).

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