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How Blockbuster MOOCs Could Shape the Future of Teaching

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After all, so-called MOOCs, or massive open online courses, were meant to open education to as many learners as possible, and in many ways they are more like books (digital ones, packed with videos and interactive quizzes) than courses. million, split between the course provider and the company. That means it brought in more than $2.5

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What Happens When Ed-Tech Forgets? Some Thoughts on Rehabilitating Reputations

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" I like to cite, as an example, a New Yorker article from a few years ago that interviewed Anthony Levandoski, the Uber engineer sued by Google for stealing its self-driving car technology. Plagiarism detection software originated at universities. And online test proctoring software has roots at universities as well.

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

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If few students answer the question correctly, the software can flag the professor, or the textbook author, to consider revising the content to make it clearer. Newkirk calls his company Acuitus , in hopes of encouraging sharpness of thought. For students, this is a discouraging engagement, Lepper says.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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.” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

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Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. I could utilize the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media software tools for historical research.

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Millennials: The Straw That Will Stir Higher Education’s Next Disruption

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Article Written By: Hossein Rahnama. Another is the rise of the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) or online instructional platforms like edX, Coursera, or Udacity. The conversation regarding higher education has never been more heated. That may pertain to issues of crediting experiential work outside the classroom.

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What a Reinvented College Looks Like: 4 Alternative Higher-Ed Models

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A venture-backed for-profit called the Minerva Project created the college’s curriculum and software, and has raised more than $95-million. As one professor at Pomona College, John Seery, wrote in a Huffington Post article , Nelson first approached Pomona about the partnership, but faculty there turned down the idea after some study.

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