NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

We learn from TED Talks, the Khan Academy, as well as the growing number of videos we ourselves create for flipped. To assess understanding of media or simply to ensure the assigned media was actually watched. To collaboratively judge/assess/add comments to an assignment or a contest with media products.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

Coursera is another option for higher ed MOOCS. Number one skill for being successful in learning: the ability to self-assess. When focusing on 1:1, iPads, etc: Focus on teaching teachers to give better feedback and students to self-assess instead of the technology. Example: Working toward self assessment of math.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 6, 2020

MOOCs are available from a variety of sources including Coursera , edX and individual participating universities. Khan Academy – Khan academy is a free resource for learning a variety of subject material online including math, grammar, computing and many other subjects. How to Assess Digital Literacy.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Testing, Testing… “Big changes ahead for how California assesses school performance,” KPCC reports. ” The for-profit: Laureate Education (which once began as the tutoring chain Sylvan Learning and is now an investor in Coursera, I always like to point out). This is a great headline. Meanwhile on Campus.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

However, as more online learning companies raise their Series D funding rounds , and players from Duolingo to Coursera try to figure out sustainable business models, we’ve reached a juncture where we need to think about the issues of equity that come with chasing paying customers.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Daphne Koller left Coursera this year. In part, their struggles are a result of controversies surrounding the Common Core State Standards, which were supposed to streamline and procurement the development of curriculum and assessment. Sebastian Thrun stepped down as Udacity’s CEO. Jen Medbery stepped down as CEO of Kickboard.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Despite predictions that badges would be the “ new credential ” and that we were looking at a “ Future Full of Badges ,” it’s not clear that digital badges have provided us with a really meaningful way to assess skills or expertise. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon. The Teacher Influencer Hustle. The Gentrification of Sesame Street.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Testing, Testing… Via Education Week : “After seven years of tumult and transition fueled by the common core, state testing is settling down, with most states rejecting the federally funded PARCC and Smarter Balanced assessments, and nearly one-quarter embracing the SAT or the ACT as their official high school test.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

There was all that ink spilled circa 2010 that Khan Academy and “ flipped learning ” were going to “ change the rules of education ,” replacing in-class instruction with online videos watched as homework. Tom Willerer, Coursera’s chief product officer, left the company to become a venture capitalist.

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