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Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

Edsurge

More than two decades ago, when I was hired at Stevens Institute of Technology, as dean of web-based distance learning—a quaint title for what is now known as online learning—few tools were available to help faculty migrate their on-campus courses online. Most authoring software also integrates assessment tools, testing learning outcomes.

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COVID-19 Is Accelerating the Digital Blending of Working and Learning

Edsurge

Even before this crisis, concerns were rising about a potential loss of jobs and the rising demand for digital skills due to technologies such as automation and AI. E-commerce purchases of all types have surged. In the last few months the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world and triggered an economic plunge in the U.S.

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Editor’s Note: Reality Check

techlearning

Goodbye snowmen and hot chocolate and hello MOOCs and remote check-ins! The only mention we could find was schools deciding not to partake in e-learning days. In “Adapting to the New Classroom”, contributor Sascha Zuger digs in deep to find out how several schools have implemented new technologies to achieve real results.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

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New learning environments

Learning with 'e's

Our final #EDENchat of 2015 focused on new learning environments, namely MOOCs, flipped classrooms and blended learning methods. Those who participated shared their experiences of MOOCs and flipped learning both as teachers and as learners. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. Unported License.

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Education's Online Futures

Hack Education

And then there were MOOCs , of course, and all those predictions and all those promises about the end of college as we know it: “MOOCs make education borderless, gender-blind, race-blind, class-blind and bank account-blind” and similar fables. Vive la MOOC Révolution. Adam Medros became edX’s president and COO.

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Using Transactional Distance Theory to inform instructional design

IT Bill

However, with emerging deliver models such as Competency-based Educational (CBE) and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) gaining traction in higher education, it may make sense to consider student autonomy in the design of online learning. International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning. References: A.