Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2017

I realized that I was recording hours of deliberate practice (my early morning runs), formative assessments (the occasional speed workout on the track) and even a few summative assessments (races) on the app. As a thought experiment, I tried to recast my Strava experience in pedagogical terms. I could hardly blame them.

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Online Learning Course MOOC Udemy 115

Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2016

As more adults than ever before enroll in postsecondary education programs and a variety of players—from bootcamps to online and mobile course providers—offer options tailored to match adults’ work and family circumstance, traditional colleges and universities have struggled to keep pace.

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Competency Based Learning Education Trends MOOC 114

Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2019

The education industry’s current fascination with income share agreements—in which students typically pay a percent of their future income in lieu of upfront tuition—is no better exemplified than in the current crop of graduates from Y Combinator. We are seeing these spread around the world.” Here’s a look at the latest edtech crop.

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Education Company MOOC Course 116

The Principal of Change

APRIL 30, 2017

“Innovation” is one of the most used words in education right now. Here are some misconceptions about the word that we need to dispell to protect “innovation” in education from becoming a buzzword. That being said, there are many ways that educators are innovative without using technology.

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Education iPhone Edcamps MOOC 75

Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2016

It was an edtech entrepreneur’s dream on Wednesday at Intel’s Education Accelerator Demo Day. Big and small, patent and beta—here’s a round-up of Intel Education Accelerator’s latest protégés: PrepFlash : Based in College Station, Tex., PrepFlash takes some of the tediousness out of studying by writing flashcards for learners.

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EdTech Meeting Education Company 60

The Principal of Change

DECEMBER 13, 2018

And yet, time and again, I saw frustrated educators go above and beyond to create powerful learning opportunities for our students. If you’re thinking you don’t have the time, remember that your technology is mobile. ” We can do both in education if we think about how we can innovate inside the box.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Meanwhile, the education dialogue has shifted to a focus on employment-related themes such as competencies and skills. When there’s a need for information or new skills, employees today are increasingly turning to instantly accessible sources such as search engines and online course libraries available on their mobile devices.

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GoConqr

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

But that hasn’t stopped us from asking a number of experts in education and technology to gaze into their crystal balls and share their thoughts on one major EdTech trend we can expect to see lighting up learning and one major challenge that education will face in 2016. Savas Savides (Publisher & Former Educator, Greece).

Technology 75

Technology Trends Gamification Education 75

TeacherCast

JANUARY 1, 2016

The infusion of innovative learning systems and computerization into educational settings promises to create significant change in the near future. One current trend appears likely to continue during 2016: an increasing number of classrooms will rely on computers and the Internet to assist in the delivery of education materials.

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Technology LMS Classroom Trends 68

Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2018

Nicola Soares, vice president and managing director for Kelly Educational Staffing at Kelly Services, who has her finger on the pulse of employment and hiring trends. Sean Gallagher: I would put the microcredentialing trend as a major sub-theme within a broader conversation about job outcomes and competency-based education.

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Coursera Trends Training MOOC 93

Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

The student is then left to think and reflect on the knowledge they have ''received'' and eventually, is assessed on how well they can remember, apply and evaluate this knowledge. And yet, with the advent of mobile technology, learning can now take place any where, and at any time. Unported License.

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Flipped Classroom MOOC Mobility Trends 61

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 9, 2015

EDUCATION & TEACHING (29). Commonwealth Education Trust via Coursera. Instructional Design for Mobile Learning. Prior Learning Assessment for Educators and Industry. Commonwealth Education Trust via Coursera. Performance Assessment in the Virtual Classroom. Open Education Consortium (OEC) via edX.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2021

But the platform is helping community colleges think through how to use prior-learning assessments to award credit if users do want it, even when the course isn’t technically credit-bearing. Practically speaking, we’re working with the non-credit side mostly because they can respond most rapidly to industry,” Alssid says.

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Hack Education

APRIL 30, 2020

This is such a strange and necessary time to talk about education technology, to take a class about education technology, to get a degree in education technology because what, in the past, was so often framed as optional or aspirational is now compulsory — and compulsory under some of the worst possible circumstances.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 4, 2013

How do we assess quality with all of the online education providers that are out there? Small start ups and giant MOOCS. Teachers are industry experts, half of whom have some sort of previous education experience. Important to get feedback from students through surveys to assess quality of teaching and content.

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Udemy Education MOOC Survey 49

Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 3, 2013

Those who study the future of education often suggest that the demise of traditional classrooms is not only inevitable, but imminent. Automated assessment of learning through computer adaptive testing is another trend he predicts, where students are given grades based on their performance on multiple choice questions. Is he right?

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Classroom MOOC Trends Social Media 62

Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Learning should always come first, but what fools we would be if we denied that technology has the potential to make a tangible difference in education! There are numerous examples of technology reshaping educational practices and creating new opportunities for the sharing of knowledge. Does it add any value to learners' experiences?

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Flipped Classroom MOOC Learning Tablets 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 17, 2014

Mobile users will be able to connect to sessions by going to LearningRevolution.com on your mobile device. Long,Teacher Environmental Education, Biology and General Science Learning through your workplace - Lidmyla Kovalova, CEO of G.U.N. Keynote recordings will be uploaded to the Learning Revolution YouTube channel.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 25, 2012

Labs projects, designed to provide spaces for great conversations around education. as well as a special educational start-up "pitchfire" event. It is designed to significantly increase opportunities for building education-related connections around the globe while supporting cultural awareness and recognition of diversity.

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Conference ePortfolio Libraries MOOC 77

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 7, 2016

If we take a formal education course learning will be different to our informal autodidactic efforts. Concepts such as curriculum, classes, assessment, lessons and 'teaching' are artificial - contrivances that do not occur naturally.

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MOOC Mobility Study Course 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. We’re taking Google education summits online! September 6th + 7th! More information or register here!

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Google Game-Based Learning Libraries Conference 52

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 26, 2015

I don’t follow higher education very closely, so this is all from 10 feet away. Competency-Based Education is something I’m hearing more and more about, which is neither bad nor good, but worth understanding more carefully. 4 General Examples Of Innovation In Higher Ed. That’s good. Which is dumb.

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Examples MOOC E-rate Dropout 40

Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 2, 2019

The overall cost of higher education has been continuously increasing, as is evident by the rise in the textbook prices. But how do they compete with resources like MOOCs and OERs that have made high quality course content from respected university professors available for free? What Is a Subscription Model?

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OER Education MOOC Adaptive Learning 16

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 6, 2020

That means it won’t be long before even college-educated employees will need to upskill or retrain to remain employable. As educators, we are each tasked with teaching our students a specific body of knowledge. Nowadays, mobile technologies are shaping up to be just as ground-breaking.

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Khan Academy MOOC Course Software 254

Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

NAP is the membership wing of the European Distance and E-Learning Network ( EDEN ) which is a prestigious, global co-operative of education professionals, representing all sectors and aspects of technology enhanced learning. We are now in our third series of #EDENchats, which commenced this January.

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Twitter MOOC Social Media Mobile Learning 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 10, 2012

It is organized in conjunction with Connected Educator Month , and the conference is based on a highly inclusive model for participation and designed to encourage peer professional development--which means we want you to come and learn from each other! as well as a special educational start-up "pitchfire" event.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 1, 2021

If you want to learn from and interact with other educational innovators around the world – and hear about some really interesting learning and teaching happening elsewhere – Silver Lining is a wonderful place to start. Delivering education when schools are closed: Lessons from China. Educator simulations.

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MOOC Learning Mobility Course 314

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update March 18th All of life is a constant education. We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Check them out! Join here !

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Purpose: Improving our chance for a common language in discussing existing and emerging learning trends, model, and technology in hopes of innovation in classrooms, and collectively, education at large. Audience: K-12 & higher ed educators, researchers, institutions, and organizations globally. Google Apps for Education.

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Technology Learning BYOD Digital Citizenship 40

Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2020

Restaurants have rapidly shifted to online and mobile ordering, and are speeding up the deployment of digital kiosks that replace human workers. These trends present great risks in a job market that is already polarized and biased toward knowledge work and technology skills, with growing gaps based on educational attainment.

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Learning Digital Badges E-rate MOOC 182

Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Editor’s Note: Teaching Channel has partnered with Student Achievement Partners on a blog series about digital literacy tools and their effective use by educators. isn’t simply limited to YouTube either (though it does work seamlessly there); Khan, Vimeo, and several MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) platforms work as well.

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Tools Edcamps Social Media Video 48

TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

For context, we need to go a little father back, to the piece last week on Wired– The Techies Who Are Hacking Education by Homeschooling Their Kids –that is getting a lot of run on twitter recently. So self-guided inquiry-based and mobile learning. Same with a school or curriculum or assessment. Learning simulations.

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Khan Academy Libraries MOOC eBook 40

ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 1, 2019

Over the past few years the education industry has been experiencing a shift away traditional learning environments. One of these practices is known as blended learning and the term that has been garnering some attention within the education industry as of late. It is more than just working with a computer on self-assessed activities.

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Blended Learning Learning Khan Academy MOOC 150

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

I pick ten trends and themes in order to closely at the recent past, the near-term history of education technology. Of course, if you look for those education technology writers who are independent from venture capital, corporate or institutional backing, or philanthropic funding, there is pretty much only me.). Any day now.

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Trends Report iPhone Software 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, doctoral student research, library and information center "tours," and more! We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses.

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Libraries Conference MOOC E-rate 51

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The end of the day today is the final deadline to get in a proposal to speak at next week''s free and online 2013 Global STEMx Education Conference (STEMxCon.com) , September 19 - 21. Don Buckley - Co-Founder, Tools at Schools - "Is it Possible to Innovate in Education?" This is a great opportunity to share your work or ideas!

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STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update February 25th Never let formal education get in the way of your learning. These events bring together educators, learners, leaders, and others to rethink and reinvent education. These events bring together educators, learners, leaders, and others to rethink and reinvent education.

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Libraries Google Common Core Conference 51