TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

MOOCs are great ideas, but assessment and feedback loops and certification are among the many issues holding them back. Comparing an unsupported MOOC from 2008 to an in-person college experience isn’t apples to apples. Open Curriculum. And anymore, they end being the punchline of edtech jokes, somehow. Free Tuition.

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Examples MOOC Education Competency Based Learning 141

Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2018

He writes: “Higher-education institutions have a major opportunity to play a role in the new corporate L&D landscape beyond simply course delivery, assessment and credentialing.” What Happened to Google's Effort to Scan Millions of University Library Books?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Students recorded these reflections on a Google Doc as a reference for the next time we played. And these discoveries were added to the student's Google Doc log so that descriptive or instructional language was captured and refined as necessary. Minecraft MOOC EVO Minecraft MOOC YouTube. Language Learning and Minecraft.

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Wiki MOOC Handbook Case Study 152

A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 31, 2016

One of the most cost-effective means to create a more personalized and individualized learning experience for students is through the use of OpenCourseWare (OCW) and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC's). This is taken into account when they are assessed for their work. The work was assessed according to the IOCS Rubric.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2017

If 2012 was “ The Year of the MOOC ”—massive open online courses, usually offered for free—2017 could be “The Year of the Microcredential.” EdX, the nonprofit founded by Harvard University and MIT to offer MOOCs, now lists 40 “MicroMasters” programs from 24 colleges and universities around the world.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

You can follow the podcast on the Apple Podcast app , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen. Warner: Students may have gotten good grades on the kinds of writing they've been asked to do, either in school or on a standardized assessment. Listen to the discussion on this week’s EdSurge On Air podcast.

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Software Assessment MOOC Social Media 167

The Principal of Change

JULY 13, 2017

From the article, “ 5 Unusual Facts About Google’s Odd (and Wildly Successful) Management Practices “(read the whole thing ): 5. Google found that they don’t predict anything. ” Consequently, it’s not uncommon to find 14 percent of some Google teams are people who’ve never attended college.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2014

Updates Partner Spotlight Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings NMC Navigator Top Ten Conversations Final Notes Updates Did you miss the annoucement of our Online Summit Featuring Google for Education? We’re taking Google education summits online! Education Revolution Google+ Community Kids Need You in Their Corner.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 27, 2015

By plugging in Relevant, Connected Educators are using webinars, on-demand learning, MOOC''s, hashtags and other digital resources to learn and improve their practice. Remember Google Wave?) And sometimes that means making waves and doing whats right not for standards or assessments, but for students and learning.

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Education MOOC Professional Learning Assessment 80

Edsurge

MAY 14, 2017

MRU courses also include discussion forums and practice assessments. There are a growing number of students who use Google and YouTube to study instead of buying textbooks. For independent learners, platforms like MEDSKL and MRU present free course opportunities similar to those of MOOCs, but with a few distinctions.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2018

MOOCs are just digital versions of the much maligned large group lecture, virtual flashcards are simply another tool for useless rote memorization, and online textbooks are just one more problematically unidirectional method of transmitting information without cultivating learning.

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Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

” Some of these experimental sites included MOOCs and coding bootcamps. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Assessing the Travel Ban : What New Data on Overseas Recruitment Does – and Doesn’t – Tell Us.” More on certifications in the MOOC section above. ” Education in the Courts.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

edX - www.edex.org - MOOC site, courses are all free, people who teach the courses are from Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, University of Texas, etc. Coursera is another option for higher ed MOOCS. Close to 10% of students got into MIT by excelling in a MOOC. Number one skill for being successful in learning: the ability to self-assess.

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MOOC Khan Academy BYOD Libraries 75

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

We could participate in a number of free Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs), including over a dozen on Chinese History from Harvard University. We might even take a cue from Michael Hathorn’s high school history students in Hartford, Vermont and use tools like Google SketchUp to make a historical model of our city or town.

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Study Libraries Wiki MOOC 191

The Principal of Change

DECEMBER 13, 2018

For example, at Google, once employees are two or three years out of college, their grades have no bearing on their performance. (Of Of course, it must be said that if you got D’s, you probably didn’t end up at Google.).

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Education MOOC Laptops Tablets 70

The Principal of Change

APRIL 30, 2017

There are a million ways that you can use google forms, but the ability to use “google forms” is not innovative’; it is what you do with it that creates the innovative practice in the classroom. I am not about absolutes, so if you do a multiple choice exam here and there, I am fine with it, but it is not innovative.

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Education iPhone Edcamps MOOC 75

Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2016

raised more than $9 million in a recent Series A round , and handheld wireless sensor company PocketLab is now teaming up with Google to bring the pocket-sized lab equipment to the Google Science Journal. million assessments, and is on track to hit 4 million in 2017. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, Comprend.io

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 26, 2015

MOOCs are great ideas, but assessment and feedback loops and certification are among the many issues holding them back. Comparing an unsupported MOOC from 2008 to an in-person college experience isn’t apples to apples. Which is dumb. And anymore, they end being the punchline of edtech jokes, somehow.

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Examples MOOC E-rate Dropout 40

The Principal of Change

OCTOBER 22, 2016

Simply using and knowing how to use a google form is not “innovative”, but using a google form to have kids aggregate resources on a particular topic and then critically assessing the information they have provided, and sharing it with others, could be innovative practice. March 29, 2016 Checklist or Art Form?

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Technology MOOC Google Twitter 28

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) To believe that would require, of course, that we overlook the role that the major technology platforms – Google, Facebook, and Amazon – play in education. If so, what are they?

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

By that, I mean that I am required to provide and follow a syllabus that lines up a course of study and learning objectives for my students and details how and when they will be assessed. I review the assessment (the feedback) before class and just-in-time to modify whatever I had planned for the inside-of-class system.

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Bryan Alexander

MARCH 25, 2016

Indeed, Anya stated they educators are “fumbling” on qualitative assessment so far. She cited the recent Google artificial intelligence success AlphaGo ; I recommended this Wired article. Anya offered an anecdote, that some district-level benchmark tests are starting to get cut back by using software-based assessments.

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Trends ePortfolio Data Education 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Education Revolution Google+ Community Reflections on MakerSpace trends. The impact of MOOCs depends on their ability to assess learning. The impact of MOOCs depends on their ability to assess learning. Ted Curran responds to the MakerSpace trend that was highlighted in the 2014 Horizon Report. Weigh in here.

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Conference Video Blended Learning MOOC 51

Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 7, 2015

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. Additionally, the tool connects with a person’s Google Drive account, so it’s perfect for Google Apps For Education districts around the world.

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Tools Edcamps Social Media Video 48

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Analysis of Georgia Tech ’s MOOC-inspired online master’s in computer science suggests that institutions can successfully deliver high-quality, low-cost degrees to students at scale.” “Many are never the same.”

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Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

PROJECT: Student Visits-Exchanges-Collaborations PROJECT: MOOCs PROJECT: Google Helpouts PROJECT: Uniting Around One Social Cause PROJECT: International Co-Teaching A summary of today''s sessions is shown below in US-Eastern Standard Time (GMT/UTC-5).

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PLE Personal Learning Network Conference Social Media 63

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Xythos was used for collaboration and allowed students and faculty the ability to access files even before Dropbox and Google Drive. Only through listening can a CEO assess and build a plan that will set the course for the next 1,000 days. It was also licensed as the core of Blackboard’s content management system.

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Fractus Learning

MAY 19, 2016

Instructors should incorporate engagement techniques such as brief, live streamed online lectures using Google Hangouts , Zoom , Adobe Connect to name a few. Encourage Reflection through Student Self-Assessment : Self-assessment rubrics and discussion boards allow for reflective thinking of assignment content.

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Online Learning Learning Course Adobe 42

TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Google Apps for Education. A collection of software bundled by Google that is available on a subscription model for schools and classroom. Services include Google Drive, Google Docs, Gmail, and more. Google Classroom. ” Heautagogy. Mastery Learning. ” (11). Mobile Learning. Personalized Learning.

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Technology Learning BYOD Digital Citizenship 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

Get to know SnapThought – one of our assessment tools – and the new game Sortify, which adds another dimension to playful assessment. Education Revolution Google+ Community 2014 MoonBots Challenge. Global Education Conference Reminder: Google Science Fair. Join here ! Share your experience with Diigo here. Thanks, Chris!

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Conference Education Learning Common Core 52

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 20, 2014

Using Google Scholar and our own networks, we identified and invited the “grandest of the grand gurus” who have researched and published in each of these areas and invited them to summarize that issue, identify theories and practices related to that issue and suggest further research. What are your views on MOOCs?

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E-rate Conference Social Media Study 73

TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

Google Earth. Same with a school or curriculum or assessment. So much of that stuff is just up for grabs.” So self-guided inquiry-based and mobile learning. Adaptive learning apps. Smarter Every Day on YouTube. Learning simulations. Dosomething.org. Khan Academy. Learning here becomes less about curriculum and more about possibility.

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Khan Academy Libraries MOOC eBook 40

ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 1, 2019

In order to reduce the amount of new content a teacher needs to make, YouTube videos, MOOC s, multiple choice questions and web-based resources can be combined. It is more than just working with a computer on self-assessed activities. These need to be carefully selected and modified to ensure they are appropriate for pupils.

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Blended Learning Learning Khan Academy MOOC 150

Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 28, 2017

I actually did this for one of my Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). Start with this free Google Syllabus Template , then include links to resources, tools, and assessments related to the assignment. Read a step by step approach from an instructor with lots of examples here. Gamify your syllabus!

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

I’ve taken a MOOC on algorithms and read, in whole or in part, books and articles that contain significant discussions of computer science-y things like time complexity and NP-completeness. The tool stack is pretty simple: We use SymPy , running in Python via Jupyter notebooks that are hosted through Google Colab.

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EdTechTeacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

In fact, if you Google “rainbow starburst bracelet” and the official video from the company has been viewed a fraction of the times. As a researcher, Justin has been carrying this concept into his work with MOOCs. However, in the last few years, higher education has listened to the world of MOOCs and started changing.

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EdTech Robotics MOOC System 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Thursday, February 27th at 11am Creating Connected Learners Through Virtual Exchange: Assessing the Impact of Virtual Exchange , Part of a month-long webinar series co-hosted by the Exchange 2.0 Saturday, March 1st at 12pm CR20 LIVE Weekly Show - Google Forms in the Classrooms , Classroom 2.0 For more information, click here.

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Libraries Google Common Core Conference 51