Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2016

And although Comprend.io’s co-founders Dan Nash and Sean Hookano-Briel initially targeted K-12 schools for the tool, it seems the corporate sector, which has increasingly turned to MOOCs to train employees, has taken a liking to it even more. million assessments, and is on track to hit 4 million in 2017. It’s been used for more than 2.5

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

We can’t extrapolate from where we are today to meet the challenges of the workforce of 2030 or 2040. can’t just say, “Here’s a MOOC, or here’s an online degree, or a 6- to 12-week immersive bootcamp.”. And those who likely need the most guidance are least aware of the available options. We have to do better.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 5, 2021

Because of the unique demands of asynchronous learning, curriculum, assessment, and instruction all have to be designed to make this not just possible, but likely. Diagnostic assessment (of competencies, knowledge, standards-based content, etc.) ” What Do Asynchronous Learners Need?

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 31, 2016

There is no excuse not to secure funds to better meet the needs of all learners or those with specialized interests. 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).

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The PL2C Blog

AUGUST 24, 2014

Voice and choice can be a powerful combination to ensure not only that you are meeting educators where they are, but that you are challenging them to push out of their comfort zones and removing the barriers that come with preconceived notions of your role or the digital initiative at large. More About the Coaching Digital Learning MOOC-Ed.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Well-funded MOOC providers Coursera, Udacity and EdX have evolved their business models to focus squarely on corporate learning and serving professionals seeking credentials. New Options One major reason is the explosion of relatively high-quality, free or low-cost professional learning options in recent years.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

As challenge-based learning grows in popularity, let’s think of ways that we can use Google Classroom to allow students and teachers to, “sign-up,” for optional challenges by joining a Google Classroom Class designed to detail the challenge, provide resources, and allow the user to submit their evidence for meeting the challenge.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2017

MOOCs, technology infusion projects, online masters or pathways to credit, research. Notes from the General Discussion and Audience Questions To get uninterested teachers using technology, start with a need and show how tech can meet it. Meet people where they are, face-to-face. Make yourself available.

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The Principal of Change

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Many students are smart enough that they know how to meet the objectives of a rubric and still not grow much in their learning. This type of assessment is not about understanding what a students knows and reporting on it, but it is a tool used for learning. September 8, 2016 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting Soon!

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2017

MRU courses also include discussion forums and practice assessments. For independent learners, platforms like MEDSKL and MRU present free course opportunities similar to those of MOOCs, but with a few distinctions. MRU’s other users include individuals who aren’t attached to a college but are curious about applied economics.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Bold claims have been made in the past decade about personalized learning, automated assessments and massive open online courses (MOOCs). He jokingly sums up the learning outcomes of MOOCs with a simplified observation he calls Reich’s Law: .

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Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2016

Continuing education programs arose in the 19th century to meet the critical workforce and social needs of the time. MOOCs are not the only ones that offer on-demand learning today. The good news is that many continuing education programs are building on their legacies and stepping up.

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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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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. digital age education flipped classroom learning mobile technology MOOC pedagogy Technology' Unported License.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Are we meeting the needs of lifelong learners? Khan, MOOCs, boot camps, career academies, even what is seen as enrollment “swirl” in community college courses reflect the demand for just-in-time, just-enough learning, often focused on achieving specific competencies. (For First and Foremost, Focus on Learning.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 7, 2013

There are many stories of people developing and sustaining friendship, or even romance and eventual marriage, after ''meeting'' on a social media site. Distance Education social media relationships MOOCs Twitter FaceBook' He''s having a whale of a time. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Usman Khaliq was an engineering student in northeastern Pakistan when he took his first MOOC. complete multiple MOOCs. complete multiple MOOCs. MOOCs were a vetting mechanism for Usman, allowing both his talent and grit to rise to attention and connecting him to an opportunity halfway around the world.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 24, 2019

First is the return of Dr. Steve Albrecht with " Coaching Skills for Library Managers and Supervisors: Getting Better Performance and Behavior From Your Employees One Meeting at a Time " on February 12th. As an online educator she developed and offered a MOOC for the SJSU iSchool, and she coordinated two Library 2.0 in English.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

All presentations, workshops and tutorials will be sponsored and managed by our brilliant Australia eSeries team in Blackboard Collaborate virtual meeting rooms. LIVE is an opportunity to gather with other member of the community in regular "live" web meetings. The impact of MOOCs depends on their ability to assess learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2014

LIVE is an opportunity to gather with other member of the community in regular "live" web meetings. Magnets Join Race to Replace Transistors in Computers Creating an Ever-Flexible Center for Tech Innovation Canvas Network Announces Minecraft MOOCs and App in a Suite of 15 MOOCs for K-12 Teachers, Students and Parents MIT Team Turns 6.9

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Assessing Quality, Academic Rigor, and Innovation. Advances in technology have fueled the growth of meeting virtually, giving people the ability to actively participate in team meetings no matter where they are in the world. To receive the daily conference schedule, be sure to join the Global Education Conference network.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 20, 2014

Being an Academic has allowed me to travel widely, to meet some very interesting people and to set my own research agenda. Unlike most research centres, even those at Open Universities, at Athabasca our faculty work from home offices and we may never meet our graduate students face-to-face. What are your views on MOOCs?

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 2, 2019

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? When students started migrating towards used textbooks, rentals, MOOCs and OER due to the high prices of printed textbooks, it affected the revenues of traditional book publishers.

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Fractus Learning

MAY 19, 2016

Encourage the Effort Made by Your Students : Use engagement techniques to not only provide, but also solicit feedback from students such as wrapping and weaving of online discussion boards, virtual office hours, self-assessment rubrics. It helps students to stay encouraged and excited about learning and engaging in an online environment.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

The specific moonshot he recently set his sights on is to revolutionize the teaching of mathematics, specifically for college students who lack basic competencies to meet admission or graduation requirements. “The issue here is: how do you improve education by a factor of 10?”

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Hack Education

MAY 6, 2020

" But the answers to that question are, of course, bound up in our beliefs and practices and expectations, in our assessments of what "preparedness" even means. Like a MOOC, but in the school gym. I think that many people might be inclined to ask then, "Why were we so unprepared?"

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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. To meet these challenges, educators must teach digital citizenship, an essential digital age skill that students need to become safe, responsible and respectful participants in a digital world.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 28, 2017

Plus, the best kind of learning is when we meet the unexpected. 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. Chances are their other teachers will have the same old syllabus.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2017

It’s part of a continued evolution of MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses. adding subscriptions , Sinha says, the number of users completing specializations has doubled—as learners rush to finish courses to save money, they also appear to meet their goals more often. I didn’t even know their names—though the TAs might have.”.

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 4, 2017

For successful outcomes, plan teacher PD sessions avoiding holidays, weekends, extended school days and reporting/ assessment cycles. The Teacher Slam takes place at the beginning of any large meeting. Most of these MOOCs are free and are led by top professors from reputed global universities.

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Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The answer has been “yes” for some years, and I’m not talking about MOOCs or University of Phoenix. Also occuring this year was an outside assessment of the project , conducted by Ithaka S&R. How can colleges and universities share courses online? It’s a form of inter-institutional collaboration.

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iLearn Technology

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Hundreds of conferences, workshops, MOOCS, edcamps, professional journals, blogs, the list seriously goes on and on. I’m about to tell you about one more… The 5Sigma Education Conference holds a special place in my heart because it gives me the opportunity to invite you to come meet the incredible people I work with every day!

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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 LIVE is an opportunity to gather with other member of the community in regular "live" web meetings. For more information, click here.

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Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

And then lastly a lot of these Learning Gadgets allow you to bring in third-party content — so almost anything that exists on the web you can bring right into a Versal course, organize it, organize it in lessons, put assessments in between, and so on. Freedman: I love where you started with the criticism of the MOOCs.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

The district failed to meet its burden of proof and interpreted a state law in a way that is ‘offensive to fundamental rights of free speech,’ the judge said.” ” “Two assessment companies – Educational Testing Service and Data Recognition Corp. The states in question: Texas and Nevada.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

“In a sweeping move, the for-profit school chain has been told to lock its doors after parliament demanded it halt operations in response to its failure to meet educational and infrastructure standards.” From the US Department of Education’s blog : “Building the Next Generation of Assessments in Education.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Meet the New Mega-University.” ” (So instead of “testing” we’ll have ubiquitous, non-stop surveillance / assessment via “personalized learning.” on Coursera.”

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