Mark Smithers

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Thanks to Kate Bowles ( @KateMfD ) for sending me a link to an open Coursesites web site (free registration) that has been created for the MOOC discussion at the forthcoming Universities Australia 2014 conference. There are six questions in the discussion area; these are: What have been the most significant impacts of MOOCs?

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MOOC Course Assessment LMS 62

Marketplace K-12

JUNE 3, 2016

A recent move by a leading United Kingdom learning platform to issue academic credits toward a degree for students who complete open online courses could signal a forthcoming trend in the U.S. Typically MOOCs are known for providing free open content to anyone, often from well-respected universities. Here in the U.S.,

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

So with these guidelines in mind, I’ve chosen six areas where edtech has made an impact this decade: Learning Management Systems. Learning analytics. Adaptive learning systems. Three types of edtech joined the “filmstrip” category in this decade: Learning Management Systems , MOOC s, and digital badges.

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Digital Badges MOOC Technology OER 88

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The Online Learning Consortium (OLC), one of the 12 partner organizations of Every Learner Everywhere, was charged with identifying and understanding innovations in the digital education landscape. But content is not top on your list.”

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Trends Digital Learning Learning Secondary 194

Mark Smithers

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Thanks to Kate Bowles ( @KateMfD ) for sending me a link to an open Coursesites web site (free registration) that has been created for the MOOC discussion at the forthcoming Universities Australia 2014 conference. There are six questions in the discussion area; these are: What have been the most significant impacts of MOOCs?

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MOOC Course Assessment LMS 32

Edsurge

JULY 17, 2020

Founded in 2012 by two Stanford University professors, Coursera was one of a trio of startups that spearheaded the hype around massive open online courses, or MOOCs, for short. Most mix and match; they will use courses developed by another institution, but design their own assessments tailored to an instructor’s course.

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Coursera Course Company MOOC 148

EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 11, 2017

James Stewart , marketing director of 51Talk, spoke at the summit about personalized learning’s role in enhancing the quality of education for millions of students across China. This investment has enabled 51Talk to better assess student proficiency, and then match each assessed student with the proper level of coursework.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2022

The time to assess the benefits and drawbacks of blockchain technology is right now, before adoption in schools and universities is widespread. On a blockchain, informal learning could also be included and verified , such as information about research experience, individual projects and skills, mentoring or online learning.

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Linways Technologies

APRIL 22, 2020

Here we are talking about virtual campus management solutions or online learning management solutions that can essentially digitize the teaching-learning. Data-Driven Results As an institution, the way you treat education and manage it is different from MOOCs or short-term online courses.

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How To MOOC Mobility Course 119

Fractus Learning

MAY 19, 2016

It’s now 2016 and educators still have not discovered the power of infusing a balance of asynchronous and synchronous technologies, as well as engagement into their online classroom. Online learning does not need to be mechanical in nature. Engagement needs to take place in the online learning environment.

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Online Learning Learning Course Adobe 42

Mark Smithers

DECEMBER 2, 2013

A big question is how this can be scaled to large numbers of students in a learning environment. No doubt much of Kennedy’s thinking is informed by the University of Melbourne’s Coursera MOOCs that have very large numbers of students and, consequently, very little teacher to student interaction. There is no ‘course offering’ as such.

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Online Learning Learning Coursera MOOC 77

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Could the rise in MOOC-based and other certificates affect how traditional college degree paths are designed? What role should employers have in the design or execution of digital learning opportunities? Not only are MOOCs designed to be free, they offer opportunity to students to explore the topic before they invest and commit.”

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Digital Learning MOOC Education Learning 111

Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2018

Ahearn, an online learning manager for +Acumen, shares eight lessons learned about the field with a starter kit of what every hopeful instructional designer should know. Here’s a sneak peek at lesson one: Start with a deep understanding of your learners.

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Coursera MOOC Company Course 91

TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 5, 2021

Asynchronous learning has also been referred to as Location Independent Learning, an accurate description that misses some of the bigger ideas embedded in this modern approach to education. Consider that the goal of education is for students to learn not to demonstrate that they have learned. .” ” Reflect.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 31, 2016

Digital leadership focuses on transforming learning environments through online course offerings (synchronous and asynchronous), independent studies, and use of OpenCourseWare to provide students with continuous options to learn anytime, anywhere, and about anything. The work was assessed according to the IOCS Rubric.

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Personalized Learning Learning Secondary Course 150

Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

Can online learning and digital tools help learners save money? On Tuesday, June 12 the #DLNchat community got together to dive into how improving digital learning could help institutions pass along savings to students, and how technology might also help reduce indirect costs for college attendance.

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OER Tools MOOC Course 68

Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

” Here DeMillo carries on his account of the MOOC story which he launched in chapter 1. This chapter takes us from 2012 through 2013, following the expansion of MOOCs across American research-1 institutions and the breakout of Coursera, edX, and Udacity. It’s not entirely a rosy account. Kindle location 1093).

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

So despite talk by corporate leaders about a “war for talent,” and complaints about a lack of skilled workers and the challenge of retaining top talent, employers are actually spending less, on average, on learning and development for their employees.

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Mark Smithers

DECEMBER 2, 2013

A big question is how this can be scaled to large numbers of students in a learning environment. No doubt much of Kennedy’s thinking is informed by the University of Melbourne’s Coursera MOOCs that have very large numbers of students and, consequently, very little teacher to student interaction. There is no ‘course offering’ as such.

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Online Learning Learning Coursera MOOC 32

EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2017

Kim, Researcch Scientist in the Learning Systems Lab, MIT What is your mission? Kim: Transform teaching & learning at MIT around the globe through the use of digital technology. MOOCs, technology infusion projects, online masters or pathways to credit, research. Institutional reputation is at stake in higher ed.

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2017

“We focus on how we can incorporate the best visuals, music and sound effects in our videos to enhance learning, rather than just present a lecture.” MRU courses also include discussion forums and practice assessments. Nobody really knows yet what works for online learning,” he says. “A

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Khan Academy MOOC Flipped Classroom Trends 65

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 9, 2015

Prior Learning Assessment for Educators and Industry. Foundations of Teaching for Learning 8: Developing Relationships. Performance Assessment in the Virtual Classroom. ICT in Primary Education: Transforming children’s learning across the curriculum. Universal Design and Accessibility for Online Learning.

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Coursera Course MOOC OER 40

Marketplace K-12

JUNE 27, 2016

Training for student assessments: 27 percent. Who provided the professional online learning course? Online community: 60 percent. Most often selected tools used to teach the professional learning courses were: Videos: 76 percent. Quizzes/assessments: 68 percent. Reading, English/Language Arts: 30 percent.

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Course Study Survey Digital Badges 53

Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 3, 2013

This is due to the rapid proliferation of mobile technology, the disintermediation of traditional teacher and student roles, new trends such as MOOCs and the upsurge of user generated content on social media sites - all of which take learning away from previously familiar territory.

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Classroom MOOC Trends Social Media 62

EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

Notes from the Discussion We no longer have to go to school if we want to learn. 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. Example: Working toward self assessment of math.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

As an instructional designer who has been building MOOCs for the past five years, I’ve been asked this question more times than I count. It’s depressing shorthand for skepticism about online education in general. MOOCs have been called abysmal , disappointing failures. This skepticism is not unwarranted.

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IT Bill

JUNE 2, 2016

For the past several years, online learning in higher education has focused on delivering a highly structured learning environment. Kozlow et al (2015) suggests that in order for autonomous learners to be successful they must possess self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies. CC-BY by Oliver Clark on Flickr.

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Digital Badges E-rate MOOC LMS 28

Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2018

Kent Darr suggested that “Parsing large data sets could help the instructor and instructional designer make quicker, more informed decisions about course content, tasks, and assessments,” work that “may otherwise prove to be time-consuming for the instructor/ researcher.”

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Education Data MOOC Industry 72

Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Not only are MOOCs and other open, online learning opportunities challenging more established business models, they are also causing many of us to re-evaluate the way we teach, and to reconsider the very nature of knowledge, intellectual property, copyright, assessment and collaboration.

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Flipped Classroom MOOC Learning Tablets 28

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

MOOC uses new AP Physics curriculum, could aid both students and teachers. A free online course from Rice University uses attention-grabbing videos, interactive lab activities, dramatic physics demonstrations, engaging instructors and a free online textbook to help high school students prepare for the Advanced Placement (AP) Physics 1 Exam.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Usman Khaliq was an engineering student in northeastern Pakistan when he took his first MOOC. He quickly began supplementing his education with online courses from Stanford and Carnegie Mellon. complete multiple MOOCs. complete multiple MOOCs. Accordingly, this online course is a service employers are willing to pay for.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Joi Ito (Director of the MIT Media Lab) makes a useful distinction between education and learning: “Education is what people do to you and learning is what you do for yourself.” These could be stand-alone activities and resources (as is often the case with just-in-time learning), and/or structured learning pathways.

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Competency Based Learning MOOC Outcomes Analysis 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

We discuss their goals and what they are working on, and if they had an assessment we might talk about that,” she said. They are in charge of their learning,” said Hayden. “We Overall, the rise of online learning — from MOOCs to Khan Academy — makes “blended” learning that combines computer and live instruction feel normal to students.

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Personalized Learning Khan Academy Education Elementary 100

EdTechSandyK

MARCH 4, 2013

link] Predictions are 1/2 of higher Ed will be online in the next 10 years. How do we assess quality with all of the online education providers that are out there? Small start ups and giant MOOCS. Important to get feedback from students through surveys to assess quality of teaching and content.

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Udemy Education MOOC Survey 49

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

based online learning platform provider, raised $103 million in a Series E round. Rounding out the podium for top dollars raised in 2019 with $90 million is Examity , a Boston-based provider of exam proctoring tools used by colleges and universities, assessment groups, professional certification boards and employers.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

K-12 Blended & Online Learning. Foundations of Teaching for Learning 6: Introduction to Student Assessment. Reading for Understanding: Literacy for Learning in the 21st Century. Foundations of Teaching for Learning 7: Being a Professional. Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 1, 2021

Immersive simulations and stealth assessment. Blended and online learning with Catlin Tucker. MOOCs and open education in Southeast Asia. It’s a world of learning at the World Bank. Nepali high school students in MOOCs. Interactive XR learning aids in Myanmar and beyond. More lessons from China.

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