Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2018

MOOCs are No Longer Massive. Once upon a time, free online courses known as MOOCs made national headlines. So we talked with Dhawal Shah, founder and CEO of Class Central, who has been tracking MOOCs closely ever since he was a student in one of those first Stanford open courses, about how MOOCs have evolved.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

” Competency-Based Education isn’t necessarily an innovation, but a move to Competency-Based Education can lead to other innovations–using technology to personalize a student’s navigation of to-be-mastered content, for example. Video Streaming/ Flipped Classroom/eLearning Trends. An example? Open Curriculum.

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 1, 2016

Widespread public interest surrounds new technologies in the classroom. With many communities anxious to enhance local school systems and increase opportunities for students, teachers and pupils, 2016 appears poised to witness a lot of exciting new developments in the world of education technology. Ubiquitous Computers on The Horizon.

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Linways Technologies

MARCH 31, 2020

Technological storms have driven the world in such a way that extensive collection of study materials on diverse courses are easily available at our fingertips. This sets institutional education apart from the MOOCs, or online course delivery tools. What are the different Assessment Tools available in Linways?

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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.”) Are any education technologies, for that matter? The company has raised some $77.5 One might ask, I suppose, if LMSes are platforms. But first, a definition (or two) might be helpful.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

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. DLNchat -ters, however, see the biggest savings for students from technology through improved efficiencies.

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Hack Education

APRIL 30, 2020

I was a guest speaker in the MA in Elearning class at Cork Institute of Technology this morning. I don't want to come off today as making broad sweeping statements about all of education everywhere when I'm very much talking about the education system in the US and the education technology industry in the US. And that's surveillance.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2021

“They want to serve in their own locales, but their markets need to go farther,” says Holly Zanville, a research professor and co-director of the Program on Skills, Credentials, and Workforce Policy at George Washington University who recently published a commissioned report about Unmudl.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. Teacher unions cautiously endorse it, while flagging the concern that teachers could be replaced by technology. Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. We discuss their goals and what they are working on, and if they had an assessment we might talk about that,” she said.

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 27, 2016

Nearly 60 percent of 589 preK-12 educators surveyed enrolled in professional courses online, according to a study by the Educational Technology Industry Network, a division of the Software & Information Industry Network. The report was released exclusively to EdWeek Market Brief today, and will be given wider distribution Tuesday.

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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.” State and Local) Education Politics. ” Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

MAY 6, 2020

I want to talk to you today about the history of educational crises and education technology. " 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. And we surely need to ask, who proposes technology as the solution?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2016

As my Entangled Solutions colleagues Amber Laxton, Yury Lifshits and I write in a new report, 10 Trends Ahead for Continuing Education , continuing education programs are an ideal place to not only test new ideas, but also launch new programs. MOOCs are not the only ones that offer on-demand learning today.

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Competency Based Learning Education Trends MOOC 112

The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

In my last post, “Common Assessments” vs “Common Understandings” , I was reminded of how powerful comments are on a blog, and why blogging is a hugely powerful tool for not only sharing your learning, but learning from others. 2 What I think we mean is that we are looking for “common understandings”, not “common assessments”.

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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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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

education technology industry appears on track to surpass the amount of investor funding tallied in recent years. educational technology companies whose primary purpose is to support educators and learners across preK-12 and postsecondary education. In this analysis, EdSurge counts all venture investments in U.S.

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The Principal of Change

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

When we focus our attention on real-time, up-to-the-second reporting on the portal, we elevate the false idols of scores and grades and devalue what really has an impact on learning: positive student-teacher relationships , relevance and student engagement. IMMOOC April 21, 2017 Focus on the “Learner”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Me, I write about education technology for a living. And I do so because I want us — all of us — to flourish; and too often both education and technology are deeply complicit in exploitation and destruction instead. Technology offers itself as the solution. Not everywhere looks like Brandeis. I'm an ed-tech critic.

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Robotics Software Company ProctorU 83

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

education technology startups ebbed in 2016, dipping roughly 30 percent in deal volume and value from the previous year. Following Edtech Money (in-depth report on U.S. He’s never been a fan of digital textbooks or MOOCs.) Venture capital for U.S. Also missing were blockbuster exits, such as LinkedIn’s $1.5

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

MOOC uses new AP Physics curriculum, could aid both students and teachers. “The effective application of technology has enormous significance for the future of higher education, and it is important for Rice to push the boundaries of what is possible with a MOOC,” Levander said. “This isn’t a typical MOOC.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2016

KiraKira : The all-female team at KiraKira has a big goal in mind: get more girls interested in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics). Comprend.io : Even as new technology and tools trickle into classrooms across the U.S., million assessments, and is on track to hit 4 million in 2017.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2019

He co-founded and served as chief technology officer at TeacherTalent. Y Combinator President Geoff Ralston, left, and CEO Michael Seibel take questions from reporters before the second Demo Day of 2019. Juno College of Technology Heather Payne’s coding school is going through some major changes. They’ve got it all wrong.”

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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. MOOCs have been called abysmal , disappointing failures. The average completion rate for MOOCs (including the ones I design) hovers between 5-15 percent. This skepticism is not unwarranted.

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MOOC Coursera Course Comparison 138

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 17, 2014

Rochelle Franklin, Director of Faculty Training and Development Kids Afield: Technology, Nature, Communication - Robin K. Theodore Lalos, EFL teacher 11:00am Application of Experiential Learning Theory in Technology Enhanced Learning - Dr.Revathi Viswanathan Improving Modern Language Speaking Proficiency - Harry G. They feel NO pain!

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via The Hechinger Report : “Most immigrants outpace Americans when it comes to education – with one big exception.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). National) Education Politics.

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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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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

In recent years, Simon’s ideas have found new traction, thanks to new computing technologies that would have seemed alien in the ’60s. Mathematics lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology. Newkirk likes to point out that the Wright brothers largely used technology for their Wright Flyer that had been available for decades.)

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Bryan Alexander

MARCH 25, 2016

This example surfaces new questions about student data and privacy, such as: are administrators mandatory reporters? While a school keeps something on each student, those pupils are empowered with the artifacts made along the way of learning: projects, papers, reports, other materials produced, a transcript.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The technologies of the Internet and the Web are reshaping where, when, and from whom we learn. Wednesday, February 19th at 4:30pm BrainPOP: Beyond the Flipped Classroom with POPstar Lisa Parisi , Some call it the “flipped” classroom with “blended” learning, others call it good instruction that takes advantage of modern technology and media.

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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.).

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Plus: printers, smart speakers and privacy (oh my!) — all in this Edtech Reports Recap. So declares the newest forward-looking publication from the higher-ed information technology association EDUCAUSE, “ 2021 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Information Security Edition.” But this Horizon Report represents a couple of firsts.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2020

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. In the last few months the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world and triggered an economic plunge in the U.S. that is now officially a recession.

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Learning Digital Badges E-rate MOOC 179

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. My convictions are: Computing and coding are skills that are complementary to non-technological mathematical reasoning such as proving theorems.

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EdTechTeacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

” The idea, though, that the kids had separated from technology was ridiculous as Justin shows a YouTube video on how to make a rainbow loom starbust bracelet that has been viewed over 30 million times! As a researcher, Justin has been carrying this concept into his work with MOOCs. Teaching for Expert Thinking and Communication.

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 4, 2017

Being an educational technology trainer and an educator for more than a decade, I have had a fair share of training and professional development sessions both on giving and receiving end. For successful outcomes, plan teacher PD sessions avoiding holidays, weekends, extended school days and reporting/ assessment cycles.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Goodbye snowmen and hot chocolate and hello MOOCs and remote check-ins! Reporter Linda Borg writes: “The language in teacher contracts is clear: teachers work 180 days plus professional development days. A cursory glance at the Tech & Learning newsfeeds this winter suggests that transformation has been more hype than hope.

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Bryan Alexander

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Revolution sees 2012 as a critical year (“the Magic Year”) when forces really came together, including, but not limited to, MOOCs. Access to higher education is really Revolution ‘s central theme, including how to use technology to expand access without breaking anyone’s bank. General Q+A.

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