The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Participatory, hyperlinked library services; DIY and maker movements; emerging technology in academic and research libraries; Google Glass—our Library 2.014 conference covered a broad range of topics and these were among the most notable. Samantha Adams Becker taught the first online course ever to take place in Facebook.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

The free assessments include Google Docs assessments to copy and digital rubrics to download. These tasks are perfect for learning across the curriculum and especially for librarian-led learning. What’s the evidence? What do other sources say?

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Bryan Alexander

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Blended learning , n. Also referred to as “teaching”, “learning”, and “the real world” Blogging , v. MOOC , n. Etymology is obscure; may draw on Massive Open Online Cult or Massively Open Otherworldly Course , Can only be discussed as an American invention.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

” It’s now unclear, observers say, if the FTC can regulate companies like Google or Verizon. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Humans, the Latest MOOC Feature.” ” Of course, you have to pay $300 for this “features.”

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

We live in a world where our library begins with G,” Wineburg said, for Google, and the Common Core’s push for evidence-based reasoning falls flat if students trust everything that pops up in their Google search results. Sign up for our newsletter to get a weekly update on blended learning.

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Social Media Learning Facebook Analysis 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Should Online Courses Go Through ‘Beta Testing’?” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ FutureLearn , the massive open online course provider owned by the Open University in the U.K., NPR on MOOC Micromasters. ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

Humphrey testified that he hired Hubbard on a $7,500-per-month consulting contract to connect him to legislative leaders in other states, as Edgenuity tried to sell digital courses.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “Should Your Online Course Sound Like ‘Serial’? .”)

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Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

Bob Thorpe, is proposing a far-reaching law in Arizona, House Bill 2120, banning virtually every college event, activity or course which discusses social justice , skin privilege, or racial equality. The Economist on “ The Return of the MOOC.” edX has partnered with the World Bank Group. More via Inside Higher Ed.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

It was a slogan of the Occupy Movement too, of course, one reprised this year in the Presidential campaign of Senator Bernie Sanders, who would frequently repeat that “Now is the time to create a government which represents all Americans and not just the 1%.” They are underrepresented in AP courses.

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Technology Education Pearson Company 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ XuetangX : A Look at China’s First and Biggest MOOC Platform.” ” Devschool did have four stars on Course Report , a Yelp-like review site for coding bootcamps. Google has released an update to its Course Builder software.

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