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Are SPOCs a better option for online education than MOOCs?

Neo LMS

MOOCs: high aspirations and higher disappointments. The above idea is a noble one and massive open online courses, better known as MOOCs , are thought to be the solution to worldwide access to higher education. The online connectivity may not be a really important problem, but MOOCs faced a wall of other, more important issues.

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Reflecting On My Visit to Saint Stephen’s College in Australia: The Learning Spaces #flipclass #edtech

techieMusings

In this post, I wanted to share some of what I learned from the school. Touring their learning spaces was eye-opening and insightful. As well, since the walls are glass, the teacher can see all the learning that is happening. Their MOOC worktime is an assigned period within their school day. Math Rotation Model.

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What is Blended Learning? Tips from 3 Bett Speakers

ViewSonic Education

One of these practices is known as blended learning and the term that has been garnering some attention within the education industry as of late. But, what is blended learning? This video offers a good introduction to blended learning if you've never heard the term before. What is blended learning?

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Reflecting On My Visit to Saint Stephen’s College in Australia: The Learning Spaces #flipclass #edtech

techieMusings

In this post, I wanted to share some of what I learned from the school. Touring their learning spaces was eye-opening and insightful. As well, since the walls are glass, the teacher can see all the learning that is happening. Their MOOC worktime is an assigned period within their school day. Math Rotation Model.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Just a few weeks after Daphne Koller ’s announcement she was leaving the MOOC startup she co-founded, Coursera unveiled “ Coursera for Business ” this week, marking its pivot from “democratizing higher ed” to “ training corporate employees.”

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A Devil’s Dictionary of Educational Technology

Bryan Alexander

Blended learning , n. Also referred to as “teaching”, “learning”, and “the real world” Blogging , v. MOOC , n. It seems to include little start-up companies like Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and others. May it entertain, and all be forgiven. Shadow IT department , n.

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

NeverEndingSearch

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.