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A new “MicroMasters” online learning program offered by major universities

The Hechinger Report

University of Michigan (User Experience Research and Design; Leading Educational Innovation and Improvement; Social Work: Practice, Policy and Research). In recent years these types of courses, known as MOOCs or Massive Online Open Courses, have developed a reputation as being big on hype and low on substantive change.

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Beyond K-12: EdSurge’s Next Move

Edsurge

Even as technology can help students, there are plenty of instances where it can also lead to dead ends: Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) did not make it possible for anyone on the planet to get the equivalent of a Stanford University degree for free. Most important, we’re doing a lot of listening.

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The Trends and Challenges Shaping Technology Adoption In Schools

MindShift

This year NMC and CoSN have also put together a digital toolkit to help educators and policy leaders start conversations about these trends in their community, with the hope that some of the changes they see happening in pockets around the world will become more broadly accepted. “It NMC/CoSN Horizons Report: K-12 Edition).

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OPINION: Stop driving kids crazy — A four-year college degree isn’t the only answer

The Hechinger Report

Most graduating seniors attend the “other 87 percent ” of colleges — trade schools, public and private two-year and four-year colleges, large and small colleges, for-profit colleges, and colleges with massive open online courses (MOOCs) and blended learning. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning.

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The 7 Deadly Sins of Online Learning (And 7 Ways to Repent)

Edsurge

There are too many generalizations—online and blended learning isn't a single entity. An example he points to is the way his university approaches MOOCs. Our investment in MOOCs has nothing to do with branding or trying to generate a pipeline of students. We must be able to skillfully read the research.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” “Three months after the former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner was sentenced to six months in jail for sexual assault, he was released on Friday,” NPR reports. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Humans, the Latest MOOC Feature.”

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What these teens learned about the Internet may shock you!

The Hechinger Report

They noted the menu of research reports, graphics and videos, and the “About” page describing the site as a project of a “nonprofit research organization” called the Employment Policies Institute. By and large, according to a report the group published last month, the answer in each case is no. Will they seek corroboration?