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20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic]

The Shake Up Learning Blog

Or one for the Robotics Club, National Honor Society, Made with Code, Girls/Boys Scouts, etc. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). MOOC’s are usually free online courses offered by universities with no limit on enrollment. What about a Student Council Class within Google Classroom?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” edX is offering an online master’s degree with Georgia Tech : an OMS (online master’s in science) in Analytics. The Economist on “ The Return of the MOOC.” Robots and Other (Ed-Tech) Science Fiction. edX has partnered with the World Bank Group.

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30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom

TeachThought - Learn better.

The adoption of blended learning approaches through learning management systems. Robotics in the classroom. MOOCs, nanodegrees, etc. Education documentaries on Netflix (such as “Waiting for Superman”), which brings the “Ed reform” conversation to a broader audience.

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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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20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic]

Shake Up Learning

Or one for the Robotics Club, National Honor Society, Made with Code, Girls/Boys Scouts, etc. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). MOOC’s are usually free online courses offered by universities with no limit on enrollment. What about a Student Council Class within Google Classroom?

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The Trends and Challenges Shaping Technology Adoption In Schools

MindShift

Online learning, on the other hand, has been around for decades, but the panel notes that adoption of online learning components in brick-and-mortar classrooms has increased. Teachers are becoming more comfortable with this idea of “blending learning.”.

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Storms over liberal education: notes on the 2016 AAC&U conference

Bryan Alexander

I kicked things off with a survey of major technological developments in a very top level way, then dived into specific, currently used digital tools (the LMS, ePortfolios, video, robotics, big data, social media, 3d printing, etc.). Online learning is on the rise. But participants were very, very engaged from the start.