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More humanities seminars online, and they’re not MOOCs

Bryan Alexander

Starting this January forty (40) humanities seminars will kick into action, online. Some students will experience these entirely online, while those taking classes at the same institution where the professor works will have a blended learning combination. The advantages for faculty and their campuses are important.

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50 Alternatives To Lecturing

TeachThought - Learn better.

Talking with students and expecting them to respond meaningfully isn’t lecture–that’s accountable talk, which itself is close to a Socratic dialogue or Paideia seminar. “Flipped-class” learning. Face-to-Face Driver blended learning. Rotation blended learning. HyFlex Learning.

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Giving Thanks: The Top EdSurge Contributors of 2016

Edsurge

Educators and Administrators—From the 'Instruct' Newsletter Adaptive learning. Personalized learning. Blended learning. SLACK ON: MOOCs get knocked for lacking the intimate discussions and organic student interactions that accompany college classes IRL.

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20 years in e-learning

Mark Smithers

It’s no wonder there is no widespread adoption of e-learning and edtech across the institution. Academics have been expected to absorb the techniques skills and understanding necessary to design and deliver online and blended learning as well as everything else they do. So my position has changed completely. Now I disagree.

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20 years in e-learning

Mark Smithers

It’s no wonder there is no widespread adoption of e-learning and edtech across the institution. Academics have been expected to absorb the techniques skills and understanding necessary to design and deliver online and blended learning as well as everything else they do. So my position has changed completely. Now I disagree.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

A must-read on Trump University from Ars Technica : “Trump University and the art of the get-rich seminar.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Here’s The Chronicle headline from then : “Professor Leaves a MOOC in Mid-Course in Dispute Over Teaching.”)