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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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14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education

TeachThought - Learn better.

In 2015, someone asked me what I thought about innovation in higher ed in an email, so I responded with a couple of hundred words, which I added to in creating this short blog post. Video Streaming/ Flipped Classroom/eLearning Trends. The flipped classroom movement seems to, in pockets, be threatening the college lecture.

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False frontiers

Learning with 'e's

With the increasing popularity of such movements as the Flipped Classroom , and Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs), other more radical formal learning space configurations are taking place. The Flipped approach ensures that the classroom is no longer the only space where formal learning can take place.

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A Flipped Classroom Approach: Tips from 3 Bett Speakers

ViewSonic Education

We’ve asked 3 Bett show speakers about their views on the tried-and-tested flipped classroom approach, which has been used to boost learning results from K-12 all the way through higher education for over 25 years. Below you’ll find professional insight into: What is a flipped classroom approach?

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A growing divide?

Learning with 'e's

In his blog on Learning Ecosystems, Daniel S. Christian identifies three key changes in pedagogy that I want to discuss over my next three blog posts. Christian identifies three key changes in pedagogy that I want to discuss over my next three blog posts. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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New learning environments

Learning with 'e's

Our final #EDENchat of 2015 focused on new learning environments, namely MOOCs, flipped classrooms and blended learning methods. Those who participated shared their experiences of MOOCs and flipped learning both as teachers and as learners. Opinion was divided on this, but what do you think? Unported License.

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New learning environments: The challenge and the promise #EDENchat

Learning with 'e's

New trends have emerged including blended learning , personalised learning environments ( PLEs ) Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), mobile learning and the flipped classroom. Further details will be posted about the schedule on this blog and also on the EDEN NAP website later. Unported License.