Edsurge

MAY 25, 2020

With some schools already announcing they will not reopen normally in the fall, and many others considering their options , educators are hoping to take advantage of the summer to improve on this spring’s sink-or-swim plunge into distance learning. Many things did not translate well online.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

In today's post we want to bring your attention to this excellent educational resource that, we believe, should definitely make it into your digital teaching toolkit. Open Culture, for those of you.read more

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2023

Experts have described this as a 'golden age' of discovery in the area of learning science, with new insights emerging regularly on how humans learn. She also teaches Learning How to Learn , one of the most popular Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs. But now we can see inside the brain.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

There’s a budding field called the science of teaching and learning, where scholars are figuring out what works when it comes to educating students. A new book, “ Learning Innovation and the Future of Higher Education ,” looks at how to create systems that apply the science of learning into actual teaching.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2018

I decided to base my doctoral thesis on them: “ Tinkering in K–12: An Exploratory Mixed Methods Study of Makerspaces in Schools as an Application of Constructivist Learning.”. Offer a book study on Invent to Learn (the authors have created a study guide). Where is the learning? Is the design thinking process evident?

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

These are questions that I have addressed in my book, “ The Innovator’s Mindset ”, and will continue to dig deeper into with the second “ Innovator’s Mindset Massive Open Online Course ” that will be starting again on February 27, 2017. September 8, 2016 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting Soon! Twitter Chat. Email Address *.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2018

Faculty assign homework to expose students to a new concept before they arrive to class, and use class time to ask questions and do more-active learning. They come primed to discuss those things and learn in classroom,” says Barba. “We But a lot of learning happens because of the fact that we all make mistakes.”

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The PL2C Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

While we all have different strengths and weaknesses in our learning, schools traditionally approach student learning with a one-size-fits-all mentality and have struggled to adapt to changing student needs. The Friday Institute and Oak Foundation seek to end this anachronism with the Learning Differences MOOC for Educators (MOOC-Ed).

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2021

It was 2012, and online learning was suddenly booming. It has the most users of any provider of MOOCs (as the large-scale online courses are sometimes called), claiming more than 77 million learners. Dhawal Shaw, founder of MOOC-discovery platform Class Central. Downsides of Openness?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2021

A decade ago, large-scale online courses known as MOOCs were all the rage, touted as a possible alternative to traditional college and celebrated in the popular press. So much so that one professor thinks that higher ed should probably be nervous—or at least that colleges should try to learn something from these well-funded efforts.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Marie Cini is the president of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning. I define education technology as any tool that supports learning, digital or not. So with these guidelines in mind, I’ve chosen six areas where edtech has made an impact this decade: Learning Management Systems. OER and open books.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2020

Students have left their campuses, and entire curricula have shifted into distance-learning mode. But despite growth in the numbers and sophistication of online options, high school seniors continue to apply for the opportunity to learn with one another on a college campus. Things will never be the same in higher education!”

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Five years ago, I published a book on the future of university credentials, making some predictions about what seemed likely to come next in the market for degrees and emerging forms of alternative college credentials. In my book I might have been a bit overly optimistic about the resistance of traditional higher ed, however.

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The Principal of Change

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Thank you for signing up for “The Innovator’s Mindset” MOOC, happening over a six week period. We will begin on September 17, 2016 and finish at the end of October (although the learning will continue long after that). The goal of the MOOC and the book is to not only give practical advice, but to also inspire and develop leadership.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2020

The moral of that tale, he adds, is there is probably no easy, silver-bullet questionnaire that can be asked at the beginning of any online course to improve completion, as some learning scientists had hoped. Considering Context But that doesn’t mean Reich has given up on behavioral interventions in online learning.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2021

A few years ago, MOOCs graced the covers of newspapers as a way to bring college to the masses on the cheap. It was low-tech, but it foreshadowed some of the adaptive learning systems of today. Teaching is full of fads, big ideas that promise to revolutionize instruction. At some point, gamification was going to be the answer.

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EdTechnocation.com

APRIL 18, 2014

In the final unit of the Coaching Digital Learning MOOC-Ed , we learned about the importance of and practiced evaluating EdTech tools and resources, such as iPad Apps and websites with the use of rubrics and evaluation tools. I used it to practice evaluating the app, Book Creator , which I already know is great for students!

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EdTechnocation.com

MARCH 19, 2014

Last week, the MOOC-Ed, Coaching Digital Learning: Cultivating a Culture of Change , began. Use it, make mistakes with it, learn from it, and become comfortable with it! These teachers instinctively know how technology enhances instruction, engages students, and improves learning. Here are my responses.

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The Shake Up Learning Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The post 20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic] appeared first on Shake Up Learning. This powerful tool can provide a space for teacher-to-teacher collaboration, professional learning and support, parent communication, and even special projects and enrichment classes for students. Create a Class for Learning Challenges.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2018

MOOCs are No Longer Massive. Once upon a time, free online courses known as MOOCs made national headlines. So we talked with Dhawal Shah, founder and CEO of Class Central, who has been tracking MOOCs closely ever since he was a student in one of those first Stanford open courses, about how MOOCs have evolved.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2020

That means blockchain efforts that provide “consistent ways to document their learning and bring their records with them” are more needed now than ever, the report argues. San Jose State Puts Blockchain on the Books How can libraries use ledgers? The San Jose State University School of Information is finding out.

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MindShift

APRIL 25, 2016

Some studies found that about five percent of those enrolled in massive open online courses (known as MOOCs) completed the course. For those who haven’t found success using free online courses, Learning Circles might be an answer. . Learning Circles bring people together to work together and develop teamwork.”.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

I find it much more engaging than reading a book,” says Engers, a 29-year-old data scientist, when asked why he does it. Coursera was a pioneer in offering MOOCs, or massive open online courses, in partnership with hundreds of top colleges. And I do enjoy giving back and trying to contribute to a community and help future students.”

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Wired Campus

MAY 13, 2015

Vampires are everywhere these days — books, television shows, movies. And now, a MOOC. The University of California at Irvine plans to offer a four-week MOOC based on the FX television series The Strain, which follows the spread of a disease with the “hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism.”

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

We find no one with a professional knowledge in the laws of learning, or the techniques for applying them,” he wrote. There are widespread beliefs about the best way to teach and learn that have been proven wrong by science, yet they persist. But at a university? “We Teaching at colleges is often done without any formal training.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 17, 2017

Looking to learn something new this summer? Maybe you want to develop your personal learning network on social media, read a few new books , or take a course alongside other educators. Thanks to technology, we can take learning online and collaborate with educators around the country and the world. Mathematical Mindsets.

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

I am truly excited to announce that the second book from IMpress , a subsidiary of Dave Burgess Consulting , “Learner-Centred Innovation”, is now available on Amazon. This book is by one of my favorite writers and someone I look to as a thought leader in education, Katie Martin.

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ProfHacker

APRIL 4, 2017

What I really like about this book is that it takes a really broad approach to open, including Open Pedagogy, Open Teaching, Open Access, and Open Data. Sponsored by the AAC&U , it is “a connectivist MOOC” around open learning. There are a number of ways to participate, including Twitter chats, AMA, and Hangouts.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2018

There’s even a growing body of scholarly work that outlines a critique against the corporatization of college—arguing that even when reforms are well-intentioned, they are making campuses more like burger franchises than centers of learning and research. That’s not what we went into this thinking we would learn.”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2018

Ahearn, an online learning manager for +Acumen, shares eight lessons learned about the field with a starter kit of what every hopeful instructional designer should know. These days corporate learning and development programs are looking for “bite-sized training” and curating learning materials that already exist.

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The Principal of Change

MAY 16, 2019

This is a short and funny video to help discussion on the type of learning we are seeing in our world today: What I stress about the video is that it is less about finding information and more about what you do with it. September 8, 2016 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting Soon!

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Learn more at ed.unc.edu/meite, on IG @UNCmeite , and Twitter @unc_Meite. Some of the podcasters got their start making educational videos or or producing MOOCs, those free online classes that were all the rage a few years ago, but ended up not living up to the hype.

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2017

His latest book, “ Teaching Naked Techniques: A Practical Guide to Designing Better Classes ,” expands on his arguments and offers practical advice for instructors who want to rethink how they design their classes. EdSurge: Your book offers a broad critique of college instructors. So, as a teacher, I can’t do the work for you.

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 14, 2017

Image from Carpe Diem I was sent a pre-publication copy of Cathy Davidson's new book The New Education recently, to review. The strapline for Davidson's latest book is ' how to revolutionize the university to prepare students for a world in flux. Yes, more students than ever are enrolled on MOOCs (p. Unported License.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Despite all the promises of education technology in transforming how students learn, change has been, at best, incremental. Bold claims have been made in the past decade about personalized learning, automated assessments and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Most teachers know relationships are key to learning.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

And he’s written two books on the topic, including his most recent, called “ Why They Can’t Write. But in your latest book, “Why Can't They Write,” you say that students are surprisingly confident about their writing abilities, even though you see them as poor. A lot of that is wrapped up in my other book, “The Writers Practice.”

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The Principal of Change

JULY 14, 2019

Did I learn one new thing today? But as I am putting the finishing touches on my next book, I realize how many people that I come into contact with either regularly is doing these things in abundance. Did I learn one new thing today? September 8, 2016 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting Soon!

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