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Lessons From This 'Golden Age' of Learning Science

Edsurge

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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OPINION: When it comes to liberal-arts education, online learning changes only the tools

The Hechinger Report

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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50 Alternatives To Lecturing

TeachThought - Learn better.

Ed note: This post is promoted by SEU’s Master of Education program, who asked to write about how learning is changing, and let you know about their Master of Education and Educational Leadership program, which can you read more about here. In the background knowledge-building phase of learning, for example. Learning Models.

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Stop Asking About Completion Rates: Better Questions to Ask About MOOCs in 2019

Edsurge

As an instructional designer who has been building MOOCs for the past five years, I’ve been asked this question more times than I count. MOOCs have been called abysmal , disappointing failures. The average completion rate for MOOCs (including the ones I design) hovers between 5-15 percent. This skepticism is not unwarranted.

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Future Trends Forum #8, with Jim Groom: full recording, notes, and Storify

Bryan Alexander

This practice is not necessarily radical,not disruptive, but should be part of the fabric of how we teach and learn now. Users had to learn a galaxy of technologies (DNS, FTP, etc). For more background on containers Jim recommended Marc Levinson’s book The Box (2006). Bryan and the Bava. GENERAL QUESTION AND ANSWER.

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Future Trends Forum #8, with Jim Groom: full recording, notes, and Storify

Bryan Alexander

This practice is not necessarily radical,not disruptive, but should be part of the fabric of how we teach and learn now. Users had to learn a galaxy of technologies (DNS, FTP, etc). For more background on containers Jim recommended Marc Levinson’s book The Box (2006). Bryan and the Bava. GENERAL QUESTION AND ANSWER.

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

Hack Education

This talk was delivered at Virginia Commonwealth University today as part of a seminar co-sponsored by the Departments of English and Sociology. One of my favorites: “Books will soon be obsolete in schools,” Thomas Edison said in 1913. The slides are also available here. Any day now. Any day now. The quotation is from 2012.

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