The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2020

For me, it was pretty easy to imagine how I’d supplement the online pre-recorded lectures from my MOOC with discussions with Wesleyan students on the Zoom platform. My colleagues report similarly positive experiences. Although we record these discussions, almost all of my 50+ undergraduates attend class together.

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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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EdTechnocation.com

MARCH 19, 2014

Last week, the MOOC-Ed, Coaching Digital Learning: Cultivating a Culture of Change , began. These Tech Leaders are also responsible for reporting back to their grade levels, for testing out new technologies in the classroom, and for provided help and professional development for the staff. Digital edtech Learning mooc MOOC-Ed'

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Jeff's record of writing and reporting speaks for itself. He's led work on reporting on college technology, as well as on college admissions and student life. EdSurge: MOOCs, MOOCs, MOOCs! Young: Long live MOOCs! And I don’t have a Kindle or any e-book reader. Still print books and magazines.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2018

The MOOC is an extension of the on-campus course—it was really just making our on-campus experience public and open for anyone to follow,” says Barba. Many of those papers report that students perform better in flipped settings compared to traditional lectures, or that there is little difference.

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Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

” Some of these experimental sites included MOOCs and coding bootcamps. “ 18 States Are Suing Betsy DeVos Over For-Profit College Rules ,” Buzzfeed reports. ” “College made millions by tricking Indigenous people, court finds,” The Guardian reports. State and Local) Education Politics.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. What does personalized learning mean to the perennial tug-of-war over content — in higher education’s “great books” debate over whether students should absorb the Western canon or study what they want, and, at the K-12 level, over the Common Core? What can that look like? When Dan D.

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Hack Education

MAY 6, 2020

Superintendent Johnson reported that the move to radio instruction was embraced enthusiastically by students — some 315,000 tuned in, he estimated, although he admitted he had no way of knowing for sure. My forthcoming book, Teaching Machines focuses — as the title suggests — examines the push to adopt teaching machines during this period.

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The Principal of Change

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

This type of assessment is not about understanding what a students knows and reporting on it, but it is a tool used for learning. September 8, 2016 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting Soon! Many students are smart enough that they know how to meet the objectives of a rubric and still not grow much in their learning.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

A 2016 report funded by the Gates Foundation found that in the U.S. I typically start by developing an Empathy Guide like the one put together by the Stanford d.school or reviewing the free book by Giff Constable, “ Talking to Humans ” to structure productive conversations. alone, there are 13,000 instructional designers.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

MOOC uses new AP Physics curriculum, could aid both students and teachers. Caroline Levander, Rice’s vice president of strategic initiatives and digital education, said the provisions for the course’s teaching, tutoring, books, homework and review services are well worth the investment for Rice.

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Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2017

Harvard reportedly spends $75,000-$150,000 building each new MOOC, most of which goes towards video production costs. For example, in this video , Professor Adam Grant uses a story from “The Lion King” to explain a concept from his book. This prompted a thoughtful explanation that went beyond what she had covered in her book.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

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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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

I was there on a reporting trip, as part of the research I’m doing as a Spencer Fellow. Remember, if you will, the insistence from the University of Virginia Board of Visitors that school was missing the “coming MOOC tsunami” based on columns they’d read in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ” In reviewing Srnicek’s book in March, New York Times media journalist John Hermann wrote , Platforms are, in a sense, capitalism distilled to its essence.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 7, 2013

I have co-authored several books with colleagues whom I have never met, where social media tools were used to co-create the content across the distance. Distance Education social media relationships MOOCs Twitter FaceBook' The stories go on and on. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

This particular push for a discipline apparently emerged at a small event at Georgetown, responding to a report from MIT on the future of online education. And yet, in a story in Inside Higher Ed in May none of that history or existing academic activity is mentioned. discipline. To be taken more seriously? Why discipline ed-tech?

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Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

First, I included danah boyd’s new book It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens now that (a) I have read it and (b) it’s available for purchase and download (for free!). Daniel Bell’s 1973 book The Coming of Post-Industrial Society is a classic example of this work.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

But as Lindsey Cook (Data Editor at US News & World Report) points out in this 20 minute talk, that data isn’t always accessible. Here’s a sneak peek at our calendars for next week, including all the sessions and happenings that you (and we) don’t want to miss. Monday, March 6 9:30 a.m. 2:00 p.m.

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Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

There have been some good articles, books, and chapters that are important in particular, narrow contexts but I don’t think that I’ve seen anything essential or seminal. Daniel Bell’s 1973 book The Coming of Post-Industrial Society is a classic example of this work.

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 12, 2017

Yong Zhao talked about this need for entrepreneurship in his book, “ World Class Learners” : Youth unemployment has become an urgent challenge facing the global society. July 24, 2016 11 Books To Further an #InnovatorsMindset September 8, 2016 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting Soon!

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Via The Hechinger Report : “Most immigrants outpace Americans when it comes to education – with one big exception.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Aoun’s new book Robot-Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. ” Spoiler alert: Latinos.

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Edsurge

JULY 23, 2021

I recently came upon a pair of contradictory articles about what colleges will be charging for tuition next academic year: One reporting that Ohio State University found reasons last month to nearly double its online tuition , and another noting that some colleges are in a race to lower tuition. million by contrast with $1.2

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 7, 2016

The Horizon report has a monopoly on this for educaion, using a virtual round table of 'experts' to whittle down all the possibilities into one or two trends that they think will be prevalent in education in the next one year, 2-3 years and 4-5 years. This: 'Books will soon be obsolete in public schools. MOOCs won't be the end.

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Bryan Alexander

MARCH 25, 2016

We’ve made the full recording available as usual, via this direct link or the following embed: Inspired by her recent book, The Test , I began the conversation by asking how testing may change over the next few years, according to what the author learned from researching its history. This works in a low-stakes settings, like a MOOC.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

If they are right, it would mean short-circuiting the famous “10,000-hour rule” based on studies by education researcher Anders Ericsson and popularized by bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell in his book “Outliers.” The Acuitus strategy that has evolved over 20 years involves mixing a digital tutor with in-person instructors.

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Ross is a good friend of mine and I respect deeply what he is sharing ( check out his co-authored book on project based learning ). When you change the way you think about assessments, teaching changes, as you may often see in schools that move from “grades” to standards-based reporting.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Much of what Meeker says in this year’s report about education is placed under her category “gaming.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

One of my favorites: “Books will soon be obsolete in schools,” Thomas Edison said in 1913. ” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. .” Any day now. Any day now.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2015

We will also discuss favorite online resources, books, and activities for learning, with a focus on materials that empower learners to work things out on their own. A strong push for unfettered play and free time for children will also be presented.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 29, 2014

In this half-day event, library professionals, educators, and thought leaders will explore four major themes from the NMC Horizon Report > 2014 Library Edition , which was downloaded over 1 million times in the first eight days after publication!

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

When I first started working as a tech reporter, I assumed – naively – that venture capitalists were smart people who did thorough research before funding a company. One of the best books I read this year was Bad Blood by WSJ journalist John Carreyou. Vive la MOOC révolution. Networks matter.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2018

A report by the American Council on Education concludes: "The rapid price increases in recent years, especially in the public college sector, may have led many students—particularly low-income students—to think that college is out of reach financially.” John's College and president of the Santa Fe campus, in one report.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

I’ve taken a MOOC on algorithms and read, in whole or in part, books and articles that contain significant discussions of computer science-y things like time complexity and NP-completeness.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Most graduating seniors attend the “other 87 percent ” of colleges — trade schools, public and private two-year and four-year colleges, large and small colleges, for-profit colleges, and colleges with massive open online courses (MOOCs) and blended learning. Related: After decades of pushing bachelor’s degrees, U.S. Weekly Update.

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Bryan Alexander

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

We discussed Rich’s recent book, which we’ve been reading for months, anchored on these blog posts. Revolution sees 2012 as a critical year (“the Magic Year”) when forces really came together, including, but not limited to, MOOCs. 1: Revolution in Higher Education. General Q+A.

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Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The answer has been “yes” for some years, and I’m not talking about MOOCs or University of Phoenix. Subjects included Byzantine art, the history of the book, topics on the American Civil War, and more. How can colleges and universities share courses online? It’s a form of inter-institutional collaboration.

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