Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

” Some of these experimental sites included MOOCs and coding bootcamps. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Class Central’s Dhawal Shah, writing in Edsurge : “ MOOCs Find Their Audience: Professional Learners and Universities.” State and Local) Education Politics.

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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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Learning with 'e's

MAY 2, 2019

I was studying at college and a man in a white coat wheeled a television and video player into the room. The current generation of students are particularly enthralled with social media, and video has become the 'lifeblood' of that fascination, according to Parlour (2019). 2011) Physics of the future, London: Penguin Books.

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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 Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 19, 2017

Participants are encouraged to use #library2017 on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. June Abbas, PhD, is a Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) at the University of Oklahoma, Norman campus. REGISTER HERE to attend live or to receive the recording links afterwards.

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MindShift

AUGUST 6, 2018

Excerpted from “ LEARNING HOW TO LEARN: How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying ” by Barbara Oakley, PhD, and Terrence Sejnowski, PhD, with Alistair McConville, published by TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC. Won’t you forget it by then any way?

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Analysis of Georgia Tech ’s MOOC-inspired online master’s in computer science suggests that institutions can successfully deliver high-quality, low-cost degrees to students at scale.” “Many are never the same.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

According to David Callahan, editor of the website Inside Philanthropy and author of the 2017 book The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy , philanthropists have more power than ever before, and “that influence is likely to grow far greater in coming decades.” Perhaps that name, Betsy DeVos, is familiar.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, doctoral student research, library and information center "tours," and more! We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Please consider becoming part of this elite team by signing up at [link] and using the booking calendar to schedule volunteer time. Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary? Huge thanks! Derek Barkalow, Ph.D.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 11, 2014

Walden University researcher, Rose Arnell, is looking for survey participants : I am a doctoral student at Walden University and am conducting a study called, Teacher Beliefs on Self-Learning, Collaboration, and Participation in Virtual Communities of Practice. Please fill out this invitation to be considered for this study.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2020

Before authoring the book “Most Likely to Succeed,” and producing the popular documentary of the same name, Ted Dintersmith made his name as a venture capitalist. Ted Dintersmith : There was a massive gush of enthusiasm for MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), with some conviction it would revolutionize higher education.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Using everyday digital content, the COR paper and online assessments directly connect to the questions posed in SHEG’s study and engage learners in credibility decision-making around three COR Competencies: Who’s behind the information? Social Media Video : Students watch an online video and identify its strengths and weaknesses.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

But Gloria Larson argues in a new book that all of higher education should embrace this mixture, and move past the notion that a college has to focus on either liberal arts or practical workplace preparation. The book is called PreparedU: How Innovative Colleges Drive Student Success. They have to know social media.

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Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs are back in the headlines again. Via Edsurge : “The Second Wave of MOOC Hype Is Here, and It’s Online Degrees.” ” Via NPR : “How Schools Across The Country Are Working To Detect Threats Made On Social Media.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Just a few weeks after Daphne Koller ’s announcement she was leaving the MOOC startup she co-founded, Coursera unveiled “ Coursera for Business ” this week, marking its pivot from “democratizing higher ed” to “ training corporate employees.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOC hype deja vu.). of Mississippi Students Stage Sit-In Over Racist Social-Media Post.” Via WXYZ Detroit : “ Student suspended after posting picture of discolored water in school bathroom to social media.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

The seller: Book Dog Books. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Techcrunch reports that “ Sesame Street turns to Kickstarter to fund autism book.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “New Study on Income-Driven Repayment Plans.” ” “The U.S. and James L.

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Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

There is a lack of schools, teachers, books, uniforms and food. Yet, according to this study, nearly half of the donors have chosen to supply educational technology, far more than are building schools, providing basic books and materials or employing teachers. ” “ MOOCs Started Out Completely Free.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2014

See graphics for social media and follow the event to join the campaign! Online grade books earn A for info, F for stress Myths of Technology Series: “Technology Will Replace Face-to-Face Interaction” U.S. Social Media for the Art & Design Classroom. Designing Baseball Uniforms in the School Library.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

. “ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. Schools should consider the ways in which their own social media surveillance re-inscribes these sorts of violent, nationalist policies.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

I read the book that very year – and honestly, I don’t often buy or read books in hardcover – shortly after my own husband died. ” I found her book comforting, while its material horrific, in part because it was a book. Or MOOCs even. Information was control,” Didion writes.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ MOOCs May Still Be Reshaping Higher Education, Just Not In the Way That Was Initially Predicted.” There’s more MOOC news in the contests and competition section below. ” “Big Online Courses Have a Problem.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

I first read an article by Seymour Papert in a Women’s Studies class in the mid 1990s – “ Epistemological Pluralism ,” which he co-wrote with Sherry Turkle. “Hardly Anyone Wants to Take a Liberal Arts MOOC,” Edsurge informed its readers in February. Read Mindstorms. ” ). Only “1.86

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

But I’m putting that project on pause while I write my book. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Stop Asking About Completion Rates: Better Questions to Ask About MOOCs in 2019,” says Edsurge. .” National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” ClassDojo is now a full social media platform for schools - this letter & video just emailed to parents. Via Techcrunch : “ Amazon ’s children’s book subscription ‘Prime Book Box’ opens to all in the US.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Politico : Western Governors University , “the nation’s leading provider of competency-based educatio n – which the Education Department’s independent watchdog last month said violated federal student aid rules – is expanding into North Carolina.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

I’ve never seen an education story receive quite as much attention from non-educators on social media. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ MOOC enrollment drops at HarvardX and MITx after free certifications disappear ,” says Techcrunch. It was a disaster.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

Via the New Haven Independent : “The school board [in New Haven , Connecticut ] will allow Yale University continue with a study on students struggling to read, but tighter rules will be in place for any future research.” ” The study includes DNA testing. Or just have them read a book. ” JFC.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” Via Edsurge : “As Bootcamps Look for Novel Ways for Students to Pay For Their Studies, Many Try ‘ Deferred Tuition ’ ” Do note how student financial aid startups are still raising venture capital (and how now, I guess, ed-tech publications cover these stories when before they insisted these weren’t ed-tech). .”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

” “Make MOOCs great again.” ” That’s Tricia Matthew , who also has a new book out, Written/Unwritten: Diversity and the Hidden Truths of Tenure. ” “ Social media causes some users to rethink their views on an issue,” says Pew Research Center. Is that possible?

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” @14prinsp @KateMfD @audreywatters @gsiemens VC-mediated "consent" for academic studies "Incorrect Response! .” ” @14prinsp @KateMfD @audreywatters @gsiemens VC-mediated "consent" for academic studies "Incorrect Response!"

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For their part, critics of laptop bans claimed the studies the op-eds frequently cite were flawed, reductive, and out-of-date. The story examined a proposed practice: “Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ Monetizing A MOOC Platform.” So I took a brief break from book research to rage-type my thoughts. ” Via The New York Times : “ Asbestos in a Crayon, Benzene in a Marker: A School Supply Study’s Toxic Results.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 7, 2018

I’m ending that series, I think, so I can focus on writing books. This study says fix unstable housing, not schools.” A nice review in The Nation of Eve Ewing ’s new book (and her work more broadly) on the closure of schools in Chicago. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Hack Education

JANUARY 5, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ CSU signs deal to record, broadcast classroom lectures,” says the San Francisco Examiner. “ Facebook is donating 500 virtual reality kits to Arkansas schools under a first-of-its-kind partnership between the social media giant and the state,” says the AP.

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Hack Education

MARCH 2, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOC news is now much more often “job training” news, so there’s more on MOOCs in that section below. Via NPR : “ Dolly Parton ’s Nonprofit Reaches Milestone With 100 Million Books Sent To Children.”

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