Bryan Alexander
DECEMBER 29, 2015
And the MOOC numbers look like they’re rising. Unless the worm turns globally, I’d expect planet MOOC to keep growing in 2016. Mobile : as humanity continues to migrate ever-increasing swathes of life into handhelds, educators slowly follow suit. Let’s also think about mobile messaging apps (Snapchat, etc).
TeachThought - Learn better.
JULY 8, 2015
Planned obsolescence of mobile technology. Falling cost of mobile devices, which impacts what’s affordable, who shows up to school with what on their own, school budgets, etc. The general success of Google as a platform model (Classroom, Music, YouTube, Search, Chromebooks, Chrome OS, etc.). MOOCs, nanodegrees, etc.
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eSchool News
JANUARY 1, 2017
They can be something everybody uses; that’s how 2012 became the year of the MOOC, and why virtual reality will no doubt be widely cited as the trend of 2016. MOOCs continued to increase in number and attendance. By Stephen Downes, National Research Council. Now there are different ways things can be a ‘trend of the year’.
Hack Education
OCTOBER 7, 2016
Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Aftermath of the MOOC wars: Can commercial vendors support creative higher education ? Investor Fred Wilson on “ Chromebooks in K–12.” Via Edsurge : “ Salesforce Announces Mobile App for Advising at Dreamforce.”
Hack Education
DECEMBER 30, 2019
In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness. See David Kernohan’s excellent keynote at OpenEd13 for more.) Uber for Education". “We
Hack Education
APRIL 28, 2017
Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” ” From the press release : “ MOOCs and books initiative launched by Springer and Federica Weblearning.” The mobile app maker has raised $11.9 million total.
Hack Education
MAY 20, 2016
“The UK government has published its 2016 HE White Paper, entitled Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice,” the Times Higher Education reports. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).
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