Edsurge
JANUARY 26, 2018
MOOCs are just digital versions of the much maligned large group lecture, virtual flashcards are simply another tool for useless rote memorization, and online textbooks are just one more problematically unidirectional method of transmitting information without cultivating learning.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 23, 2016
Amongst our standout articles and the themes they evoke: a Stanford University researcher on edtech and equity, an entrepreneur on growth mindset, and a look into Chromebooks by the president of a iBoss Cybersecurity. Amy Ahearn, senior innovation associate at +Acumen , thinks Slack could add a human touch to online courses.
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EdTechSandyK
APRIL 8, 2014
edX - www.edex.org - MOOC site, courses are all free, people who teach the courses are from Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, University of Texas, etc. Coursera is another option for higher ed MOOCS. Close to 10% of students got into MIT by excelling in a MOOC. Click here to see all of them.) For example, this young man from Mongolia.
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.”) ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes. ” “ How Google Chromebooks conquered schools.”
Edsurge
DECEMBER 19, 2017
MOOC companies typically account for the bump in the “Post-Secondary” category, but aside from Coursera’s $64 million Series D round, few other companies focused in higher education scored a large deal. In these cases their deals are placed in the “All other” category.) Source: EdSurge.
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. Primary and secondary schools are a battleground between iPads and Chromebooks, it seems. Skepticism about the quality of online learning could migrate to the general population.
TeachThought - Learn better.
JULY 8, 2015
The general success of Google as a platform model (Classroom, Music, YouTube, Search, Chromebooks, Chrome OS, etc.). MOOCs, nanodegrees, etc. Ease of publishing (e.g., blogs, social media, podcasting) to promote conversation and thinking around what’s possible in education. Narrowed (overly-narrow?) Robotics in the classroom.
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