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Notes from Leadership for the Digital Age with Alan November - Day 2

EdTechSandyK

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. District #5 : Kindergarten teachers started class Twitter accounts!

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?Edtech is Trapped in Ben Bloom’s Basement

Edsurge

In fact, aside from the predictable few flickers of Facebook and Twitter, it seemed most of the students were actually working on something productive. Now, every student’s face was blankly fixated on the all-too-familiar glow of their computer screens. But the technology itself was not my concern.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) But Posterous, if you’ll recall, was acquired by Twitter in 2012 and shut down one year later. ” “ How Google Chromebooks conquered schools.”

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30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom

TeachThought - Learn better.

But as successive refinements improve them to the point that they start to steal customers, they may end up reshaping entire industries: classified ads (Craigslist), long distance calls (Skype), record stores (iTunes), research libraries (Google), local stores (eBay), taxis (Uber) and newspapers (Twitter).” MOOCs, nanodegrees, etc.

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15 hot edtech trends for 2017

eSchool News

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. Follow her on Twitter at @TeachitRalph. By Stephen Downes, National Research Council.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). It’s probably better for them than stupid worksheets on their Chromebooks. ” “ Twitter is funding college professors to audit its platform for toxicity,” writes The Verge. ” JFC. Let kids have a friggin’ snow day.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Microsoft -Branded MOOCs for K–12 Leaders.” ” “ Chromebooks destroyed Apple in back-to-school shopping,” says MarketWatch. Education in the Courts. Or something. ” More via The NYT.