Classroom Company Libraries MOOC 
Edsurge
OCTOBER 24, 2017
MOOCs have evolved over the past five years from a virtual version of a classroom course to an experience that feels more like a Netflix library of teaching videos. The change has helped companies that provide these courses find a business model, but something crucial has been lost for students taking the courses.
Edsurge
JULY 30, 2018
He calls this the“McDonaldization paradox”—that measures installed to improve education instead become inhibitors to creativity in classrooms. Other scholars have applied the McDonaldization framework to a variety of academic institutions and disciplines—to nursing education , academic libraries , and specific U.S.
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Dangerously Irrelevant
MAY 31, 2017
If I was still doing that now, I would be incredibly excited because so many wonderful resources would be available to my classroom. We could participate in a number of free Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs), including over a dozen on Chinese History from Harvard University. Let’s take maps, for example.
Edsurge
JANUARY 26, 2018
A recent visit to my old high school library left me disappointed. Yet thinking back to my stroll through the library, this is not what some of even the most popular edtech tools encourage. Gone were the days of handwritten flashcards and ten-pound textbooks. But the technology itself was not my concern.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 9, 2017
At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs.
Hack Education
MARCH 23, 2018
For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.” ” There’s more on legal battles involving student loan companies in the business of financial aid section below. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
APRIL 9, 2015
Two Week Calendar Saturday, April 11th at 12pm CR20 LIVE: Discovery Education Network Virtual Field Trips and Free Resources with Kyle Schutt , Classroom 2.0 NMC Summer Conference presenters are thought leaders within the education industry at colleges and universities, schools, museums, libraries, organizations, and companies.
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