TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

Video Streaming/ Flipped Classroom/eLearning Trends. The flipped classroom movement seems to, in pockets, be threatening the college lecture. MOOCs are great ideas, but assessment and feedback loops and certification are among the many issues holding them back. We shall see. Video, of course, enables other innovations.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Every year in March the edtech world descends on Austin for SXSW EDU, a conference that’s become as much about classroom practice and implementation as entrepreneurship and tech innovation. Can Evidence Even Keep Up with Edtech? The Evolution of MOOCs: Six Years Later : Are MOOCs still around? Higher Ed 11:00 a.m.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

He spent a year as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and he has written about education trends outside the U.S. EdSurge: You've spent more than 20 years writing about higher education: What's a trend that's now central to understanding where higher education is headed that wasn't even on the radar when you got started? Stay tuned.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2016

But that hasn’t stopped us from asking a number of experts in education and technology to gaze into their crystal balls and share their thoughts on one major EdTech trend we can expect to see lighting up learning and one major challenge that education will face in 2016. Technology and the classroom – major trends and challenges.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2017

On the other hand, +Acumen course participants were on the frontlines of social change work—leading nonprofits, setting up refugee camps, teaching in inner-city classrooms, implementing Peace Corps projects. This trend holds true across other online courses. I could hardly blame them. The topics that have been most.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2016

It’s time once again for The Hulk of edtech conferences— Educause , which kicks off fully on Wednesday in Anaheim, Calif. Since last year there's a new parody account, @EDUcaustic , which is even more strident in mocking edtech. It’s big, expecting some 7,000 attendees. It’s full of exhibitors with bold marketing claims.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The edtech entrepreneurs, educators, investors and other education professionals that share their opinions and practices through storytelling on our site are invaluable to this industry, and we celebrate them. grabbed the top contributor spots, speaking to brain-based classroom design, computational thinking, and school culture.

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Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

Today, Gaggle provides our Safe Classroom Learning Management System and Safety Management products for Google Apps for Education or Office 365 to millions of students who are creating, collaborating and sharing in a safe environment. ” Lesson learned #3: Don’t chase trends. The list goes on and on. Most ideas are not new.

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Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

Today, Gaggle provides our Safe Classroom Learning Management System and Safety Management products for Google Apps for Education or Office 365 to millions of students who are creating, collaborating and sharing in a safe environment. ” Lesson learned #3: Don’t chase trends. The list goes on and on. Most ideas are not new.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Notable Investment Trends. “EdTech fails to pay, again,” The Financial Times chuckled. ” (Its MOOC competitor edX also announced this year that many of its courses would no longer be free.) Vive la MOOC révolution. AltSchool (private school; learning management system): $172.9 And its CEO stepped down.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 16, 2020

Technology plays a prominent role in the modern classroom. In a survey of 1,000 long-time high school teachers, 73% say their classrooms use laptops and tablets daily. As a result, educators must stay on top of trends and pursue ongoing learning in technology. How to learn more about edtech options. Take a degree course.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 6, 2020

Free lesson plans for helping teachers integrate technology into their digital classrooms. Massive Open Online Courses (Sometimes referred to as MOOCs) – MOOCs are readily available courses that are presented online. MOOCs are not an ideal way for most students to learn. Tech ed resources – online classes .

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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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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom. ” What are some examples of disruptions in the classroom, then? 30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom . General insecurity or misunderstanding about how to meaningfully integrate technology in the classroom. Robotics in the classroom. MOOCs, nanodegrees, etc.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

To get a glimpse into what the next 12 months will hold for everything from professional development to digital learning, and from communication to virtual reality, 15 ed tech luminaries looked back on 2016 edtech trends to help predict what’s in store for 2017. Now there are different ways things can be a ‘trend of the year’.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2020

Recently, we asked Dintersmith for his thoughts on the decade in edtech, as someone who’s seen a fair number of sides of it. Ted Dintersmith : There was a massive gush of enthusiasm for MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), with some conviction it would revolutionize higher education. What trend (or fad) will resurface next decade?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The same forces that transformed classrooms have accelerated the adoption of more digital learning in workplace training—advancing a trend that was already underway. The boom in short-form digital learning in the workplace doesn’t mean that classroom-based corporate training or more structured on-the-job learning is going away.

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” ” Udacity has updated its online "classroom." “Is Your Edtech Product a Refrigerator or Washing Machine?” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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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.” ” “The One-Teacher, One-Classroom Model Needs an Upgrade,” says Edsurge. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

Via Forbes : “The Startup President: How France ’s Macron Nearly Built An EdTech Company.” ” “Examining Trends in Graduate Student Debt by Race and Ethnicity” by Seton Hall University professor Robert Kelchen. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Hack Education

AUGUST 17, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Is The LMS A Distraction In EdTech Futurology? ” Do not tell the connectivists, but apparently – according to Edsurge at least – “Education’s Latest Secret Trend” is “ Networking.” ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The Atlantic : “ Virtual Classrooms Can Be as Unequal as Real Ones.” MOOC hype deja vu.). Via Edsurge : “A Timeline of Google Classroom ’s March to Replace Learning Management Systems.” ” Shocking, I know.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The University of Iceland has joined edX. Via Getting Smart : “How Competency-Based Education Can Lead to A More Equitable Classroom.” classrooms,” Axios claims. The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. Will they make it happen?

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

John Bel Edwards has agreed to a mandate that cursive writing must be taught in Louisiana ’s public school classrooms.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ ALEX Wants to Fill Classrooms Like Airbnb Fills Beds ” is an actual headline, and apparently ALEX is an actual startup.

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the credential section below. Via Class Central : “Analysis of 450 MOOC -Based Microcredentials Reveals Many Options But Little Consistency.” “ Robots in the classroom ? Edtech Raises $739M in Venture Funding.”

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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

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Microsoft -Branded MOOCs for K–12 Leaders.” None of those chose for the education section are classroom educators, no surprise. Education in the Courts. ” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Marquette University was justified in disciplining a professor who had publicly rebuked a graduate teaching assistant over her handling of classroom discussions of homosexuality, a state judge ruled on Thursday.” Not sure why this is called a MOOC. Yik Yak had raised $73.5

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ California Should Watch Arkansas Process for Creating New Online Institution,” says Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill. “ Will AI Be The Next Big Thing In The Classroom? There’s more for-profit news in the HR and accreditation sections below.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Via the AP : “The state of Utah has denied it has anti-gay school laws as it defends itself from a lawsuit challenging restrictions on talk about homosexuality in the classroom.” The test in question: The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study ( TIMSS ) which is administered to students around the world.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Via Edsurge : “How Proposed Title I Changes Impact School Funding and Edtech Vendors” – “ A Win for Edtech Vendors.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Something something Brexit something something MOOCs will save British higher ed. ” But hey.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

” Via Chalkbeat : “Can in-house child care keep young teachers in the classroom? ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “ Campuswire launches to redesign classroom communications,” writes Techcrunch. ” Oooh, I am sensing a trend here. ” JFC.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Elsewhere in MOOC research… From Campus Technology : “Grouping MOOC Students by Communication Mode Doesn’t Help Completion.” ” More on MOOC (and related) research in the research section below. ” Try learning styles, maybe.

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Via The Salt Lake Tribune : “Lawmaker: Utah ‘s veteran educators may need to ’die off ’ before technology fills classrooms.” I’m also curious how this news – again, I’m not sure two closures are really a “trend” – will affect student loan startups. ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The Flipped Classroom". He didn’t invent the idea of video-taping instruction to watch at home and doing “homework” in the classroom instead; but history don’t matter in Silicon Valley.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Classrooms.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the job training section below. ” Predictions from investor Tom Vander Ark : “Not Much New in EdTech in 2017; 3 Things Could Change That in 2018.” Doane University has joined edX.

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Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

’” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Reminder: a lot of MOOC news is now job training news, so you’ll find some updates in that section below. Edtech Companies?” EdTech Strategies’ Doug Levin has launched The K–12 Cybersecurity Resource Center.

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