Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

While not quite the “Year of the MOOC,” 2018 saw a resurgence in interest around the ways these massive open online courses are delivering free (and more often these days, not free) online education around the world, and how these providers are increasingly turning to traditional institutions of learning. Cheating on Chegg?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Yet, one group was struggling for ideas. Fast forward a few weeks; Minecraft kept finding its way into my classroom. Students recorded these reflections on a Google Doc as a reference for the next time we played. That excitement was always communicated around my group very quickly and with a remarkable degree of fluency.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

And it is looking to rebrand its annual conference as well, to stress that the event is just one service offered by the group, not the main attraction. In addition, the organization has announced a new platform to review technology tools and a framework for implementing edtech in the classroom.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Listen to this week’s podcast on Apple Podcasts , Overcast , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen, or in the player below. Some of the podcasters got their start making educational videos or or producing MOOCs, those free online classes that were all the rage a few years ago, but ended up not living up to the hype.

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2017

The latest, MEDSKL , aims to provide comprehensive medical content for use inside and outside the classroom. In a lot of classrooms, our modules are becoming required learning,” Sharma says. “As As a result, classes are becoming much more interactive, with small group sessions rather than one-hour lectures.”

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Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

Via Politico : “The American Action Forum , a right-leaning public policy group, is recommending that DeVos consider gutting the federal student aid pilot programs created under the Higher Education Act. ” Some of these experimental sites included MOOCs and coding bootcamps. State and Local) Education Politics.

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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.

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Edsurge

MAY 29, 2018

When I joined Ashford, the MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) had just started and it was quite an interesting movement. Whenever a person wants, he or she can click the online link to open the classroom. Join an online learning community, such as Google Educator Groups. Change needs dedication and sacrifice.

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The Principal of Change

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Here is something I wrote in “ The Innovator’s Mindset ” that is an easy way to support our teachers in their work: I often took my laptop and would sit in a classroom for anywhere from three to six hours. You can do what I did; take your computer or tablet and work in classrooms.

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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.

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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.

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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.”) platforms are digital infrastructures that enable two or more groups to interact. “At the most general level,” Srnicek writes. Education’s Proto-Platforms.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Opinionated Products : There’s a word for the kinds of tools and products—like say, Google search results—which adapt to a user’s behavior: opinionated. Companies like Microsoft, Facebook and Google are all dipping their toes into virtual and augmented reality. Monday, March 6 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. K-12 11:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 23, 2011

If you are looking for an easy calendar import / RSS feed for these events, you''ll now find a link on your calendar page or the calendar page of specific groups! He also mixed in constructivism, ZPD, Macbooks, cell phones, Google Apps and more. How do you create a MOOC? Join us online to unpack the EpCoP MOOC.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Oberlin College, for example, with its motto of “Learning and Labor,” requires students during each month-long “ winter term ” to pursue growth opportunities outside the traditional classroom, such as internships, research, or other projects. That may pertain to issues of crediting experiential work outside the classroom.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

My classmates from Stanford’s Learning Design and Technology master’s program have gone on to design for big brands like Airbnb and Google as well as edtech upstarts including the African Leadership University, General Assembly, Osmo and Udacity. But they can also be creating learning apps, museum exhibits, or the latest educational toy.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2011

If you are looking for an easy calendar import / RSS feed for these events, you''ll now find a link on your calendar page or the calendar page of specific groups! Meet the ATLAST Explore participants and start networking using Google+. link] CLASSROOM 2.0 LIVE-FEATURED TEACHER CAROLYN STANLEY ( Classroom 2.0

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The Principal of Change

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Using these questions as a basis of conversation, sparked some great learning with small groups and the larger group as a whole. Because of this, the original plan for the day was shifted to meet the needs of the group. Now everyone in the group could see what the other wrote. What are you doing moving forward?

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Educator Innovator

JULY 3, 2018

Much of the current rhetoric about technology and education relates to devices and software programs—what types schools should purchase, how much money districts should spend on them, how they should be integrated into classroom learning, and what return on investment they should produce.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” Via The Intercept : “Chinese Corporation Alibaba Joins Group Ghostwriting American Laws.” ” Via The Washington Post : “Student loan servicing group sues D.C. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” NPR asks whose bones made up those old classroom skeletons.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

The five projects are listed below, and each links to a project group on the conference site--please join one or more and then let us know how Lucy and I can help turn these into realities! Special Notes: Thanks to our GREAT volunteer group! What help do you need from the community?" Recordings of all sessions are available here.

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EdTechTeacher

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Over 500 educators from around the world have joined together to explore the potential and possibilities for iPads in the classroom. He shows the group his faculty page which “hasn’t been updated in years.” One day, Alec says that he tweeted out that he was thinking of starting a MOOC.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Purpose: Improving our chance for a common language in discussing existing and emerging learning trends, model, and technology in hopes of innovation in classrooms, and collectively, education at large. ” BYOD programs allow students to use their own technology (usually smartphone or tablet) in a classroom. Flipped Classroom.

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Technology Learning BYOD Digital Citizenship 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

Saturday, March 22nd at 12pm CR20 LIVE Weekly Show with Erin Klein , Classroom 2.0 Classroom 2.0 Calling all Diigo users: New Jersey graduate student and soon-to-be special education instructor, Mr. Astated, has some questions for those of you who use Diigo as a classroom tool. Learn more here. Thanks, Chris!

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Fractus Learning

MAY 19, 2016

While educators and learners in classroom-based courses have already discovered the benefits of using engagement as a part of education, the power of online is yet to be fully realized. Instructors should incorporate engagement techniques such as brief, live streamed online lectures using Google Hangouts , Zoom , Adobe Connect to name a few.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 20, 2014

Using Google Scholar and our own networks, we identified and invited the “grandest of the grand gurus” who have researched and published in each of these areas and invited them to summarize that issue, identify theories and practices related to that issue and suggest further research. What are your views on MOOCs? Reference Cousin, G.

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Bryan Alexander

MAY 18, 2022

Google Classroom – this has the advantage of familiarity. Sakai – this academic LMS also appears in at least one group’s paid hosting options. Udemy – the MOOC provider may let users create classes there. edX – they publish open source code for building one’s class.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 28, 2017

“In an effective classroom students should not only know what they are doing, they should also know why and how.” I actually did this for one of my Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). Start with this free Google Syllabus Template , then include links to resources, tools, and assessments related to the assignment.

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 4, 2017

We were a diverse group of educators with one goal: learn from the workshop, take the learning back to our respective schools and implement the best teaching and learning practices to enhance student performance. The key to effective classrooms seems to be at the grassroots level i.e. effective professional development for teachers.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Saturday, March 1st at 12pm CR20 LIVE Weekly Show - Google Forms in the Classrooms , Classroom 2.0 Monday, March 3rd at 8pm TL Virtual Cafe: Breaking Down Library Walls , Learn how to use Google Hangout and Edmodo and more to break down the library walls and connect with other people from around the world. Read more here.

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EdTechTeam

JANUARY 10, 2017

Richard Anderson and Fanny Passeport have been working on this project for about 2 years now and have created a Google+ Community to share tutorials on how to integrate various G Suite Apps, Add-ons and Scripts to make this possible. Also think about a clear navigation from Google Site and from your Google Drive.

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EdTechTeacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

In fact, if you Google “rainbow starburst bracelet” and the official video from the company has been viewed a fraction of the times. As a researcher, Justin has been carrying this concept into his work with MOOCs. However, in the last few years, higher education has listened to the world of MOOCs and started changing.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

events , the real party takes place in the volunteer moderator lounge, where a devoted, energetic, and highly beloved group of volunteer moderators keeps the conference running and humming. Volunteering : as with our other conference 2.0 Sueann Galt, STEM Coordinator Does the use of ‘Learning Menus’ increase students’ intrinsic motivation?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 11, 2014

I am in need of 10 participants who would be willing to discuss their experiences within Classroom 2.0 Any communication will be independently coordinated outside of Classroom 2.0. Laura Candler and Francie Kugelman will be our special guests for this Classroom 2.0 Are you interested in participating? . Register here.

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Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

A lot of the technology that’s built for the classroom is organizational technologies like, Hey, organize this better, organize that better, get a lot of stuff out of there. Freedman: I love where you started with the criticism of the MOOCs. I mean, MOOCs aren’t learning platforms, they’re distribution platforms.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2019

He’s the guy who coined the term MOOC, short for Massive Open Online Course, which then was a reference to multiplayer video games. You can follow the podcast on the Apple Podcast app , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen. The other day I was scrolling through Twitter when a message caught my eye.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. You can now find out. NAACP Letters.

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