Edsurge

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Coursera was a pioneer in offering MOOCs, or massive open online courses, in partnership with hundreds of top colleges. While attention around MOOCs has died down, the company seems to have found a business model for free courses with something it calls Specializations.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

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. Learning English in Minecraft: a case study on language competences and classroom practices. Ideas for Using Minecraft in the Classroom. IrvSpanish.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2023

She also teaches Learning How to Learn , one of the most popular Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs. But actually research is showing that if a student is already struggling a little bit in the classroom because the material is difficult, their working memory might be working at full capacity.

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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. Another illustration is MOOCs, [those large-scale online courses that were hyped a few years ago.] But this tweet was a biting critique of where higher ed is heading.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 1, 2019

Incorporating technology in the classroom has paved the way for a myriad of innovative methods and practices that are aimed at improving upon teaching structures of the past. Blended learning enables me to effectively bring technology into the classroom. Read on below to find out what they had to say. What is blended learning?

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Fractus Learning

MAY 11, 2016

For much of history, the educational paradigm has dictated that the student should adapt to the classroom. Some are classroom- and school-based approaches; others lie beyond the school gates. Extension refers to the process of both deepening and broadening the syllabus. Let’s visit each of these in turn. Question more deeply.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 20, 2013

We refer to this as personalised learning ( a video explains ). There are the formal, classroom based collaborative spaces and there are the informal, non classroom spaces where we learn most of what we know in interaction with others. MOOCs take learning even farther away from the classroom. Learning is learning.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom. In short, by “disruption,” we are referring to something that causes the kind of impact that leads to change. ” What are some examples of disruptions in the classroom, then? 30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom . by Terry Heick. Maker Movement.

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Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

” Here DeMillo carries on his account of the MOOC story which he launched in chapter 1. This chapter takes us from 2012 through 2013, following the expansion of MOOCs across American research-1 institutions and the breakout of Coursera, edX, and Udacity. It’s not entirely a rosy account. Kindle location 1093).

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

I started the session with the aim of encouraging the group to learn deeply and critically about a particular topic - MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses). I asked them to prepare for a debate next week, and put up the slide: 'This house believes that MOOCs will signal the demise of campus based higher education'.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2017

One makes reference to an ancient form of Japanese pottery (stay tuned for more on that). James DeVaney, associate vice provost for academic innovation at the University of Michigan, stressed that professors at Michigan have long been classroom innovators.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 2, 2013

It means breaking down the traditional silos of division and opening up classrooms and lecture halls to other possibilities beyond passive reception of content. MOOCs and flipped classrooms are just the start of the movement to create this shift in education. Reference Wenger, E. de Freitas and J. Jameson (eds.)

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

But as a point of reference: Google did not yet exist. When I worked at Microsoft back in 2002, our team basically invented the idea of Google Classroom (it was called Microsoft Class Server), but we were twelve years too early and the product disappeared by 2006. MOOCs topped the cycle in 2012. OPMs topped the cycle in 2015.

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

People often refer to this style of leadership as “managing,” but great leaders know they have to manage things, and lead people. There is a difference between an opinion and an informed opinion, and while we encourage staff to take risks in their classrooms, leaders must model risks in their learning.

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The Principal of Change

MARCH 20, 2018

Simply put, psychological safety refers to an individual’s perception of taking a risk, and the response his or her teammates will have to taking that risk. Again, relationships and trust are the foundation of moving forward, not only for our work with our colleagues, but for the growth of the individuals in our classrooms.

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The Principal of Change

MAY 20, 2018

This is what is referred to by psychologists as the locus of control or the extent to which people believe they have power to influence events in their lives. A person with an internal locus of control believes that he or she can influence events and outcomes. We can be the problem but hopefully, the solution. ”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Flipped Classroom". It was probably Sal Khan’s 2011 TED Talk “Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education” and the flurry of media he received over the course of the following year or so that introduced the idea of the “flipped classroom” to most people. WTF is Unizin ?! Collared Dove. Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. They’re distracted.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, doctoral student research, library and information center "tours," and more! We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 2, 2019

The first time I saw video being used in a classroom was in 1973. Today, video use in the classroom is more commonplace. Present-day students, who interact with a steady stream of digital media throughout the day, are generally unsurprised by video in the classroom; if anything, they expect it. References Brame, C.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The "redux" in the title refers to a resurfacing of an earlier post, mentioned in the first paragraph, that still is one of the most-read and most-responded-to items I have ever written. What I do have issues with, is the single-minded insistence in this paper that Khan Academy is the exact same thing as the flipped classroom.

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Bryan Alexander

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Also referred to as “teaching”, “learning”, and “the real world” Blogging , v. To be enabled with campus wifi, but dreaded in actual use, especially in classrooms. MOOC , n. May it entertain, and all be forgiven. An elegant way to avoid the World Wide Web. Blended learning , n. Mobile , n.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

As Stephen Downes comments , “I find it interesting that they refer throughout to ‘ openly licensed educational materials ’ rather than ‘open educational resources’ – I wonder what the reasoning was behind that.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Rebrand. .”

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IT Bill

JUNE 2, 2016

This approach to online learning has served to help new-to-online learners navigate the online course, learn to use the most common learning management system (LMS) tools, and interact with their classmates in ways that have modeled the traditional classroom. References: A. CC-BY by Oliver Clark on Flickr. Kozlow & A.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2011

link] EPCOP MOOC WEBINAR ( Australia Series ) Mon 22 Aug 09:00PM New York / Tue 23 Aug 01:00AM GMT / Tue 23 Aug 11:00AM Sydney Coach Carole. Come join Tina and Barbara, of LiveBinders, and Dean Mantz as we talk learning in the 21st Century classroom. In general, references management software is expensive. link] CLASSROOM 2.0

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Online Education and the Once and Future MOOC. Class Central’s Dhawal Shah has a post on Edsurge with “ MOOCs by the Numbers in 2016.” Stay for the Ayn Rand references. Via the EFF : “Defending Student Data from Classrooms to the Cloud: 2016 in Review.” ” Meanwhile on Campus.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 29, 2012

The ethos of heutagogy extends to learner choice, where students can create their own programmes of study, a feature often seen in the loose and unstructured aspects of some Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs). 1989) The constructivist approach to self-regulation and learning in the classroom. 2000) Informal Workplace Learning.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

He also knew that the notion of introducing what he called “learning engineers” would face resistance from faculty convinced they already knew perfectly well what they were doing in their classrooms. “A That’s referred to as the cognitive aspect. The nation has a right to expect more than talented amateurism.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Yildiz, Faculty DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER: Stephen Abram on 7 Tactics to Gain Big Savings Through Collaboration Gamifying for Librarians - Debbie Weissmann Ph.D. & Stacy Lein 2:00pm Aren''t all kids the same? 4:00pm Do you have what it takes to manage an eBook library?

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The Principal of Change

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

You have heard the jokes about the “Red M&Ms” when referring to people with outrageous demands or acting like divas. What is seemingly meaningless to someone outside of the classroom, could be the minor detail that means everything to someone who is working directly with students. May 27, 2016 Accepting the Default?

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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. Let’s see if 2016 doesn’t see more tv-studio-style classrooms. I’m not referring to the uses of tech in sports, but funding. Even academics.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the HR section below. Perhaps this should go under the “surveillance” section below, but as the article references gunshot-detection systems, I’m putting it here.

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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”). politician roils USC , which referred case to federal prosecutors.” ” Via The Oregonian : “ Oregon allows educators to be punished in secret.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

The “silicon” in “Silicon Valley” refers to the silicon-based integrated circuits that were first developed and manufactured in the area. This is part of the push for MOOCs, we must be honest.). It also includes Cupertino, where Apple is headquartered. ” Despite raising some $87.5

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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. One day, Alec says that he tweeted out that he was thinking of starting a MOOC. ” Alec references the NY Times article that The Web Means the End of Forgetting.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

What do you think the whole MOOC thing George Siemens and I and others was about? His focus has been on traditional institutions of learning and the traditional classroom model. ” This is one of several reasons why you never hear me refer to that body of work. We are focused on the advantages of OER-enabled pedagogy.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

” I’ve looked at how for-profit colleges , MOOCs , and learn-to-code companies have tapped into these narratives in order to justify their products and services. These have all been separate articles in each series. Watch Tressie McMillan Cottom on The Daily Show. Listen to her on NPR’s Fresh Air. Training Ed-Tech.

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Why Haven’t MOOCs Eliminated Any Professors?” He’s referring to “ personalized learning ,” but might as well be any buzzword when you frame the headline that way, bud.). ” asks IHE blogger Joshua Kim.

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