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In China, Online Degrees on Hold, Even as MOOCs Rise

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In fact, the country has no institution that is approved to deliver online degrees, even though it has moved rapidly to embrace MOOCs, free or low-cost online courses offered to millions throughout the country. advances in online pedagogy, such as flipped classrooms and MOOCs. MOOCs have proven wildly popular in China.

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8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020

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Gone are the days when teachers had to drag TVs into classrooms to let students watch films. Now, nearly every classroom is at least equipped with a screen and projector. Additionally, Chron reports that some schools have even replaced the usual blackboard and whiteboard with smartboards this year. Video-assisted Learning.

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Still MOOCing Along.

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Image Source Used Under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND License Week 4 of the Foundations of Virtual Instruction MOOC I started on June 30th is wrapping up today. By this time next week, I will hopefully have successfully completed my first MOOC. I was especially interested/distressed to find out that even in MOOCs, people try to cheat !

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Top EdSurge Higher Education Stories of 2021

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Young The MOOC giant was valued at more than $3.6 By Sabyn Javeri In a Zoom classroom, the teacher is no longer the central authority, argues the author of this essay, who explains why she thinks that’s good for education. Young This analysis of a major MOOC provider proved prescient; the nonprofit was purchased later in the year.

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Makerspace Educators Need Professional Development, Too

EdTech Magazine

In fact, an astounding 40 percent of makerspace teachers reported that they had received no PD on makerspaces at all. The constructivist approach can be difficult for teachers and students because it is so different from the traditional classroom routine. That’s 40 percent too many. laser cutters!) and sidelines pedagogy.

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Facebook Seems to Be Adding Video-Course Features. For Edtech, That Raises Old Fears.

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But recent reports have speculated that the company could “bootstrap an online course ecosystem.” That puts Meta in a different space than companies that offer massive open online courses, or MOOCs—which tend to focus more on upskilling and that offer certificates intended for professional advancement, experts say.

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Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

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I’d send instructors off into virtual classrooms, practically on their own, with little or no support. After all, most professors started out believing they were destined to do scholarly work, perform research, publish results and teach in classrooms; but for most, teaching online was not what they had in mind. Sink or swim.