Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2019

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. That’s the case for Davis, who for several years was a producer of video classes for HarvardX, Harvard’s MOOC production wing. “I

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Hack Education

APRIL 30, 2020

Teachers, of course, know how to shift this physical setting — move the chairs around, for example. If, as promised, these machines could allow students to move through course materials at their own pace without teacher supervision, there had to be — had to be — some mechanism to prevent deceptive behavior.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 27, 2016

3) How are MOOCs and other massive open study opportunities changing or influencing out thinking as educators? Are we in danger of being left behind if our organisation/institution is not involved in MOOCs? What can we learn from the open and free social media tools we use? 4) Is open content truly 'free'?

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Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

” Some of these experimental sites included MOOCs and coding bootcamps. Via The Washington Post : “SEC settles fraud charges against defunct for-profit college company ITT.” Because honestly, where else would you put news about that private school company but in the surveillance section.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

He’s credited with co-teaching the first MOOC in 2008, introduced the theory of “connectivism”—the idea that knowledge is distributed across digital networks—and spearheaded research projects about the role of data and analytics in education. Blogs, wikis and social media, on the other hand, are distributed across networks.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 16, 2015

I chaired the OU''s first big elearning course in 1999 with 12,000 students which really demonstrated the potential for elearning. blogs, social media, learning objects, OERs, MOOCs, etc in this period. I think many MOOCs (and MOOC providers) will struggle to find a sustainable financial model in their current guise.

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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.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 20, 2014

I used distance education courses to complete a Masters degree and soon was involved in distance education delivery for a local community college. Now of course access means time and place shifting for distance education students who mostly live in large cities. Terry: Of course the proliferation of web 2.0

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Tom Webster, the VP of strategy at the market research firm Edison Research, argued that the report should be viewed as “an extremely effective piece of content marketing,” pointing to the number of slides that cite data about or by a portfolio company of Meeker’s employer, the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Smith Caulfield.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

Building Hard Skills: There are so many courses nowadays (online, especially—thanks edtech!) You can find these courses in all shapes and sizes, from an intensive all-day program or coding bootcamp to an hour-long course you can fit into your schedule. Check out our growing list of MOOCs and Courses on the EdSurge Index.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2016

The teams usually responsible for corporate learning within companies, human resources, are also undergoing a period of change as they identify areas where they need to come up to speed to deliver the most tangible results for their companies. Learners are now demanding that they are educated in a way that works for them.

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Wired Campus

MARCH 13, 2015

Speaking at a separate session, he cited the increasing flows of data to which colleges have access, including from learning-management systems, student-success systems, and MOOCs. “My He said his company’s product “takes video and turns it into an active learning experience.”. Company Watch IT Social Networking Teaching'

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

I’ve called this “the Top Ed-Tech Trends,” but this has never been an SEO-optimized list of products that the ed-tech industry wants schools or parents or companies to buy (or that it claims schools and parents and companies are buying). Beyond the MOOC. Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Several months ago, I started to jot down ideas about what I'd cover in my annual review of what's happened over the course of the past 12 months in the field / industry /promotion of education technology. Of course, the latter is just wishful thinking. My hope for the new decade is we can keep the lies out of their mouths.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Via The Independent : “13-year-old girl arrested after contacting clown on social media and asking him to kill her teacher.” It’s not really “free Internet,” of course – it’s Facebook as Internet. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Raise $146.1

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Chopra worked at the CFPB and, while there, “sued two for-profit-college companies – ITT Educational Services Inc. ” It’s now unclear, observers say, if the FTC can regulate companies like Google or Verizon. ” “Two assessment companies – Educational Testing Service and Data Recognition Corp.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Meanwhile, hiring managers were asking for actual skillsets so the kids could come in and hit the ground running, particularly as companies dropped a lot of their in-house training programs in those years right after the recession. They have to know social media. They have to have great facility with all the latest technologies.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

High School seniors (left to right) Hayley Striegel, Olivia Poplawski, Cheri Zheng-Fredericks and Julie Pignataro look for ways to verify information they’ve encountered on social media. My students are all about social media. My students are all about social media. Northport, N.Y.,

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly sharing five school districts’ private information with an advisory company while it was negotiating for the districts’ contracts.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “Should for-profit crash courses get federal funds? .”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOC hype deja vu.). Via LA School Report : “LAUSD credit recovery vendor finds strong demand for online makeup courses nationwide.” of Mississippi Students Stage Sit-In Over Racist Social-Media Post.” CodeSpark has raised $4.1

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

” São Paulo has approved a bill that would allow companies to manufacture school uniforms and sell branding and sponsorship opportunities on the clothing. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). A call to rebrand MOOCs , from Edsurge. The company, formerly known as SlideRule, has raised $11.2

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free – and Be Financially Sustainable? “ Do Online Courses Really Save Money? The company sells a tablet for use in prison. The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via Education Week : “How an Online Tutor Became a ‘Math Celebrity’ ” Via Edsurge : “ CSU and California Community Colleges Partner on a Tool to Find Transferable Online Courses.” Learnosity has raised $18.8

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Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via WCTI12.com ” “ MOOCs Started Out Completely Free. Via The New York Times : “ Dolly Parton College Course Combines Music, History and Appalachia Pride.” The math tutoring company has previously raised $4.7 Where Are They Now?”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

That’s not what Didion meant to do, of course. Bush ), and the invocation of facts, evidence, and expertise in political arguments (particularly those arguments on social media) is now interpreted as bias rather objectivity. Of course it did. Fads fade, of course. Or MOOCs even. That famous Arthur C.

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

” At least the e-cigarette company (which targets teens) offers a social-emotional learning curriculum, right? Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The New York Post : “Education department investigating high school’s online courses.” Because of course.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

” But of course, that’s not quite true: my first introduction to Papert's work was actually a decade earlier, when I sat at an Apple II and taught a Turtle how to move about the screen. ” This argument is, of course, ridiculously daft, as “the liberal arts” has historically included math and science.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ MOOCs May Still Be Reshaping Higher Education, Just Not In the Way That Was Initially Predicted.” ” “Big Online Courses Have a Problem. There’s more MOOC news in the contests and competition section below.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via Techcrunch : “ Amazon opens its internal machine learning courses to all for free.” ” “Stop Asking About Completion Rates: Better Questions to Ask About MOOCs in 2019,” says Edsurge. .” The company has raised $16.6

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Via the AP: “A new federal lawsuit by Pennsylvania ’s attorney general says the nation’s largest student loan company engaged in abusive practices that have cost borrowers billions of dollars.” ” The largest student loan company is Navient. She’s an investor in a company that targets that group.)

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Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

Because of course. Prior to the department spending $6 million on iPads, Apple spent more than $5300 on meals and lodging for state Superintendent Mark Johnson and five other education officials to visit the company’s HQ. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Also to be expected. Yes, I can.)

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Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Via Education Week : “ FCC Chair Moves to Block E-Rate Funds for Companies Deemed ‘Security Risk’ ” (State and Local) Education Politics. Via Inside Higher Ed : “The State Department is proposing to ask additional questions of visa applicants regarding their social media usage.” ”). .”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

” “Make MOOCs great again.” ” Shares in for-profit higher education companies were up on news of Trump’s election. ” Via AFR : “ Peter Thiel’s company Palantir Defense could win contracts under Donald Trump.” Inside Higher Ed profiles homework help company Course Hero.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

That’s not the story that DeVos wants to tell, of course.). SoFi : a student loan company and one of the most well-funded ed-tech companies out there sure seems swell. ” This “Toronto man” is Erwin Sniedzins, who runs an ed-tech company called Mount Knowledge. Go, School Sports Team!

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Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

I’ve never seen an education story receive quite as much attention from non-educators on social media. Of course, some education reform proponents want to frame DeVos as “ mainstream ,” but she’s far from it. ( His rather disastrous business history in ed-tech includes SoftKey and The Learning Company.

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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.” The ruling, which referred to players as employees, found that they must be freely allowed to post on social media, discuss issues of their health and safety, and speak with the media.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Here is venture capital well spent: “ Coursera Promotes Its ‘Affordable Online Courses’ With New TV Ad Spots ,” says Class Central. ” The company in question: edX. tl;dr: emailing them, holding webinars, using social media.

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