Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

A researcher, theorist, educator, Siemens is the digital learning guy. 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.

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Digital Learning Technology MOOC Learning Analytics 60

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Speakers from Newsela, New Market Venture Partners and Academic Business Advisors open up about how the lightning-fast pace of edtech development requires companies to produce evidence for schools in a shortened time frame. The Evolution of MOOCs: Six Years Later : Are MOOCs still around? Higher Ed 11:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m.

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Bryan Alexander

MARCH 30, 2016

At the University of Mary Washington Jim inspired the edupunk movement, and then invented and taught the famous digital storytelling counter-MOOC DS106. And now he’s moved to Italy, where he helps run the innovative and excellent Reclaim Hosting company. He also kicked off the Domain of One’s Own movement.

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Digital Learning MOOC Learning Company 40

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Newkirk calls his company Acuitus , in hopes of encouraging sharpness of thought. He co-founded the company in 1999 with Maria Machado, who also got her start in the semiconductor industry before turning her attention to education. Even in more normal times, Newkirk’s overall strategy has limitations.

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Education Learning Software Knewton 214

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Given the current trends, the U.S. Even as technology can help students, there are plenty of instances where it can also lead to dead ends: Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) did not make it possible for anyone on the planet to get the equivalent of a Stanford University degree for free. By 2020, 65 percent of U.S.

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MOOC Digital Learning Outcomes EdTech 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

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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Training Trends MOOC Learning 60

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

In fact, if we pull back from the immediate horrors of this moment, the move to online learning has actually been underway since around 2010, when universities and private entrepreneurs first began to experiment with Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs.

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MOOC Education Coursera Course 176

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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Trends EdTech MOOC Smartphone 111

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Just as formal education systems made a dramatic shift to digital since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, on-the-job training is changing as well. The same forces that transformed classrooms have accelerated the adoption of more digital learning in workplace training—advancing a trend that was already underway.

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Learning Training Digital Badges Coursera 167

Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

For the past decade, I've churned out a multi-part series on the dominant trends and narratives. It’s not that these things are necessarily trends; it’s that certain folks very much hope they will be. Cengage and McGraw-Hill announced a merger that would make the new company the second largest textbook publisher in the US.

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Technology Pearson Education MOOC 67

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2016

Just call your credit card company and ask for an extension on your line of credit, instructors purportedly told students. In 2004, the mantra might have been “everyone should learn real estate”; now it’s “everyone should learn to code.” What are MOOCs, for example? What are we promising?

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Conference Course MOOC Technology 63

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

APRIL 6, 2018

Via Education Week : “ FCC Chair Moves to Block E-Rate Funds for Companies Deemed ‘Security Risk’ ” (State and Local) Education Politics. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “The MOOC is not dead, but maybe it should be,” says Rolin Moe. 3DBear has raised $1.5

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Education MOOC E-rate Data 45

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Via the AP : “One of the nation’s largest student loan servicing companies may have driven tens of thousands of borrowers struggling with their debts into higher-cost repayment plans. the nation’s third-largest student loan servicing company.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Education LMS Robotics E-rate 52

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Via Politico : “A complex legal battle involving dozens of debt collection companies fighting over contracts with the Education Department has essentially suspended the government’s ability to collect defaulted student loans , the Trump administration disclosed in a court filing on Monday night.”

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

” “ State educational technology directors have outlined ambitious targets for increasing school bandwidth capacity in an effort to support digital learning and bridge the technology divide that exists in schools and in students’ homes,” says Education Week. ” The company in question: edX.

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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. Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “How Much Hollywood Glitz Should Colleges Use in Their Online Courses ?” Shernaz Daver , Udacity ’s chief marketing officer, is leaving the company. “ Are Big Tech Companies Doing Right by America’s Students? .” IP concerns.

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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. ” Via Education Week : “Security Companies Sell School ‘Hardening’ as Mass-Shooting Solution.” The language learning company has raised $12.5 million total.

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