Edsurge
MAY 25, 2020
Insights that derive from dialog between K-12, higher education, and online-learning providers could well shape instructional practices for the better as students return to school, whether in a classroom or over Zoom. Think of your courses as a set of units and lessons, with each lesson broken into a set of activities organized by time.
Digital Promise
MAY 20, 2016
We conceived of this crowdsourced design project as part of a massive open online course (MOOC) on Canvas Network and sought out an all volunteer team of designers, facilitators, and subject matter experts to help us. The four key factors: Use a real-world instructional design challenge. The Impact.
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Edsurge
APRIL 27, 2023
About 10 years ago, when big-name colleges were rushing to put out free online courses known as MOOCs, some proponents considered having Hollywood celebrities deliver them. But he hopes that such tools are used like textbooks or instructional materials, not as replacements for human instructors. “If
Doug Levin
MAY 12, 2015
I don’t fret much at all over some of what Clark raises: the acceptance and/or lack of broader cheer-leading for Wikipedia, MOOCs, or Khan Academy as success stories. K-12 context, individual teacher’s choices about instructional materials are constrained by district and state policy anyway. K-12 context.
Edsurge
JULY 20, 2017
alone, there are 13,000 instructional designers. Instructional design is experiencing a renaissance. As online course platforms proliferate, institutions of all shapes and sizes realize that they’ll need to translate content into digital forms. A 2016 report funded by the Gates Foundation found that in the U.S.
Iterating Toward Openness
NOVEMBER 8, 2017
These are purchasing programs in which “institutions are signing up whole classes of students to automatically receive digital course materials at a discounted rate, rather than purchasing individually.” ” What problem does the inclusive access model purport to solve? The inappropriately high cost of textbooks.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 7, 2018
Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ Texas , a Prized K–12 Market , Approves Wave of Instructional Materials.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Rather Harvard has outsourced instruction to the for-profit company Trilogy Education. million total. Edcast has raised $33.6
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