Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

Of course, the money the company is raising is very real—nearly $520 million. Growth Is on the Agenda The company started nine years ago amid a hype around free MOOCs , or massive open online courses, some of which drew hundreds of thousands of students each. billion according to PitchBook, plans to do now. There are 1.3

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2018

A majority of online students visit campus to access services and support, or to attend events and in-person courses, in a true blending of online and in-person. Additionally, in another example of blending of online and in-person education, Coursera has begun a pilot offering its online MOOC courses to students at its campus partners.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

But it also emerged from what he calls a “dark time” at his university, when budget cuts seemed certain to reduce the number of professors in his department, thus restricting the courses it could offer. It’s a new kind of MOOC, and it’s a new kind of philosophy,” he says. We’ve had a lot of budget issues,” he says. “It

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

An entire graduate course at Stanford University explores the principles for designing spaces that support learning. Unfortunately, most massive open online course (MOOC) platforms still feel like drafty lecture halls instead of intimate seminar rooms. I think we’ve seen this reemergence—unintentionally—in the form of MOOCs.

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MindShift

APRIL 25, 2016

For all the promises of online courses disrupting education, completion rates are notoriously low. Some studies found that about five percent of those enrolled in massive open online courses (known as MOOCs) completed the course. In many cases, the librarians learned alongside students as they completed the course. “In

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2018

Teachers can engage in a meaningful way by joining a book study massive online open course, on books such as The Innovator’s Mindset , Learner-Centered Innovation and Empower: What Happens When Students Own Their Learning. Local community makerspaces, libraries and universities are all possible allies.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Sarma is familiar with large data sets and tough technical challenges—he helped develop the RFID tags that track inventories in libraries and big box stores. EdSurge: When MOOCs started a few years ago, researchers were excited to learn from the data generated from all of these online learners. Then later we started building MOOCs.]

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The Shake Up Learning Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Think of ways this could be used in programs both in and outside of your own schools like the YMCA, tutoring programs, community sports, and libraries. Of course, Google Classroom would also make a great tool for the lit circles within our classes and on our campus. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC).

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EdTech4Beginners

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The appearance of massive open online courses (MOOCs) mean that it’s possible to study film-making online among other niche topics. In the future, teaching courses will make sure to prepare teachers for current and future technologies so there is no barrier to entry. Open Ended Education. The Future Is Social.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2021

Also driving that growth is Coursera for Campus, which the company launched in late 2019 to let colleges offer its library of online courses to their students. The near-simultaneous emergence of these three led The New York Times to call 2012 “The Year of the MOOCs,” short for massive open online courses.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2018

A few weeks after EdSurge probed the company about the silence, Amazon opened up the resource library to the public. According to a company spokesperson, these fees are applicable for “the vast majority of courses that are part of Specializations as well as for a small selection of courses outside of Specializations.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Our third Library 2.019 mini-conference, "Emerging Technology," will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, October 30th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to register now to participate in this event.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2020

Of course, millions of students had already moved to online courses over the last several years, in programs that were either aimed at specific skill-building or in programs that offered greater flexibility (and affordability) than can typically be found in on-campus settings. Related: Will this semester forever alter college?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2013

This is the official call for presentation proposals for the Library 2.013 Worldwide Virtual Conference, October 18 - 19, 2013 (in some time zones the conference will conclude on the 20th). How does your library manage digital collections? How does your library manage digital collections? Is your library mobile friendly?

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2022

“Now is the time,” said a recent promotional email from Udemy, a library of online courses. The ad promised courses on coding websites and minting NFTs for cut rates as low as $13.99, but only during a two-day “flash sale.” Today, the rise of online education means courses can be taken on-demand, and at low cost.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Please consider joining us for this special Library 2.0 OVERVIEW: Library marketing can be effective without the expense of hiring a marketing and PR firm. OVERVIEW: Library marketing can be effective without the expense of hiring a marketing and PR firm. You will first need to be a member of Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 24, 2019

We have two new Library 2.0 First is the return of Dr. Steve Albrecht with " Coaching Skills for Library Managers and Supervisors: Getting Better Performance and Behavior From Your Employees One Meeting at a Time " on February 12th. OVERVIEW : Library marketing can be effective without the expense of hiring a marketing and PR firm.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

When there’s a need for information or new skills, employees today are increasingly turning to instantly accessible sources such as search engines and online course libraries available on their mobile devices. You get an introduction to a topic, apply it, do a short video or course, then apply that.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2021

Ten years ago when two Stanford professors started Coursera , many of the big-name colleges the company partnered with offered few online courses. And the courses they put on Coursera were done mainly as goodwill outreach—free offerings to help spread knowledge to those who couldn’t afford a campus experience.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

50 Free Online Courses For Teachers: Spring 2015. Below is a list of 50 free online courses for teachers for Spring 2015, aggregated by Class Central. Education, Mini-Course III: Accountability and National Standards. Teaching Library Research Strategies. LA101x: Library Advocacy Unshushed. by Class Central.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 19, 2017

We're excited to announce our third Library 2.017 mini-conferences: "Makerspaces," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, October 11th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). There has been a lot of talk about makerspaces in libraries over the past four years. and at the Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 12, 2015

With technology changing so rapidly, how can libraries, organizations, and individuals stay abreast of the economic, social, and ethical ramifications of innovations and prepare successfully for the future? The MOOC had a massive global reach, but “there is a need to continue to prepare for the emerging future,” stated Alman.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2018

Customers can now pay a monthly fee to get access to a library of content. This means that the educators who spend time designing the curriculum and building the course earn pennies on the dollar compared to the profits now earned by the Silicon Valley platforms where the courses are hosted.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. Instead of being limited to my teaching and our textbook, we’d have access to an entire planet of experts.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2018

He also objects to a push by some British universities to break course material down into key competencies. “We Other scholars have applied the McDonaldization framework to a variety of academic institutions and disciplines—to nursing education , academic libraries , and specific U.S. institutions, including Arizona State University.

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The PL2C Blog

AUGUST 24, 2015

Instructional Technology Coaches Shape Their Future During a MOOC-Ed. Based on context and role, participants used the ITCAP template to create their personal coaching vision and goals, along with specific activities and steps extrapolated from the weekly MOOC-Ed content and their experiences. Of course, there is a downside.

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2017

Growing Trend It’s not exactly a movement yet, but MEDSKL is part of a small trend of discipline-focused video libraries. For instance, Marginal Revolution University , created by two economics professors at George Mason University, offers a growing catalogue of free video-based economics courses via its website.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 29, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Join this free Library Journal webcast covering the highlights of each one and offering key takeaways. Register here.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

A report titled “Making Digital Learning Work” by Arizona State University found that online courses saved institutions up to 50 percent on average credit hour costs, but the study only looked at large-scale efforts. Some proposed furthering real savings through virtual solutions, such as VR labs and libraries.

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Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

The chapter is entitled “Map of the World”, and focuses on the rise of open courseware ( MIT OCW ) and MOOCs, with notes on flipped classes, Khan Academy , gaming (via Dragon Box ), and the Minerva Project (now Minerva Schools at KG ). Emails from far-flung and variously challenged students happy with MOOCs appear.

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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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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

edX - www.edex.org - MOOC site, courses are all free, people who teach the courses are from Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, University of Texas, etc. Coursera is another option for higher ed MOOCS. November''s son is taking courses through edX and will get an associate''s degree from Harvard. Click here to see all of them.)

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Edsurge

MAY 10, 2018

Smith: A college is a vertical stack, and if you go back 50 or 60 years, colleges cooked their own food, they mowed their own lawns, they stocked their own libraries and they controlled their own faculty, or their own faculty controlled them. Libraries are now completely different than they were even 25 years ago.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2016

As more adults than ever before enroll in postsecondary education programs and a variety of players—from bootcamps to online and mobile course providers—offer options tailored to match adults’ work and family circumstance, traditional colleges and universities have struggled to keep pace.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 25, 2012

Library 2.012 ( [link] ) October 3 - 5, 2012 In its second year, the Library 2.012 conference is a unique chance to participate in a global conversation on the current and future state of libraries. Huge thank to the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at San José State University, the founding conference sponsor!

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Even MOOCs have a professor, even if it might be one for 100,000 people. You were sitting at the computer, and were you looking at MOOCs from other colleges, or were you tapping the person next to you to ask a question? One of the first projects that students do would be to recode parts of the C library. How did you learn?

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

Think of ways this could be used in programs both in and outside of your own schools like the YMCA, tutoring programs, community sports, and libraries. Of course, Google Classroom would also make a great tool for the lit circles within our classes and on our campus. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC).

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