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3 ways crowdfunding is reshaping the US edtech landscape

eSchool News

Crowdfunding is providing opportunities for new learning methods. Previously, students were confined to learning in the classroom or reading a textbook. Nowadays there are so many online learning courses available from places like Khan Academy or Coursera.

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How to Get Your Kid into Computer Programming

Kyle Pace

This makes the learning process less overwhelming and allows the child to fully understand each concept. Utilize Online Learning Resources: Several online platforms offer coding lessons tailored for kids. Websites like Khan Academy, Code.org, and Coursera can be excellent resources.

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Who's afraid of the big bad MOOC?

Learning with 'e's

Next came the institutional versions, the xMOOCs, which borrowed the 'free at the point of delivery' open and online model but emphasised formal assessment and accreditation (which is clearly where the money is). Quasi versions of open online learning already existed, such as the incredibly popular video based Khan Academy content.

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Three tools for “in-text” video analysis and why it matters

NeverEndingSearch

For many of us, the go-to platform for learning and sharing is video. We learn from TED Talks, the Khan Academy, as well as the growing number of videos we ourselves create for flipped. plays especially nicely with Coursera, Udacity, edX, Khan Academy, Vimeo, and YouTube.

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Notes from Leadership for the Digital Age with Alan November - Day 2

EdTechSandyK

Notes from the Discussion We no longer have to go to school if we want to learn. Coursera is another option for higher ed MOOCS. High school library prediction - Librarians will become resources to help students find online courses. Part of function of library will be to become an online learning center.

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Self-Study with Video-Assisted Learning

myViewBoard

Therefore, it probably means that self-learners will want to limit the length of their videos to around six minutes, and in fact, many online learning sites limit video presentations to around this amount of time. Khan Academy is also highly popular, as is T EDEd.

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?Are We Recreating Segregated Education Online?

Edsurge

A single mom in middle America could learn to code from Google instructor. Unless we carefully examine where we put the paywalls and how we cultivate diverse student bodies in our online learning experiences, we risk transposing the same patterns of inequity that have plagued in-person education into our digital classrooms.

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