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George Siemens and David Wiley Join Forces for a MOOC About Open Education

Edsurge

Since the New York Times named 2012 the year of massive open online courses (MOOCs), millions have flocked to platforms offering them such as edX and Coursera. The six-week long MOOC will touch on topics including open educational resources (OER), open pedagogy and practice, open knowledge and open research. What won’t it cover?

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition)

Doug Levin

He anticipates needing to purchase around 2,000 to meet that goal. government, yet 92 percent of its most popular sites fail to meet basic standards for security, speed, mobile friendliness, or accessibility. Case in point: Chrome extensions gone bad. Tagged on: March 9, 2017 Belgrade schools may tap $1.5M

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via the Journal & Courier : “Legislation that set the stage for Purdue's dive into online higher ed also exempts ‘New U’ from state’s open meetings, public records laws. I missed this news earlier in April, via Class Central : financial aid applications for Coursera take at least 15 days.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Inside Higher Ed : “ University of Oregon officials offer to pardon students who drowned out the president’s speech last month if they meet with administrators.” ” That is, some schools are having “ scrum meetings ,” or something. .” (Selling it to his daughters, that is.).

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. Teachers Are Moonlighting As Instagram Influencers To Make Ends Meet,” Buzzfeed reported in 2018. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon. The Teacher Influencer Hustle.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

He was an instructor in one of several high-profile Coursera failures back in 2013. ” From Lumen Learning’s David Wiley : “Some Lessons Learned Supporting OER Adoption.” According to the conservative news site The Daily Caller , “Bailing On Common Core Tests Is Costing States Millions.”

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Education Technology and the Promise of 'Free' and 'Open'

Hack Education

Remember in 2012 when Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller said in her TED Talk that her company’s goal was to “take the best courses from the best instructors at the best universities and provide it to everyone around the world for free”? .” MOOCs are not particularly "open." The College Affordability Crisis.

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