Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2017

In deciding whether to join one or both of the two major MOOC platforms, edX or Coursera, some colleges created new positions to oversee those efforts and think about broader strategies around teaching and using other digital tools to improve the student experience.

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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

References and Resources Facebook: LU Social Media for Communication MOOC openeducation.blackboard.com: Search for Social Media Communications Tools for Educators MY THOUGHT : K-12 could really benefit from all the MOOCs out there in Coursera, edX, Canvas, etc, by allowing teachers to gain PD credit for completing them!

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2017

Interesting (to me, Sandy) that some digital learning groups/departments were created in the wake of Coursera. Resource : tltc.umd.edu Strategic approaches to communication helps. Bederson: Inspires & supports effective teaching, equitable teaching, efficient teaching, and engaging teaching. Applies to U. Maryland and U Penn.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Beyond coursework, students swim in a flux of data, buffeted by phone calls, text messages, Facebook updates, Twitter tweets, news crawls, and other sources. Another is the rise of the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) or online instructional platforms like edX, Coursera, or Udacity. Or must they take a leave of absence?

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

Coursera is another option for higher ed MOOCS. High school library prediction - Librarians will become resources to help students find online courses. I have a resource for you. District #5 : Kindergarten teachers started class Twitter accounts! Here is Mrs. Cook''s Twitter. Click here to see all of them.)

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Our Twitter hashtag is #stemx13, and we have some resources for publicizing at [link]. MP3 and MP4 versions will be available as well as the full Blackboard Collaborate recordings, although they take some days to process. Spreading the word : this a free event, so be sure to tell others! See you online!

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 15, 2014

More importantly, I'd like to see those competencies focus on the skills needed in a globalized, information-rich economy – skills like empathy, collaboration, information literacy, critical thinking, resourcefulness, communication, and creativity.” ” Melissa Gedney. League of Innovative Schools. ” Robert Bajor.

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Headline changed from “ Coursera ’s Update Will Eliminate Hundreds of Courses” to “Coursera’s Update Will Migrate Hundreds of Courses to a New Platform.” ” Coursera, initially only emailing former students about their old course work, decided finally to blog about its platform change.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

In this collection, you'll find hand-picked, regularly updated resources to help you better understand and practice news literacy. At the top, there are featured resources as well as more comprehensive curricula. one of our favorite resources. Finding and Using Credible, Authoritative, and Diverse Sources. E.S.C.A.P.E.

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

Robots don’t just roll into the human resources department on their own accord, ready to outperform others. It just hooked them all up on Twitter.). When Thrun first invited us all to this event – about ten of us – he promised that at the end of the weekend, we would take a ride in a zeppelin over San Francisco.

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” (Probably worth checking out Sara Goldrick-Rab’s comments on Twitter about this one.). ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Big HR news about Coursera in the HR section below. Coursera has a new CEO: Jeff Maggioncalda. Athletics director, head coach ordered to each pay $100,000.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Department of Education is looking for nonprofit organizations to help support its #GoOpen campaign to nurture state and district take-up of ‘open’ educational resources ,” says EdWeek’s Market Brief. Via Techcrunch : “ Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support specialists.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

It is the instructional designer and tenured professor’s signal — “to the barricades!” — and everyone snipes at the other side from the Twitter trenches for a week, until there’s an unspoken truce that lasts until the next “ban laptops” op-ed gets published. They recorded school resource officers. Ed-Tech Startup Accelerators.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

” That’s former Pearson exec Larry Singer , who now runs Open Up Resources. Coursera co-founder “ Andrew Ng officially launches his $175M AI Fund,” says Techcrunch. .” Edsurge on “An Education ‘Intrapreneur’ on the Difficulties Innovating in a Conservative Industry.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

.” Via The New York Times : “ Kremlin Cash Behind Billionaire’s Twitter and Facebook Investments.” ” Via The Guardian : “ Russia funded Facebook and Twitter investments through Kushner associate.” And there’s some human resources news in the HR section below too.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Coursera announces on its blog that it’s expanding to Brazil. Here’s Coursera arguing “Why Everyone Should Learn Sales.” “The Real Goal of Open Educational Resources” by Stephen Downes. .” “Whatever Happened To MOOCs ?” ” asks Stanford’s Larry Cuban.

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Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

” The curriculum company Great Minds is appealing a lawsuit in which it claimed that FedEx had violated the “open” in its open educational resources by making copies. Coursera has a new partner , the insurance company AXA , which will offer some 300 Coursera classes to its employees.

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