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Pros and Cons of Using eLearning Software in Your Classroom

Educational Technology Guy

Study in real-time eLearning exceeds borders, covers distances between people, and fills their knowledge gaps at the same time. All you need is a device and software, like Google Hangouts Meet, Zoom, Join.me, GoToMeeting, or other tools that facilitate studying. Follow me on Twitter and Google+. Let’s consider some reasons why.

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Best Professional Development Tools for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

The web is teeming with social and professional platforms where you can network with other professionals in your field most important of these platforms are Twitter, LinkedIn, and Researchgate. Among these platforms are :EdX, Coursera, Udemy, Khan Academy, Class Central, OpenYale Courses, Open MIT Courseware, MasterClass, among others.

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Guest post: Caston Binger Explains How the Digital Revolution Has Transformed Education

EdTech4Beginners

Students can find information on any topic they study with a simple Google search. Additionally, social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram allow students to connect with other students and educators worldwide. One great example of this is the website Coursera. Easier For Students To Access information.

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What Happens When Ed-Tech Forgets? Some Thoughts on Rehabilitating Reputations

Hack Education

"I don't even know why we study history. Despite the failure of AllLearn, in 2014, Levin was named the CEO of Coursera. A critic of the company, Linkletter posted links to unlisted YouTube videos — that is, publicly available information — on Twitter. Coursera founder Daphne Koller. And guess who else is back?

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Designing Organizations to Support Tech on Campus #SXSWedu

EdTechSandyK

Interesting (to me, Sandy) that some digital learning groups/departments were created in the wake of Coursera. It's more work for students, even though studies show they learn more from it. Bederson: Inspires & supports effective teaching, equitable teaching, efficient teaching, and engaging teaching. Applies to U.

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Millennials: The Straw That Will Stir Higher Education’s Next Disruption

EdNews Daily

Beyond coursework, students swim in a flux of data, buffeted by phone calls, text messages, Facebook updates, Twitter tweets, news crawls, and other sources. Internship and work-study programs have a long history and are common at many institutions. In some ways, this is nothing new.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” (Edsurge, for what it’s worth, shares investors with Class Central, Udacity, and Coursera (although there’s no disclosure on that article to that end) – funny how the narratives about the “revolutionary” potential of MOOCs get spread, eh?).

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