Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

A researcher, theorist, educator, Siemens is the digital learning guy. He’s credited with co-teaching the first MOOC in 2008, introduced the theory of “connectivism”—the idea that knowledge is distributed across digital networks—and spearheaded research projects about the role of data and analytics in education.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The second principle is perhaps even more interesting and relates to personal metrics: "As mobile learning is a blend of the digital and physical, diverse metrics (i.e., Gathering ''big data'' from learning analytics is perhaps the motherlode for most large scale course providers such as EdX , Udacity and Coursera (MOOC platforms).

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2016

With a team of developers, designers, behavioral scientists, data scientists and student fellows, DIG helps translate digital engagement tools from innovation to infrastructure. Worrying over questions about culture, data and technology could easily constrain our thinking from the start. Then consider constraints.

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Advocacy Software MOOC Learning Analytics 60

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 16, 2015

blogs, social media, learning objects, OERs, MOOCs, etc in this period. I think many MOOCs (and MOOC providers) will struggle to find a sustainable financial model in their current guise. 5) What is your response to the criticism of MOOCs (e.g. large scale dropouts, superficial learning)?

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Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Skepticism about the quality of online learning could migrate to the general population. And the MOOC numbers look like they’re rising. Unless the worm turns globally, I’d expect planet MOOC to keep growing in 2016. Big data and data analytics : interest in this is widespread and has some hefty power behind it.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) They’re supposedly “engines of innovation.”

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Analysis of Georgia Tech ’s MOOC-inspired online master’s in computer science suggests that institutions can successfully deliver high-quality, low-cost degrees to students at scale.” “Many are never the same.”

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Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

” Here DeMillo changes tack from neuroscience (chapter 3) and returns to technology, but not very much to MOOCs. The focus now is technology for personalized learning, including data analytics. “learning analytics will certainly be in widespread use by the time [this book] is published” (1796).

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2017

Now, also, as a large research institution, we've been collecting data about our students, really for decades and we have massive amounts of digital data. A few years ago, there was all this attention to MOOCs, and Michigan was a leader in that. Where do you see MOOCs fitting in now? You're trained as a physician.

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MOOC Data Training Learning Analytics 60

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Data Insecurity. Beyond the MOOC. The Compulsion for Data. School and “Skills” MOOCS, Outsourcing, and Online Education. Data and Privacy. MOOCs and Anti-MOOCs. Data vs Privacy. Learning to Code. Education Data and Learning Analytics. Personalization.

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Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 58

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

They can be something everybody uses; that’s how 2012 became the year of the MOOC, and why virtual reality will no doubt be widely cited as the trend of 2016. MOOCs continued to increase in number and attendance. Next page: edtech trends 6-10: Better content, small data and neuroscience). Conferences ran streaming video events.

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Trends EdTech MOOC Smartphone 111

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Indeed, Edutechnica, which also tracks LMS data, responds with their own numbers and says that Blackboard still has about two hundred more installations than Canvas and about a million more students using the software. Data, Surveillance, and Information Security.

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “New Student Visa Data Show Overall Declines.” ” There’s more financial aid news in the privacy section below – because, you guessed it, data breach. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). So much MOOC news! (Or “ MOOCs Are Global.

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MOOC Education Robotics Company 42

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). In related MOOC news, there's more on “ nanodegrees ” in the “credentialing” section below. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. ” [Insert Course Signals learning analytics joke here.]. .”

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Beyond the MOOC. The Compulsion for Data. School and “Skills” MOOCS, Outsourcing, and Online Education. Data and Privacy. . MOOCs and Anti-MOOCs. Data vs Privacy. Learning to Code. Education Data and Learning Analytics. Indie Ed-Tech. The Business of Ed-Tech.

Trends 40

Trends MOOC Khan Academy Maker Movement 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Chalkbeat investigates the Indiana Virtual School : “As students signed up, online school hired barely any teachers – but founder’s company charged it millions.” Educators Discuss Pros and Cons of Learning Analytics.”

Education 48

Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs for credit ! FutureLearn announced that two UK universities – the University of Leeds and the Open University – will offer MOOCs that will be accepted for college credit. For more on MOOCs for credit, see the “MOOCs” section above.

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Department of Education has released data showing there were 539 institutions placed on heightened cash monitoring as of Dec. More about the politics of education data – particularly regarding undocumented students – in the data and surveillance section below. More via Bloomberg.

MOOC 40

MOOC Education Robotics Report 40

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Educator’s Assessment Data Management System ( EADMS ) is merging with IO Education. The adaptive learning company has raised $4.57 Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. “Is Estonia the new Finland ?” ” So, sorta like a coding bootcamp?

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Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

.” I tweeted that the DACA database is one of the most important issues in ed-tech right now, and if you’re an ed-tech entrepreneur who says “nobody in ed-tech tracks immigration data,” you need to GTFO. Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.”

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Providers Will Need Permission to Collect Private Data.” Via the MIT Technology Review : “ AT&T Is Selling Law Enforcement Access to Its Customers’ Data.”

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40