ProfHacker

APRIL 4, 2017

What I really like about this book is that it takes a really broad approach to open, including Open Pedagogy, Open Teaching, Open Access, and Open Data. Sponsored by the AAC&U , it is “a connectivist MOOC” around open learning. There are a number of ways to participate, including Twitter chats, AMA, and Hangouts.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

With less than a week until the storytelling-themed keynote kicks things off, we combed through the sessions, workshops and talks that will be filling our heads, and our Twitter feeds, in the days to come. The Evolution of MOOCs: Six Years Later : Are MOOCs still around? Higher Ed 11:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. A Flipped Future?

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

This spyware extracts an incredible amount of information from students, including their biometric data, audio, and video, and then runs it through proprietary algorithms designed to identify suspicious behavior that might signal cheating. We're quite literally asking students to install spyware on their machines. Unfathomable. Impenetrable.

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Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

” Some of these experimental sites included MOOCs and coding bootcamps. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Assessing the Travel Ban : What New Data on Overseas Recruitment Does – and Doesn’t – Tell Us.” More on certifications in the MOOC section above. ” Education in the Courts.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

edX - www.edex.org - MOOC site, courses are all free, people who teach the courses are from Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, University of Texas, etc. Coursera is another option for higher ed MOOCS. Close to 10% of students got into MIT by excelling in a MOOC. District #5 : Kindergarten teachers started class Twitter accounts!

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 27, 2016

Today at 8pm GMT, the second #EDENchat of 2016 will be live on Twitter. 3) How are MOOCs and other massive open study opportunities changing or influencing out thinking as educators? Are we in danger of being left behind if our organisation/institution is not involved in MOOCs? 4) Is open content truly 'free'?

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2017

MOOCs, technology infusion projects, online masters or pathways to credit, research. It's difficult to assess overall efficacy when data is not transparent. Palmer: Make sure all initiatives map to the cornerstone plan at their institution. Owens: Impact tech enhanced education on campus and beyond. Know where your audience is.

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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. And students are changing.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2016

Twitter activity during the hour was also very energetic, so I Storified it. Data and ownership of one’s web space, being wary of silos, should be discussed now. One mentioned that their institution used to host WordPress locally, but is now exploring externally hosted social media (Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc).

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ProfHacker

APRIL 26, 2017

Watch recording below (or read the storify by Robert Schuwer, and some crowd-curated select quotes from blogs Twitter and the hangout itself): This conversation was sparked by controversy over David Wiley’s initial blogpost (he has since revised his view) on what open pedagogy is, as part of the #YearOfOpen invited posts.

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I was there for a few reasons, starting with having the fine opportunity to lead a pre conference workshop, followed by presenting on two panels, helping out with a Twitter component, and reconnecting with dozens of friends and colleagues. On Twitter several people, on site and out of country, praised open as a business model.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2016

Twitter activity during the hour was also very energetic, so I Storified it. Data and ownership of one’s web space, being wary of silos, should be discussed now. One mentioned that their institution used to host WordPress locally, but is now exploring externally hosted social media (Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 7, 2012

What does it mean to take control and manage your own data? Systems like Twitter and Google Apps for Edu are using and selling your data. Moocs are something to look at for moving more toward a culture of sharing. Publishers are taking what we share openly and turning it around to us at horrendous markups.

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 7, 2015

isn’t simply limited to YouTube either (though it does work seamlessly there); Khan, Vimeo, and several MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) platforms work as well. Or reach out to us on Twitter to share your story: @NatalieFranzi and @SteveFigurelli. Follow her on Twitter: @NatalieFranzi. Follow him on Twitter: @SteveFigurelli.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2015

You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20. Saturday, May 2nd at 12pm CR20 LIVE Weekly Show - Featured Teacher: Lisa Parisi , Classroom 2.0 LIVE is an opportunity to gather with other member of the community in regular "live" web meetings. Details to join the webinar at [link]. Register for free today at [link].

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

Please share in the comments or via Twitter. ”. For context, we need to go a little father back, to the piece last week on Wired– The Techies Who Are Hacking Education by Homeschooling Their Kids –that is getting a lot of run on twitter recently. Your thoughts on this? –homeschool? Adaptive learning apps.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Our current obsession with educational data has its roots in very similar attempts: to quantify. Every time you hear someone talk about “student data,” imagine them saying “students’ life blood” instead. But I face them all the time, particularly on Twitter. You invoke history, sure. I hope not.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, doctoral student research, library and information center "tours," and more! We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses.

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The Web20Classroom

OCTOBER 28, 2013

MOOCs, STEM education, data gathering, and more. There will be lots of discussions on Twitter too. All the major sessions are livestreamed and you can add your thoughts, ideas and reflections too. WISE Polls: [link] The polls are simple. Pressing questions in education are raised here.

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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. Twitter’s also a fine place to chat (I’m @BryanAlexander ). That’s not where the chapter begins.

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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. Education Data and Learning Analytics. The “New Economy” Credentialing. Inequality.

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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. Follow her on Twitter at @TeachitRalph. By Stephen Downes, National Research Council. It is one to watch for in 2017.

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ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The report is available for download without monetary charge and without collection of your personal data. Additionally, the report is disappointing in its approach to data privacy as a matter of equity in learning technologies in that it is largely not mentioned in the report at all. MOOCs vs Open textbooks).

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Claims on Twitter : Students read a tweet and explain why it might or might not be a useful source of information. News on Twitter : Students consider tweets and determine which is the most trustworthy. Claims on YouTube: Students watch a short video and explain why they might not trust a video that makes a contentious claim. .

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Hack Education

AUGUST 19, 2016

One of the big stories this week: the US Department of Education ’s announcement about which “non-traditional providers” ( MOOCs , coding bootcamps ) will be eligible for financial aid as part of its EQUIP experiment. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Education Politics. Innovation!

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Learning with 'e's

APRIL 16, 2015

Don''t get me wrong, it wasn''t like MOOCs or anything, but it was a pretty strong response from a simple blog post. You can see it for yourself at Twitter hashtag #ds106. What is the secret behind the success of MOOCs? Not sure MOOCs are a success, do we have any real sense of that?

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Bryan Alexander

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

It describes a meeting of MOOC evangelists, several university leaders, and the press at the Carnegie Corporation’s offices. [T]he If you sympathize with this Revolution, or with MOOCs, this is a moving affirmation. The MOOC movement (or moment) is one tool for accomplishing this. The epilogue is quite simple.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 17, 2018

One Problem: The Data Aren’t All There.” ” One huge problem with the new mobile version of the FAFSA : you can’t use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool on it. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. (National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The University of Iceland has joined edX. But he’s still welcome on college campuses and Twitter. This week’s Uber news, via Bloomberg : “ Uber Paid Hackers to Delete Stolen Data on 57 Million People.” Will they make it happen?

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). That is, major social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter increasingly made it difficult for ThinkUp to work with their APIs. Who owns your data – whether it’s social media or school-related? ” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

“The Year of the MOOC” – I was summoned to Palo Alto, California for a small gathering to discuss the future of teaching, learning, and technology. With enough data and some machine learning, you can identify – statistically – the most common obstacles. Let me begin with a story. Efficiency.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Funding data about “learn to code” startups can be found at funding.hackeducation.com. “Hardly Anyone Wants to Take a Liberal Arts MOOC,” Edsurge informed its readers in February. ”) As Data & Society wrote in November , Pay attention to online gig work because it is dramatically reshaping our society.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “A Product at Every Price: A Review of MOOC Stats and Trends in 2017.” ” There’s more MOOC news in the certification section below. I’m also putting some MOOC news in the job training section.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

The Huffington Post filed Twitter’s response to Ivanka Trump ’s announcement under “comedy.” In the future, you might want to look for most MOOC-related news in the “business of job training” section below. ” Also via The Chronicle : “How 2 Professors Used Data to Improve Their Courses.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ California Should Watch Arkansas Process for Creating New Online Institution,” says Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill. danah boyd has announced that she’ll be stepping down from running her research organization Data & Society. Apple had a thing.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via Edsurge : “With a Year of Crisis Text Line Data, California Community Colleges Launch Mental Health Program.” ” “ Twitter is funding college professors to audit its platform for toxicity,” writes The Verge.

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