The Principal of Change

AUGUST 6, 2017

I was truly blessed to grow up with a group of friends that not only supported me, but pushed me to be better, and I am still connected with many of them to this day. But what it takes to be successful, no matter, the definition, seems to be quite universal.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 16, 2015

My field was ArtificialIntelligence , but I started experimenting with online tutor groups, producing web pages, etc and migrated into educational technology (as many people did). blogs, social media, learning objects, OERs, MOOCs, etc in this period. I think the hype is definitely over. What are the success factors?

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

What do you think the whole MOOC thing George Siemens and I and others was about? Needless to say, these students are not roaming autodidacts who, left to their own (digital) devices, will thrive and succeed as “free range learners” in a world of MOOCs. We are focused on the advantages of OER-enabled pedagogy.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

What critics say: Students are definitely taking a leap of faith that the upstart will be viewed favorably by employers. Instead, there will be large open spaces for laboratories, and areas designed for students to work in groups. The plan is to eventually scale up. What’s different: The campus will have no classrooms and no lectures.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

And look at examples of tangible rather than screen-based technologies that have been produced by groups like Paulo Blikstein’s Transformative Learning Technologies Lab. The field is so new that there are no definitive ways to do it “right” and lots of approaches are worth learning from.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

Education rewards patience, and one investor group has re-upped its coffers. He’s never been a fan of digital textbooks or MOOCs.) There’s a lot of creativity around targeted vocational programs that deliver a definite salary uplift and expand people’s life options,” he says. Following Edtech Money (in-depth report on U.S.

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Mark Smithers

DECEMBER 2, 2013

No doubt much of Kennedy’s thinking is informed by the University of Melbourne’s Coursera MOOCs that have very large numbers of students and, consequently, very little teacher to student interaction. The problem occurs with the definition of teachers and students. This is, obviously, a common trait of all large scale xMOOCS.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” Via The Intercept : “Chinese Corporation Alibaba Joins Group Ghostwriting American Laws.” ” Via The Washington Post : “Student loan servicing group sues D.C. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Developing Experts has raised $467,000 from Anglia Capital Group.

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

This would be far more interesting to mark, but definitely takes more time than marking a content-based, straightforward response which may be why it isn’t as common a practice as it could be. And it has to be an application of that knowledge rather than a regurgitation of it.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) But first, a definition (or two) might be helpful. platforms are digital infrastructures that enable two or more groups to interact. One might ask, I suppose, if LMSes are platforms.

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Mark Smithers

DECEMBER 2, 2013

No doubt much of Kennedy’s thinking is informed by the University of Melbourne’s Coursera MOOCs that have very large numbers of students and, consequently, very little teacher to student interaction. The problem occurs with the definition of teachers and students. This is, obviously, a common trait of all large scale xMOOCS.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2016

At this point in the Forum we broke into small group discussions. A: Short answer: no, it’s definitely possible. He criticized the allure of universal solutions and totalizing narratives (the LMS, the MOOC). For more background on containers Jim recommended Marc Levinson’s book The Box (2006). A: Jim hoped so.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2016

At this point in the Forum we broke into small group discussions. A: Short answer: no, it’s definitely possible. He criticized the allure of universal solutions and totalizing narratives (the LMS, the MOOC). For more background on containers Jim recommended Marc Levinson’s book The Box (2006). A: Jim hoped so.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

In addition to new definitions, models, and strategies, citations and references will also be added periodically, as will updates, corrections, edits, and revisions. In short, differentiation is the process of personalizing universal learning goals for groups of students. Revisions: Persistently updated. ” (22). ” (9).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

I''m definitely sharing this with my colleagues and networks on this side of the planet. Ioana Literat Making International Education for Everyone - David Potter, Chief Development Officer TIC para enseñar y aprender - L.I. for each teacher would be great and then the link for the archived recording could be shared." Anonymous'

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

There’s really no agreed-upon definition of “personalized learning” after all , and as such no real way to measure how many or how well schools are actually implementing it. Whatever “it” is.

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Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

Freedman: I love where you started with the criticism of the MOOCs. I mean, MOOCs aren’t learning platforms, they’re distribution platforms. Setting very clear expectations around those things, norming and setting the goals and rules as a group so that everyone buys in is super-important. But I definitely would be interested.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Aftermath of the MOOC wars: Can commercial vendors support creative higher education ? ” Via The Kansas City Star : “ White nationalist group , seeking young recruits, targets college campuses.” Now, the hunt is on for the poopetrator.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

“The Federal Trade Commission on Friday filed a complaint against the academic journal publisher OMICS Group and two of its subsidiaries, saying the publisher deceives scholars and misrepresents the editorial rigor of its journals,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 29, 2013

event, but one which we support whole-heartedly, the second annual Connected Educator Month is a project of the Connected Online Communities of Practice working group formed by the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. There some definite excitement building. CONNECTED EDUCATOR MONTH October 2013 [link] Not technically a Web 2.0

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The Hechinger Report : “ Virtual charter schools need ‘bold action’ for change, says national charter school advocacy group.” There hadn’t been any education IPOs this year until China Online Education Group ’s this week.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Gotta keep that MOOC hype alive. “ MOOCs Find a New Audience with On-Campus Students,” Edsurge claims. Remember: robots for the elderly share a direct connection to MOOCs replacing higher ed.). ” More via The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Lots of MOOC PR appeared in the news this week. ” “What if MOOCs Revolutionize Education After All?” “Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” And more on MOOCs in the credentialing section below as well.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education. Altius Education.

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Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

” That’ll definitely bring back the coal jobs. ’” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Reminder: a lot of MOOC news is now job training news, so you’ll find some updates in that section below. Techtonic Group has raised $2 million from University Ventures and Zoma Capital.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Who might benefit from such a restrictive definition of universities? Because despite their marketing copy, it remains important to ask: how do employers, in and out of Silicon Valley, respond to these alt-credentials – to MOOC certificates and nanodegrees and microcredentials and badges? ” MOOCs for credit.

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” Via Buzzfeed : “The Education Department Quietly Invited Anti-LGBT Groups To A Father’s Day Event.” ” The groups, Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council , both advocate for “gay conversion therapy.” Horn write about this for Inside Higher Ed : “ For-Profit University 2.0.”

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

“ Apollo Education Group , the parent company of the University of Phoenix and Western International University , announced Thursday that it would eliminate the use of mandatory arbitration clauses in students’ enrollment agreements,” Inside Higher Ed reports. .” The Indian gaming company has raised $1.2

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

” I’ve looked at how for-profit colleges , MOOCs , and learn-to-code companies have tapped into these narratives in order to justify their products and services. These have all been separate articles in each series. “Tracking” – an educational practice that re-inscribed social inequalities. Training Ed-Tech.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” These headlines just kill me. ” More MOOC data in the “research” section below. The worst is definitely the Beloit Mindset List.) ” Via International Business Times : “Who Funds Conservative Campus Group Turning Point USA ?

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ XuetangX : A Look at China’s First and Biggest MOOC Platform.” ” Via The Wall Street Journal : “For-profit education company Apollo Education Group Inc. You’re definitely not making school even more awful.

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