Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2016

On March 30 we had Jim Groom as our Future Trends Forum guest. Q: Autumm Caines asked:”I’m getting ready to teach a 1st year seminar on digital citizenship. He criticized the allure of universal solutions and totalizing narratives (the LMS, the MOOC). And Jim blogged about it. A: Jim hoped so.

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Trends LMS Data MOOC 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2014

We''re about to announce three additional conferences for 2015: Maker Education, Reinventing Higher Ed, and Digital Citizenship. Are these trends common among families you know? The call for proposals is open until September 1st , so please share this opportunity with your colleagues. See you there!

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Google Game-Based Learning Libraries Conference 52

TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

New demands for digital citizenship. MOOCs, nanodegrees, etc. Education documentaries on Netflix (such as “Waiting for Superman”), which brings the “Ed reform” conversation to a broader audience. District-level BYOD programs. The adoption of blended learning approaches through learning management systems.

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Examples Classroom Maker Movement Social Media 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2015

Wednesday, April 29th at 4pm Common Sense Media Webinar: Helping Students Make Good Digital Decisions with Digital Compass , Join Common Sense Education for a webinar to celebrate the launch of their newest free education resource, Digital Compass. If we''ve missed a story, send it to blog@learningrevolution.com.

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Libraries Game-Based Learning lynda.com Trends 28

TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Purpose: Improving our chance for a common language in discussing existing and emerging learning trends, model, and technology in hopes of innovation in classrooms, and collectively, education at large. Digital Citizenship. An acronym for Massively Open Online Course, a digital course that allows asynchronous access to content.

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Technology Learning BYOD Digital Citizenship 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. More on that in a subsequent article in this series.)

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60