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#EDEN15 BCN

Learning with 'e's

We will also hear from the OU's Professor Martin Weller (his latest book The Battle for Open is available to download online here) and journalist Audrey Watters. What can we say about EDEN that has not already been said. Unported License.

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George Siemens and David Wiley Join Forces for a MOOC About Open Education

Edsurge

Since the New York Times named 2012 the year of massive open online courses (MOOCs), millions have flocked to platforms offering them such as edX and Coursera. The six-week long MOOC will touch on topics including open educational resources (OER), open pedagogy and practice, open knowledge and open research. Ekowo: Why this MOOC?

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Week of August 29, 2011 - Live and Interactive Webinars in Blackboard Collaborate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

In this session, Marc will cover the following:- Learning to Scratch -What can Scratch be used for -Where to download Scratch from! Dave Waller and David Sowden from My Showcase have stepped in to deliver an exciting look into their system that provides a neat segue between a personal learning space and an eportfolio.

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Week of September 12, 2011 - Live and Interactive Webinars in Blackboard Collaborate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

link] EPCOP MOOC WEBINAR ( Australia Series ) Mon 12 Sep 09:00PM New York / Tue 13 Sep 01:00AM GMT / Tue 13 Sep 11:00AM Sydney Coach Carole. Lizzie Chase, Australian educator, will share a series of free downloadable English lessons at [link] for upper primary and lower secondary students, integrating Web 2.0

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Education Technology and Data Insecurity

Hack Education

The game was launched in July and despite mixed reviews, was downloaded some 10 million times the first week it was released. ESSA gives more autonomy and flexibility to states than they had under NCLB through competency-based assessments, which could drive the development of personalized learning technologies.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

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. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness. See David Kernohan’s excellent keynote at OpenEd13 for more.) Uber for Education". “We

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via the CBC : “ University of Manitoba students receive ‘extortion’ letters over illegal downloads.” The startup, which something something MOOC something something, has raised $9.69 OpenClassrooms has raised $6.74 million total.