Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Education policy leaders at the federal level and beyond were exploring the growing role of competency-based education and non-traditional providers —and calls were growing for stronger connections between universities and the world of employment. To start off, it’s worth thinking back to 2016.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

MOOCs are great ideas, but assessment and feedback loops and certification are among the many issues holding them back. And anymore, they end being the punchline of edtech jokes, somehow. Comparing an unsupported MOOC from 2008 to an in-person college experience isn’t apples to apples. Virtual And Augmented Reality.

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Tom Murray

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

As school leaders, AASA supports their members in setting the pace for academic achievement as they work to shape policy, oversee implementation, and represent school districts throughout the nation and worldwide. Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL). Connect: [link] , @IELconnects.

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The Shake Up Learning Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). MOOC’s are usually free online courses offered by universities with no limit on enrollment. See: Copyright Policy. Inside Google Classroom, you can share study materials, ask questions, and support each other as you prepare to master your certification exams.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Charisse Taylor , senior director of policy and implementation at NYC Department of Education, will share resources, templates and other activities aimed at helping educators create new CS programs that are “diverse by design.” DeSchryver and Cavanagh will look at how ESSA is guiding the work of edtech companies now and in the future.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

20 NEW Ways to Use #GoogleClassroom #gttribe #SUL #googleedu #gsuiteedu #edtech Click To Tweet. googleedu #gsuiteedu #edtech Click To Tweet. googleedu #gttribe #edtech Click To Tweet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). MOOC’s are usually free online courses offered by universities with no limit on enrollment.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Even as technology can help students, there are plenty of instances where it can also lead to dead ends: Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) did not make it possible for anyone on the planet to get the equivalent of a Stanford University degree for free. Most important, we’re doing a lot of listening. And we’re just getting started.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

edtech startups in 2017. And that dip in dealflow has been happening in recent years: Investors are pouring more money into the edtech industry, but across fewer companies. Source: EdSurge One trend is clear: The dollars invested in the US edtech industry has ticked up steadily since 2011 (considering 2015 as an aberration).

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2017

MOOCs, technology infusion projects, online masters or pathways to credit, research. Please see specifics on my re-use policy in the right-hand column of my blog before re-posting/re-using any of my blog content. Palmer: Make sure all initiatives map to the cornerstone plan at their institution. Unported License.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

To their credit, both of the leading commercial MOOCs—Udacity and Coursera—have undertaken significant pivots to their initially flawed business models. Adherents of particular educational business models and advocates of particular educational public policy approaches have a tendency to use very similar language in promoting their views.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary? Promoting Innovation and Creativity During the School Day - Philip McIntosh, Math and Science Teacher STEM Can Lead the Way: Rethinking Teacher Preparation and Policy - Marcella Klein Williams Ed.D.,

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Lawyers and Title IX practitioners have identified potential conflicts between the Trump administration ’s new proposed regulations on the gender discrimination law and state policy.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). It’s like the MOOC crap all over again.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Here’s what Manuela Ekowo, policy analyst with the Education Policy program at New America, had to say. radio and televisions in the early 20th century and online learning and MOOCs via the Internet in the early 21st century.) recommendations for the edtech industry to protect student data privacy.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Via Edsurge : “Experts Look Into the Crystal Ball of the Next Administration’s Ed Policy.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Aftermath of the MOOC wars: Can commercial vendors support creative higher education ? Actually, I think that was the only education highlight.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Just a few weeks after Daphne Koller ’s announcement she was leaving the MOOC startup she co-founded, Coursera unveiled “ Coursera for Business ” this week, marking its pivot from “democratizing higher ed” to “ training corporate employees.”

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Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs are back in the headlines again. Via Edsurge : “The Second Wave of MOOC Hype Is Here, and It’s Online Degrees.” Via Common Sense Media : “2018 State of EdTech Privacy Report.” ” asks NJ.com. Shrug emoji.

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

” More on the policy change via IHE. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” " It’s lovely to see the big innovation from the MOOC startups in 2017 involves the learning management system.

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Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via WCTI12.com ” “ MOOCs Started Out Completely Free. ” Via IndyStar.com : “New IU policy bans athletes with history of sexual or domestic violence.” “Can a District Disrupt the Edtech Industry ?” ”). .”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

. “A new Education Department policy will dramatically limit the amount of student loan relief some students get after being misled by their schools.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). A call to rebrand MOOCs , from Edsurge. .” Edtech Funding Rebounds With $1.2

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

“Will Reversal of FCC’s ‘Net Neutrality’ Policy Help or Hurt Schools?” Schools should consider the ways in which their own social media surveillance re-inscribes these sorts of violent, nationalist policies. Department of Labor as a senior policy adviser.” ” “Education Dept. .

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The State Policy Network has a plan to counter union activism with anti-union PR. As The Financial Times puts it , “EdTech fails to pay, again.” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. ” More via The Atlantic and via NPR.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “Peter Thiel May Finally Get His Flying Cars, Thanks to a New Udacity Nanodegree in 2018.” “ Edtech CEOs Seek to Change the ‘ Adversarial Narrative ’ With Public School Teachers,” says Edsurge. ” We’re only at 3.0,

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Senate to serve as Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical and Adult Education and Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development , respectively.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the credential section below. in 2016 on a student visa.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “Free MOOCs Face the Music,” writes Inside Higher Ed on edX ’s decision to start charging fees. More “MOOC” news under the job training section below. million for its MOOC platform. douglevin) June 11, 2018. million total.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

” “Make MOOCs great again.” “ Higher Education Policy Under Trump ” by Sara Goldrick-Rab. Via Edsurge : “ New Markets Venture Partners Adds $30 Million, Former Gates Foundation Executive to Edtech Fund.” ” Story 2 : “What Data Will Show That Edtech ‘Works’?”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via The Wall Street Journal : “More Schools Are Buying ‘ Active-Shooter ’ Insurance Policies.” ” Via Edsurge : “Behind Closed Doors: Edtech Entrepreneurs’ Biggest Challenges in 2018.” ” JFC.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

” It’s pretty terrible to report on how a “ President Oprah ” would shape education policy and not talk about how she has actively promoted pseudoscience. But maybe a lot of education policy is based on pseudoscience, so that’s why we can just let that slide… Via Chalkbeat : “President Winfrey?

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Microsoft -Branded MOOCs for K–12 Leaders.” Perhaps, instead of tying “ personalized learning ” to special ed policies of the 1970s, you could read some Rousseau? Education in the Courts. Anderson in The Atlantic.

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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. It points to policies the university can pro-actively ennact, and laws that could have been enforced by university police.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

There are more stories about some of DeVos’s other policies in the for-profit higher ed section below. ” “Free College” The Chronicle of Higher Education asks “5 Key Questions About NYU ’s Tuition-Free Policy for Medical School.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

” Via The 74 : “ Trump Towers Over Education: How His Candidacy Is Already Affecting Federal Policy.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Elsewhere in MOOC research… From Campus Technology : “Grouping MOOC Students by Communication Mode Doesn’t Help Completion.”

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.” 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?” ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “ DeVos criticizes Bush-Obama policies , saying it’s time to overhaul conventional schooling.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the job training section below. . Monstrous, really. Immigration and Education.

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Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

Via The New York Times : “ Trump Finds Unlikely Culprit in School Shootings: Obama Discipline Policies.” ” Via The Wall Street Journal : “ Visas Issued to Foreign Students Fall, Partly Due to Trump Immigration Policy.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

JULY 8, 2016

Hillary Clinton released an update to her plans for higher education and college affordability , with a proposal for free, in-state public college tuition for those with incomes up to $125,000 – a move that brings her campaign in closer alignment to those policies proposed by rival candidate Bernie Sanders.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

And certainly the expectation of many ed-tech products (and increasingly school policy) is that parents will do just this — participate in the incessant monitoring of student data. 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.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

” There’s more about Betsy DeVos and her policies in the courts section and in the financial aid section below. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ Monetizing A MOOC Platform.” ” More on this from Education Week’s Ben Herold.

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