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

” Competency-Based Education isn’t necessarily an innovation, but a move to Competency-Based Education can lead to other innovations–using technology to personalize a student’s navigation of to-be-mastered content, for example. And anymore, they end being the punchline of edtech jokes, somehow. An example?

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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. State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA). Connect: www.setda.org , @SETDA.

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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

But the technology lends a question: to what extent should educational products make assumptions about a user’s end goal? Speakers from University of Virginia, University of Maryland, MIT and University of Pennsylvania will share what works, what doesn’t and how they have built structures to support technology initiatives on their campuses.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

EdSurge is all about exploring one fundamental question: How can learning be supported by technology? And the role that technology is playing in supporting learning for these students is growing. Colleges and universities have been scrutinizing technology, for reasons both similar and dissimilar to K-12 educators, for decades.

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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

JANUARY 15, 2019

There was also plenty of rain in the education technology industry, where venture capitalists and private-equity investors unleashed a deluge of cash. education technology companies raised $1.45 edtech startups in 2017. For edtech companies able to show consistent growth and revenue, that should be welcome news.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2017

Kim: Transform teaching & learning at MIT around the globe through the use of digital technology. MOOCs, technology infusion projects, online masters or pathways to credit, research. Must focus on evidence based practices as we incorporate technology. Owens: Impact tech enhanced education on campus and beyond.

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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

School Psychology Doctoral Candidate and Intern, CEO STEMx: Stemulating Teaching with Emerging Technology Methodologies - Simulation vs. Virtual Learning Environments - Dr. Nicole Simon, Assistant Professor Engineering/Physics/Technology Dept.

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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. education technology agenda. Promoting the use of education technology should not go without also working to abate the age-old concerns about efficacy and equity. The technology has changed over the years.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Each week for the past eight or so years, I have gathered a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Has technology solutionism ever been more heartbreaking?! It’s like the MOOC crap all over again. ” Oh.

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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

MAY 25, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. 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.” National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Paul LePage has called for a review of his state’s groundbreaking 1-to–1 student computing initiative, highlighting the growing pains nagging an educational-technology movement now well into its second decade.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Education Week : “ Maine Gov.

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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

Yet, according to this study, nearly half of the donors have chosen to supply educational technology, far more than are building schools, providing basic books and materials or employing teachers. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via WCTI12.com ” “ MOOCs Started Out Completely Free.

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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

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via MIT Technology Review : “ DNA tests for IQ are coming, but it might not be smart to take one.” National) Education Politics. million total.

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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. ThinkCERCA has raised $10.1

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. 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”).

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” 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. million for its MOOC platform. million total.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” 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. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Trump’s education platform promises to “make post-secondary options more affordable and accessible through technology enriched delivery models.” ” “Make MOOCs great again.” “ Higher Education Policy Under Trump ” by Sara Goldrick-Rab. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 11, 2016.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via The Wall Street Journal : “More Schools Are Buying ‘ Active-Shooter ’ Insurance Policies.” ” JFC. ” Nope, no women.

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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.” Campus Technology reports that Davidson College is partnering with Revature to offering coding classes to its students and graduates. Education in the Courts. ” Maybe.

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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

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. There are more stories about some of DeVos’s other policies in the for-profit higher ed section below. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Gotta keep hyping that MOOC thing.

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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

” Via Politico : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has increased her financial stake in a ‘neurofeedback’ company that says its technology treats attention deficit disorder and the symptoms of autism. Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Chalkbeat : “ DeVos criticizes Bush-Obama policies , saying it’s time to overhaul conventional schooling.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. 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.”

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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. ” Yay, FERPA. .”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” 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”). National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

DeVos is the former chair of the American Federation for Children, which advocates for school choice policies, such as tax credit scholarships and vouchers. Here are the education technology companies that have raised money from ISPs. “​ Intel Hits Pause on Edtech Accelerator,” says Edsurge. That’s UploadVR.

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