Edsurge
JUNE 6, 2019
MOOCs, shorthand for massive open online courses, have been widely critiqued for their miniscule completion rates. This does not necessarily make MOOCs a failure. That’s a far cry from five years ago, when only 5 percent of the students were finishing the MOOCs I was designing. Use the power of peer pressure.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
EdSurge: MOOCs, MOOCs, MOOCs! Young: Long live MOOCs! But as it turns out, massive online classes are still with us—my wife and I are slowly making our way through a philosophy MOOC from the University of Copenhagen. Still print books and magazines. So what happened here? It’s just a good reality check.
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Hack Education
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
" I like to cite, as an example, a New Yorker article from a few years ago that interviewed Anthony Levandoski, the Uber engineer sued by Google for stealing its self-driving car technology. "The only thing that matters is the future," Levandoski told the magazine. "I don't even know why we study history.
Edsurge
APRIL 2, 2019
In fact, for years he edited one of the most popular humor magazines on the Internet, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency — a more literary version of the The Onion. An example I use in first year writing, I'll say, “You guys will text your parents that you're going out. And it's a great example of that process.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 28, 2018
As an instructional designer who has been building MOOCs for the past five years, I’ve been asked this question more times than I count. MOOCs have been called abysmal , disappointing failures. The average completion rate for MOOCs (including the ones I design) hovers between 5-15 percent. This skepticism is not unwarranted.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 12, 2017
He also writes a blog for Psychology Today magazine, and co-hosts a podcast through Austin’s NPR station called Two Guys on Your Head. The psychology professor at UT Austin has also become a popular voice working to translate research from the lab into advice for a general audience. So I think some of those things can be very valuable.
Hack Education
MARCH 23, 2018
For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Why the Diverse Charter School Model Is Being Gentrified.” ” Sponsored by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Contests and Awards.
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