techieMusings

MAY 19, 2016

They have won a variety of awards for their innovative practices, including being a Microsoft Associate Showcase School and last year received a D2L Asia Pacific Excellence Award along with Victoria University and Singapore Management University. Their MOOC worktime is an assigned period within their school day. Math Rotation Model.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2022

It’s one example of what proposals for a coming “metaverse” could mean for teachers and students. They include Walmart , Facebook, which changed its name to Meta, and Microsoft, which recently purchased game developer Activision Blizzard for nearly $70 billion, as part of a stated goal to stake a claim in the metaverse.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes. Instead, they’ve re-branded as job training sites.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Companies like Microsoft, Facebook and Google are all dipping their toes into virtual and augmented reality. Panelists include Darryl Adams (Founder and CEO of Adams Consulting And Edutainment Services), Nicole Neal (CEO and Founder of Noodle Markets) and Michele Molnar (Associate Editor of EdWeek Market Brief). EdSurge 4:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 6, 2020

The following are a few examples of learning resources that are available for ongoing education outside of high school and university: Certification Programs – Certification programs are typically training programs that are offered by tech companies or other organizations outside of traditional academia.

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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”). Kahoot has raised $17 million in Series B funding from Northzone, Creandum, Microsoft Ventures, Eilert Giertsen Hanoa, and Date Invest AS.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Although no doubt, Microsoft, now the owner of Minecraft, would like us all to repeat that particular storyline.) There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” Edsurge, for example, received funding from the company this year, but there was no public announcement to that end.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Microsoft bought three companies in 2018. In 2017, for example, Edsurge informed its readers that “MissionU Says It Can Replace Traditional College With a One-Year Program.” ” (Its MOOC competitor edX also announced this year that many of its courses would no longer be free.) Vive la MOOC révolution.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 1, 2019

In order to reduce the amount of new content a teacher needs to make, YouTube videos, MOOC s, multiple choice questions and web-based resources can be combined. For example, simply using a keyboard to type up a document to enhance its presentation may not always be the most effective use of technology. Let’s take an example.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2019

So much so, the New York Times even dubbed 2012 the “ Year of the MOOC.” Advocates for the courses would point a finger at the unaffordability of traditional education, promising that MOOCs could offer cheaper, more innovative alternatives. And why would MOOCs need to decolonize? But in many ways, the times have changed.

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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

DECEMBER 11, 2016

” Note the significant difference in language in this headline from The Verge , for example – “ Harvard’s Root robot teaches kids how to code ” – and the way in which Seymour would describe the LOGO Turtle – that students would using programming to teach the robot. Only “1.86

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Take iPads , for example. Or MOOCs even. Despite headlines claiming, for example, that “ Anybody can now buy Microsoft’s $3,000 HoloLens ,” not everyone and not every school can afford to do so.) Fads fade, of course. Hype wanes. Or the flipped classroom.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

Via The Conversation : “What we can learn from closure of charter school that DeVos praised as ‘shining example’ ” The school in question: the Excel Academy Public Charter School in DC which was closed for poor performance. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 12, 2018

When the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman toured the US recently, he hung out with Mark Zuckerberg , Jeff Bezos , and Sergey Brin , for example. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via Edsurge : “5 Ways MOOC -Based Degrees Are Different From Other Online Degrees.” “The U.S.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “Teaching Tech-Based Farming: Microsoft Backs Program for Ag Group’s 650,000 Students.” Class Central writes that “ Y Combinator’s Startup School MOOC To Give Out $10,000 to 100 Companies.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Here’s another example of the terrible potential (and the terribly obvious potential) of predictive analytics. ” Edsurge on a YouGov/Microsoft poll of parents: “Survey Says: Parents Think Tech Companies Should Help Build Kids’ Digital Skills.”

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Microsoft Hopes to Revive Its Education Tablet Efforts With the New $399 Surface Go,” says Edsurge. Via The Washington Post : “Former executives of defunct for-profit college firm ITT settle fraud charges with SEC.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

And more importantly, to ascertain where some folks – those who issue press releases, for example – want the puck to head. It ignores what happens in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for example: the site of Harvard and MIT. We’re more likely to overlook the role that venture capital plays, for example.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Elsewhere in MOOC research… From Campus Technology : “Grouping MOOC Students by Communication Mode Doesn’t Help Completion.” ” More on MOOC (and related) research in the research section below. MOOCs losing their mojo?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools.

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Hack Education

JULY 6, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Look at former Harvard President Drew Faust , for example! ” Via the Microsoft AI blog : “ Microsoft improves facial recognition technology to perform well across all skin tones, genders.” ” Labor and Management. other drivers?

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Hack Education

MARCH 17, 2017

.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “A Corporate Learning Revolution” – a Coursera webinar. Are MOOCs webinars? Are webinars now MOOCs?). ” Also via Class Central : “ MéxicoX : Meet the MOOC Platform Funded by the Mexican Government.” million total.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Because despite their marketing copy, it remains important to ask: how do employers, in and out of Silicon Valley, respond to these alt-credentials – to MOOC certificates and nanodegrees and microcredentials and badges? This is still the most popular certification listed on Microsoft’s professional network, LinkedIn.)

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs for credit ! FutureLearn announced that two UK universities – the University of Leeds and the Open University – will offer MOOCs that will be accepted for college credit. For more on MOOCs for credit, see the “MOOCs” section above.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

” Via McClatchy DC : “Forced to watch child porn for their job, Microsoft employees developed PTSD, they say.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” edX is offering an online master’s degree with Georgia Tech : an OMS (online master’s in science) in Analytics.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Like this example, from Techcrunch : “ Cybex starts selling its $330, app-enabled car seat made for safety geeks.” Microsoft has acquired Chalkup. ” Via The New York Times : “ Berklee College Expands Online, to Graduate Degrees.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Princeton University and Microsoft have joined together to file a lawsuit against President Trump’s rescinding of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Immigration and Education. Via Feministing : “Two Months After Trump Withdrew DACA , This Is Where the Program Stands.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via The Washington Post : “Battle over college course material is a textbook example of technological change.” Via Wired : “The Young and the Reckless – A gang of teen hackers snatched the keys to Microsoft ’s videogame empire.

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Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The LA Times asks , “ In this digital self-help age, just how effective are MasterClass ’s A-list celebrity workshops?” Kahoot has raised $10 million in Series A funding from Creandum, Northzone, and Microsoft Ventures. million total.

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