EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Internship and work-study programs have a long history and are common at many institutions. Another is the rise of the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) or online instructional platforms like edX, Coursera, or Udacity. In some ways, this is nothing new. Or must they take a leave of absence? This is a vital issue.

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Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Some new services and platforms will emerge to cater for different forms of learning, MOOCs will evolve and improve and open badges will be hot. The MOOC backlash. Of course I have to start with MOOCs. The MOOC backlash started in earnest in 2013. MOOC providers will keep on refining them. Introduction.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2014

4:00pm Do you have what it takes to manage an eBook library? Mara Cabrera, SLIS Graduate Student, Research Assistant Taming the Quantitative Data Monster with LibPAS: What? 6:00pm DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER: David Weinberger on "John Henry in the Library: Algorithms vs.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

The study of teaching adults. Google Apps for Education. A collection of software bundled by Google that is available on a subscription model for schools and classroom. Services include Google Drive, Google Docs, Gmail, and more. Google Classroom. Mobile Learning. ” (1). ” Heautagogy.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Participatory, hyperlinked library services; DIY and maker movements; emerging technology in academic and research libraries; Google Glass—our Library 2.014 conference covered a broad range of topics and these were among the most notable. Join this free Library Journal webcast covering the highlights of each one and offering key takeaways.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

link] Digital Wish : Two new videos - The Importance of Technology in American Schools and The Need for a Shift to Mobile. Education Revolution Google+ Community 2014 MoonBots Challenge. Global Education Conference Reminder: Google Science Fair. Check them out! One Week Calendar All events are listed in US-Eastern Standard Time.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 1, 2019

Pupils can continue their studies away from the classroom using the environment too. 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. What are some of the challenges faced with blended learning?

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. But Martin Cooper, a Motorola exec, made the first mobile telephone call in 1973, not 1983. The quotation is from 2012. And the Internet?

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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? Carmona, Lead Contract English Instructor Student-Generated Apps for Mobile Devices – can they enhance higher levels of understanding? Derek Barkalow, Ph.D.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Using everyday digital content, the COR paper and online assessments directly connect to the questions posed in SHEG’s study and engage learners in credibility decision-making around three COR Competencies: Who’s behind the information? The free assessments include Google Docs assessments to copy and digital rubrics to download.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

They can be something everybody uses; that’s how 2012 became the year of the MOOC, and why virtual reality will no doubt be widely cited as the trend of 2016. MOOCs continued to increase in number and attendance. By Stephen Downes, National Research Council. Now there are different ways things can be a ‘trend of the year’.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2017

Hint: “It’s mobile,” “We have a better UI,” and “It’s for millennials” are not the answers. Student engagement and retention mobile apps. Yet academics are not the main reason student drop out; according to a study from Inside Track , it’s the fifth most important factor. MOOCs or General Assembly for country X.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Aftermath of the MOOC wars: Can commercial vendors support creative higher education ? Google had a big press event this week too, unveiling shiny stuff to a cheering crowd of stenographers. Raise $146.1 A Wi-Fi system. The results are concerning.”

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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.” ” From the Google blog : “ Google Science Fair 2018 : Resources for educators to get ideas flowing.”

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Bryan Alexander

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Someone who doesn’t study history, yet wants to inaccurately claim to be militantly anti-technology in one area when simultaneously relying heavily on technology in every other aspect of their lives. Mobile , n. MOOC , n. Further study at some point in the future could be considered. A sump for IT budgets.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 17, 2018

Via Education Week : “Congress Considering $95 Million for Study of Technology’s Effects on Children.” ” Via the AP : “ Mississippi ’s Supreme Court says a state lawsuit against Google alleging violations of student privacy should stay in a northeast Mississippi court.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2014

Tag your questions #eduquestion or post them on our Facebook page or Google+ community. Is your library mobile friendly? asks educators/teachers to show how they are using Internet software or sites and mobile apps in innovative and creative ways in their teaching. How does your library manage digital collections?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2016

The test in question: The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study ( TIMSS ) which is administered to students around the world. ’” Online Education, Beyond “MOOCs” Via Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill : “The Remarkable Transformation at UF Online.” Meanwhile on Campus.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Pokémon Go, a free augmented reality game developed by Niantic (a company spun out of Google in 2015), became the most popular mobile game in US history this year. ” But these wild proclamations – wishful thinking , no doubt – tended to overlook the realities of mobile technology and education. .”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

” Inside Higher Ed takes a closer look at a game called Givling , a mobile trivia app “that promises winners a payout of up to $50,000 on their student loan debt.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). A new study suggests it should spend more.” SDG Academy has joined edX.

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Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

Via Wired : “Congress Has a $65 Million Proposal to Study Tech’s Effect on Kids.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news from Edsurge in the “job training” section below. ” Via Bloomberg : “Inside Google ’s Shadow Workforce.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For their part, critics of laptop bans claimed the studies the op-eds frequently cite were flawed, reductive, and out-of-date. In 2013, Intel acquired Kno for $15 million — for “ pennies on the dollar ,” said one analyst — and rebranded the software as the Intel Education Study App. They’re distracting others. And on and on and on.

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” @14prinsp @KateMfD @audreywatters @gsiemens VC-mediated "consent" for academic studies "Incorrect Response! .” ” @14prinsp @KateMfD @audreywatters @gsiemens VC-mediated "consent" for academic studies "Incorrect Response!"

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” ” From the press release : “ MOOCs and books initiative launched by Springer and Federica Weblearning.” The mobile app maker has raised $11.9 million total.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ’” ( In related self-driving car regulation news : “ Google ’s ‘Cozy’ Relationship With Driverless-Car Regulators.” The startup, which something something MOOC something something, has raised $9.69 OpenClassrooms has raised $6.74

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

. “The UK government has published its 2016 HE White Paper, entitled Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice,” the Times Higher Education reports. And The Next Web headline makes for… something: “ Facebook and Google could be allowed to award university degrees.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Iowa City Press-Citizen : “ Iowa families foregoing classroom for virtual school.” Acumen “senior innovation associate” writes about +Acumen in Edsurge : “The Flip Side of Abysmal MOOC Completion Rates ? ” Wheee.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Also via The New York Times : “ Google Faces Internal Backlash Over Handling of Sexual Harassment.” ” Also via The New York Times : “ Google Employees Stage Worldwide Walkout.” president to retire in wake of football death.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Here’s The Chronicle headline from then : “Professor Leaves a MOOC in Mid-Course in Dispute Over Teaching.”) Good thing I never did anything in those MOOCs, otherwise I'd be losing my work. Remember Richard McKenzie?

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Hack Education

AUGUST 26, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “Why America’s MOOC pioneers have abandoned ship” by Jonathan Rees. “ MOOCs Are Dead. million to LACC – making studies for music majors tuition-free.” Long Live Online Higher Education,” Phil Hill pronounces.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

” Apparently the FAFSA will soon be available on mobile devices. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” These headlines just kill me. ” More MOOC data in the “research” section below. Via Campus Technology : “Study Uncovers How Ed Tech Decision-Making Works.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

monthly subsidies toward cellular phone service or mobile broadband. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “As In-Person Bootcamps Falter, Codecademy Introduces Paid Online Options.” A new study of New York City schools says no – they help.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Crisis-level student loan default rates among black borrowers and those who attended for-profits cannot be explained fully by students’ backgrounds, study finds, including measures of income, employment and parental wealth.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Techcrunch : “ Grasshopper , a learn-to-code app from Google ’s Area 120 incubator, goes live.” ” Via Edsurge : “ Google and Udacity Offering 5,000 Scholarships for Nanodegree Programs.” Better Than You Think, Study Finds.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

Via The Atlantic : “ DeVos Says There’s One Thing Her School-Safety Commission Won’t Be Studying: Guns.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Techcrunch : “ Udacity and Google launch free career courses for interview prep, resume writing and more.”

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Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

Via NBC : “ Arizona : Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination In Mexican American Studies Ban Back in Court.” ” 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?”

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