Perry Hewitt

JULY 3, 2015

What does the White House’s new photography policy tell us about the opportunity for brand building? The first few years of widespread access to MOOCs have created a data trove for researchers. The first one: MOOC students are diverse, but trend toward autodidacts. What’s the digital talent gap in marketing today?

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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. Comparing an unsupported MOOC from 2008 to an in-person college experience isn’t apples to apples. They’ve recently updated the policy and why this doesn’t get more coverage, I’m not sure.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The report divides these credentials into 18 categories across four types of providers: postsecondary educational institutions, MOOC organizations, secondary schools and non-academic entities. New to the research this year is a count of how many groups in the U.S. provide credentials: 59,692.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2020

One is to set clearly what your guiding principles are, principles like high quality, maximum equity, flexibility, community, and being super prescriptive about the broad policy decisions that need to be made. that the micro-credential market is mature enough and developed enough, or really driven by state or even federal policy.

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Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

.” Lots, lots more about Betsy DeVos’ policies in the student loan and for-profit higher ed sections below. Via Politico : “The American Action Forum , a right-leaning public policy group, is recommending that DeVos consider gutting the federal student aid pilot programs created under the Higher Education Act.

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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. Unfathomable.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Another is the rise of the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) or online instructional platforms like edX, Coursera, or Udacity. While both domains have their virtues, combining them effectively into one unified framework can sometimes be challenging because of outmoded policies at many colleges and universities. This is a vital issue.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Opinionated Products : There’s a word for the kinds of tools and products—like say, Google search results—which adapt to a user’s behavior: opinionated. Companies like Microsoft, Facebook and Google are all dipping their toes into virtual and augmented reality. to 11:00 p.m. K-12 11:00 a.m. Will VR Really Impact Student Outcomes?

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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.”) To believe that would require, of course, that we overlook the role that the major technology platforms – Google, Facebook, and Amazon – play in education. If so, what are they?

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

edX - www.edex.org - MOOC site, courses are all free, people who teach the courses are from Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, University of Texas, etc. Coursera is another option for higher ed MOOCS. Close to 10% of students got into MIT by excelling in a MOOC. Click here to see all of them.) For example, this young man from Mongolia.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

First, the role that corporations and philanthropists play in shaping education policy is not new. MOOCs were going to change everything. This is what Google does, for example, when you type something like “how many points LBJ” into the search bar, and you get results about LeBron James. And on and on and on.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2011

Meet the ATLAST Explore participants and start networking using Google+. Session will also include a brief how-to on Google+ and a brainstorming activity of ways to implement Google+ with students.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2015

In todays episode, we will walk you through the process of uploading a video and turning it into a dynamic lesson plan using the YouTube Creative Suite of Tools found FREE on your Google Powered Device. More information here. Monday, April 20th at 8pm TL News Night LIVE! Register for free today at [link].

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

Google Earth. While short on experts, rules, and policies, a home has agility and “scale” that a school necessarily lacks. So much of that stuff is just up for grabs.” So self-guided inquiry-based and mobile learning. Adaptive learning apps. Smarter Every Day on YouTube. Learning simulations. Dosomething.org. Khan Academy.

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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?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

At Northeastern, for example, we’ve partnered with both Google and IBM to recognize Google’s IT Support Professional Certificate and IBM’s digital badges for academic credit in our degree programs for working adults. It is an exciting road ahead.

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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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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 11, 2014

There is a burden being carried by CA school districts, each struggling individually with how to manage technology policies and guidelines appropriately for the future. First up: 3D prosthetic hands Scientists work on backing up human brain with computers A MOOC MYSTERY: WHERE DO ONLINE STUDENTS GO? Google Science Fair 2014.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2019

He’s the guy who coined the term MOOC, short for Massive Open Online Course, which then was a reference to multiplayer video games. You can follow the podcast on the Apple Podcast app , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen. The other day I was scrolling through Twitter when a message caught my eye.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Then there was the infamous anti-diversity memo distributed by Google engineer James Damore and leaked to the press this summer that charged that efforts the company (and the industry more broadly) had taken to address diversity were misguided as women are biologically ill-suited to computer science – which is, of course, totally b t.

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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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Hack Education

AUGUST 19, 2016

One of the big stories this week: the US Department of Education ’s announcement about which “non-traditional providers” ( MOOCs , coding bootcamps ) will be eligible for financial aid as part of its EQUIP experiment. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Google) biotech company, Calico.

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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

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Because it is from their mouths that these lies form the basis for policies and expenditures that have proven to be deeply damaging to education -- public education in particular. ASU ends its MOOC experiment , Global Freshman Academy. Google was fined $170 million for violating children’s privacy on YouTube. LOL LOL LOL.

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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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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

” The Fordham Institute’s Michael Petrelli has declared “ The End of Educational Policy.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Techcrunch : “ Google partners with MotherCoders to bring tech training to moms in New York City.” on Coursera.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

” It’s now unclear, observers say, if the FTC can regulate companies like Google or Verizon. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Humans, the Latest MOOC Feature.” ” Via SFGate : “Ex- Subway pitchman Jared Fogle is suing his victim’s parents.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 5, 2018

" Via The New York Times : “ Met Changes 50-Year Admissions Policy: Non-New Yorkers Must Pay.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The Guardian : “ Google faces new discrimination charge : paying female teachers less than men.” ” Immigration and Education.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

They noted the menu of research reports, graphics and videos, and the “About” page describing the site as a project of a “nonprofit research organization” called the Employment Policies Institute.

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Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

’s Mumps Outbreak Tells Us About Our Vaccine Policies.” More on for-profit higher ed policies in the for-profit higher ed section below. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” If you can’t create revenue, raise venture capital. The MOOC provider has now raised $210 million total.

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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

AUGUST 11, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” ” The Google Memo. Jen Howard on “What Happened to Google’s Effort to Scan Millions of University Library Books ?”

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Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “Most Ed-Tech Products Don’t Meet Minimum Criteria in Their Privacy Policies , Report Finds.” Via DML Central : “Google Report Reveals State of K–12 Computer Science Education.”

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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.” Fines Google $5.1 Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the credential section below.

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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.” The non-speakers: James Damore, the fired Google engineer, and Lucian Wintrich, a journalist with Gateway Pundit. ” Icon credits: The Noun Project

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2016

Certainly we address “policies” – we often have no choice – but less often do we really dig into “politics” and even less often into the ideologies of education technologies. .” What are MOOCs, for example? What are we promising? What else is really a humbug? What else might be a fraud?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

The work is also supported by companies including Apple, Google and Expedia, as well as education organizations including the CollegeBoard, Teach For America and STEMx.” “Hardly Anyone Wants to Take a Liberal Arts MOOC,” Edsurge informed its readers in February. Google’s Alphabet Inc. Only “1.86

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