Mark Smithers

MARCH 12, 2013

This morning Richard Grusin posted a series of twenty tweets presenting a highly critical and thought provoking view of MOOCs. MOOCs are the bastard children of 1980s cyber-utopianism and post-1945 economic neoliberalism. MOOCs are a 21st century manifestation of cyberspace’s revolutionary ideology of information freedom.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 7, 2018

According to a Google report , almost 80% people don’t exit their homes sans smartphones. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). MOOC is not a new concept in the e-learning industry. Many prestigious universities such as Harvard offers MOOC at minimal or no cost. Open Education Resources (OER).

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The PL2C Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

The Friday Institute and Oak Foundation seek to end this anachronism with the Learning Differences MOOC for Educators (MOOC-Ed). VPLCs are virtual meetings using Google Hangouts. When combined with the self-directed, anytime, anywhere learning facilitated in the MOOC-Ed, the experience proved to be powerful.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2021

It has the most users of any provider of MOOCs (as the large-scale online courses are sometimes called), claiming more than 77 million learners. Dhawal Shaw, founder of MOOC-discovery platform Class Central. And it is the richest, with nearly three-quarters of a billion in cash in the bank, and annual revenue of about $260 million. "EdX

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EdTech4Beginners

APRIL 2, 2017

CREATE – Collaboartion, Resources, Educate, Apps, Technology, Enriching. GAFE – Google Apps For Education (include Google Docs, Google Sites etc). MOOC – Massively Open Online Course (an online course which has video lectures, problem solving activities, texts and an online community of fellow learners).

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

The post 20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic] appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Expand Your Use of Google Classroom. Google has opened up Google Classroom to users outside of G Suite for Education. Users with a personal Google account can now both join and create classes. Keep reading!

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EdTechnocation.com

APRIL 2, 2014

Here is my Unit 2 reflection for the MOOC-Ed, Coaching Digital Learning: Cultivating a Culture of Change. Google+ also plays a very important role in my PLN and I feel like is the most effective social media tool for me. Utilizing Google+ communities and hangouts has brought collaboration to a whole new level for me!

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EdTech4Beginners

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

With the ease of Google Apps and similar applications, employees and students alike can share files and work on documents and spreadsheets in real time – whether they’re a mile down the road or in a different country altogether. Students who are falling behind will have the resources online so they can catch up at home.

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EdTechnocation.com

APRIL 18, 2014

In Unit 4 of the Coaching Digital Learning MOOC-Ed , we learned about the 4 Cs of Digital Age skills: Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, and Creativity. In this Action Plan, they have to decide how they will use at least one of the Google Apps to promote and practice effective Communication and Collaboration in the classroom.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2020

While high-resolution data for community colleges isn’t available, we can see evidence for this in proxies such as Google search trends , consumers’ growing openness and intention to study online , booming MOOC enrollment , and publicly-traded online learning company enrollment results.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

Enrollment will begin June 25th, running 11 online classes on subjects such as artificial intelligence, personalized learning and open education resources for educators. But South says this is not about competing with the big technology companies, and he stresses that it is certainly not another MOOC.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

After choosing Minecraft as an in-class resource, I found that not everyone knew how to play—including me! Students recorded these reflections on a Google Doc as a reference for the next time we played. For more about using Minecraft with language learners, David Dodgson recommends the following resources: Articles.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2018

Amazon Inspire Goes Live (But Without Controversial Share Feature) Nearly a year after Amazon launched its Inspire project, which was touted as a hub for educators to exchange lesson plans and other open education resources, the site still remained in limited, invitation-only beta. Well, at least partially open.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2017

If 2012 was “ The Year of the MOOC ”—massive open online courses, usually offered for free—2017 could be “The Year of the Microcredential.” EdX, the nonprofit founded by Harvard University and MIT to offer MOOCs, now lists 40 “MicroMasters” programs from 24 colleges and universities around the world.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2019

You can follow the podcast on the Apple Podcast app , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen. When you look at the data—and we still need better data—studies show 80 percent of the people pursuing [bootcamps and MOOC]s already have a bachelor's degree. So the innovation is not happening in undergrad?

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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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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

If I was still doing that now, I would be incredibly excited because so many wonderful resources would be available to my classroom. For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. And so on… . Related Posts.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Our current definition of equity is that we offer all students the same resources,” he says. Listen on Apple Podcasts , Overcast , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music , or wherever you listen to podcasts, or use the player on this page.

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Edsurge

MAY 29, 2018

When I joined Ashford, the MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) had just started and it was quite an interesting movement. Source: Practice Labs Byun’s favorite online learning resources Byun believes “doing is better than reading.” Join an online learning community, such as Google Educator Groups.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2014

Updates Partner Spotlight Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings NMC Navigator Top Ten Conversations Final Notes Updates Did you miss the annoucement of our Online Summit Featuring Google for Education? We’re taking Google education summits online! Education Revolution Google+ Community Kids Need You in Their Corner.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 27, 2015

In just 15 or so years we''ve seen an emphasis on getting classrooms connected to high-speed resources, availability of devices that put the learning in the hands of students and access to on-demand professional learning resources that can help any educator improve their practice anywhere. Remember Google Wave?)

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JANUARY 30, 2018

The educators you meet will share resources, experience, and offer support! We will share and meet regularly on our Facebook group, Twitter (#EduGoalsMOOC), and through weekly live events (expert panels on Google Hangouts). It means you experience more “wins” as a teacher and are motivated to achieve more!

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2017

More than 60 universities around the world currently assign the site’s resources. “In There are a growing number of students who use Google and YouTube to study instead of buying textbooks. For independent learners, platforms like MEDSKL and MRU present free course opportunities similar to those of MOOCs, but with a few distinctions.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

There is a help desk, with a handmade sign that reads: If you have a question: Google It. Even MOOCs have a professor, even if it might be one for 100,000 people. You were sitting at the computer, and were you looking at MOOCs from other colleges, or were you tapping the person next to you to ask a question? Ask your neighbor.

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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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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

My classmates from Stanford’s Learning Design and Technology master’s program have gone on to design for big brands like Airbnb and Google as well as edtech upstarts including the African Leadership University, General Assembly, Osmo and Udacity. The d.school has a great Prototyping Dashboard you can use to organize the hypotheses.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

My goal is to talk about my observations of the education conversation after: conducting over 300 live and public interviews; consulting for for-profit, non-profit, and governmental organizations; and now having run several massively open online conferences (and you thought MOOC stood for something else? :) I anticipate a terrific conversation, hopefully (..)

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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. High school library prediction - Librarians will become resources to help students find online courses. I have a resource for you.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 17, 2013

MOOCs for Deeper Learning. Karen Fasimpaur highlighted an upcoming opportunity for educators to participate in a free, nine-week MOOC for deeper level learning. New Future of Education member, Swaroop Raju, is interested in learning more about using video resources in a flipped classroom. Educator and Classroom 2.0

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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 Principal of Change

OCTOBER 22, 2016

Simply using and knowing how to use a google form is not “innovative”, but using a google form to have kids aggregate resources on a particular topic and then critically assessing the information they have provided, and sharing it with others, could be innovative practice. March 29, 2016 Checklist or Art Form?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 23, 2011

When he got the chance to engineer Minarets High School from the ground up, Jon Corippo (ADE & GCT) threw away the playbook for high school and used resources like The Tipping Point, Freakonomics, Why Johnny Can''t Read and Dumbing Us Down to reboot high school culture. How do you create a MOOC? Proposals due by Monday, July 25th.

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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. For example, if students or newly hired professors decide to dive into a new startup enterprise, is there a path by which they can remain enrolled, drawing upon — and adding to — the resources of the institution?

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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. We will also be crowd sourcing a monthly webinar schedule to offer PD based sessions using Common Core Standards and STEM resources.

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EdTechSandyK

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Notes from David Jakes Keynote Fall 2012 TCEA TECSIG Meeting October 4, 2012 Austin, Texas All resources posted at davidjakes.me Example: WeVideo for Google Drive.) Ex: Google Apps accounts). Question : Are we taking brand new disruptive technologies and trying to force them into old models? Schools serv to link learniers.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Friday, February 21st in Washington DC iEARN: Global Education Resource Fair , iEARN-USA will be participating in the Global Education Resource Fair in Washington, DC on February 21st, 2014 as part of the Teachers for Global Classrooms (TGC) program. Presidents'' Day resources. Classroom 2.0 Check out her post here.

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 7, 2015

isn’t simply limited to YouTube either (though it does work seamlessly there); Khan, Vimeo, and several MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) platforms work as well. Additionally, the tool connects with a person’s Google Drive account, so it’s perfect for Google Apps For Education districts around the world. A Final Word.

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