Edsurge

MAY 21, 2021

Course profiles feature statistics about typical industry salaries and list the companies that have hired completers. But the platform is helping community colleges think through how to use prior-learning assessments to award credit if users do want it, even when the course isn’t technically credit-bearing.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Among the choices educators make are what instructional technique to use, when and how to give feedback, and when and how to test student knowledge. Imagine students in a control group go from 50% on a pre-test to 60% on a post-test, whereas in the treatment group they go from 50% to 80%,” he explains.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 13, 2016

For others, however, finding and connecting with a group of like-minded individuals can play a key role in motivating further learning. The first is that they may have a broader view of their field or industry of interest. Books written by industry experts abound, as do specialist magazines, textbooks and how-to guides.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2020

And then be super attentive to a [group of] decentralized deans, divisional leaders, chairs and individual faculty, and trusting them in the implementation. It helps me have a finger on the pulse of what’s going on for learners and particularly for instructor’s work in academia, in business, and in K-12 industries.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Now in its seventh year, the annual gathering brings together thousands of entrepreneurs, educators and industry experts from around the world for four days stacked with panel discussions , workshops , an expo hall , meetups , film screenings —plus plenty of after-hours shindigs. continues to grow, how can edtech help serve this population?

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” Via The Intercept : “Chinese Corporation Alibaba Joins Group Ghostwriting American Laws.” ” Via The Washington Post : “Student loan servicing group sues D.C. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Now Oklahoma Teachers Could Be the Next to Walk.” million total.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

The NMC/CoSN Horizon report highlights four principles of collaborative learning: “placing the learner at the center, emphasizing interaction, working in groups, and developing solutions to real-world problems.” As with any changing industry, there are many problems standing in the way of effective technology implementation.

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Trends Technology Robotics Report 28

Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2021

While at edX Porter created the Open edX project, which has served more than 55 million learners taking massive open online courses, or MOOCs. COVID-19 has led to a resurgence in MOOC enrollment and, with continued pressure on the labor market, upskilling and reskilling are important considerations across different employment sectors.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

There is some thought that a certain percentage of instruction must be digital to qualify as “blended learning,” but there is no clear industry standard. In short, differentiation is the process of personalizing universal learning goals for groups of students. ” (3). Challenge-Based Learning. ” (22).

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Technology Learning BYOD Digital Citizenship 40

ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

It’s beneficial for students because, The use of the flipped classroom model means pupils become more familiar with technology and how to use it in a professional environment, rather than to solely communicate with their friends or play games. Do you feel there is a group you think would enjoy being part of a flipped classroom?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 11, 2014

The call for volunteers will go out this week, so be on the lookout for how to get involved! 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. Learning Revolution Conference Online. What do you think? Share them here.

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Wired Campus

MARCH 13, 2015

The document was created primarily with secondary education in mind, but among its supporters are some higher-education groups, including the Institute for Higher Education Policy. So the organization administering the credential is creating more-specific versions focused on certain industries. Mitchell L.

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Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

Freedman: I love where you started with the criticism of the MOOCs. I mean, MOOCs aren’t learning platforms, they’re distribution platforms. The other part of learning to be an 18-year-old — learning how to do your dishes, do the laundry, get groceries — is really hard, and that’s what we do. So that part of college is moot.

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E-rate Company Course MOOC 28

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2017

It’s about how to teach citizenship in the age of fake news. The tools of data analytics have developed to the point where we can now mine this data and learn from our past experiences how to do a better job teaching and how to tailor education to the individual. Where do you see MOOCs fitting in now?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

This is not a shy group. They need to know where to find the information and how to apply it. For example, here at Bentley if you're a marketing major or majoring in creative industries and potentially going into something in the marketing or social media space, you can be proficient and certified in HubSpot technology.

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Social Media Survey MOOC Industry 95

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

But then their teacher, Will Colglazier, demonstrated how a couple more exploratory clicks—critically, beyond the site itself—revealed that the Employment Policies Institute is considered by the Center for Media and Democracy to be a front group created by lobbyists for the restaurant and hotel industries. “I

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Social Media Learning Facebook Analysis 40

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

“But he said the initiative is different from the group he had been tapped to lead in late January.” DeVos' Chief of Staff Josh Venable was director of special projects for Windquest Group, DeVos' family investment office, until January [link] — Caitlin Emma (@caitlinzemma) June 7, 2017.

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2016

.” And as I’ve stewed about how to offer you some provocations in return – that is the job, I believe, of the keynote speaker: not to comfort but to provoke – I’ve used this phrase as the starting point for my own thinking. “To reconstitute” is to re-form an organization or a group in a new way.

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Conference Course MOOC Technology 63

Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

” Challenging forced arbitration clauses has been one way the CFPB has taken on the student loan industry. ” The Black Alliance for Educational Options , a charter school advocacy group, announced it will cease operations at the end of the year. .” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” MOOCs.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

.” Via The Intercept : “Conservative Provocateur James O’Keefe ’s Group Hit With Restraining Order, Blocking Latest Sting.” “Free College” “How to Pay for Free Community College ,” according to Inside Higher Ed. She’s an investor in a company that targets that group.)

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Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

This is really similar to the work I do mapping the relationships – financial and otherwise – among various players in the ed-tech industry. Here’s how a convention could do it.” “[Senator Lamar] Alexander and [Secretary of Education John] King disagreed on how to enforce the new law governing Title I.

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Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

More on last week’s Purdue and Kaplan deal: “ Purdue ’s deal for Kaplan U trades a long-term business relationship for low up-front costs while raising worries – especially among faculty groups – about blurred lines between public and private higher ed,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

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Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). So much MOOC news! (Or “ MOOCs Are Global. Also via Edsurge : “How Harvard Is Trying to Update the Extension School for the MOOC Age.” ” The companies in question: Tinitell and Gator Group. ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Speaking of horrors: “ The One Group Not Freaking Out About Brexit: VCs.” Also speaking volumes, the publications that framed the educational fallout from last week’s referendum on EU membership in terms of how it might possibly hurt the business of British ed-tech. .” MOOCs losing their mojo?

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Lots of MOOC PR appeared in the news this week. ” “What if MOOCs Revolutionize Education After All?” “Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” And more on MOOCs in the credentialing section below as well.

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Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

But how do they compare to the old one and the ACT ?” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). From the World Bank’s ed-tech blog : “How students in Uruguayan schools are being taught English over the Internet by teachers in Argentina – and in the UK & the Philippines.”

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Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2016

When I included for-profit higher ed as one of last year’s “ Top Ed-Tech Trends ,” I suggested that, despite predictions that “ the for-profit-education bubble is deflating ” and despite events like the closure of Corinthian Colleges, it was unclear to me that we were really witnessing a collapse of the industry.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

In May, Buzzfeed reported that the ACICS had held a training session at its annual conference in which it explained to for-profit universities how to avoid scrutiny and lawsuits from states’ attorneys general. If you want a job as a software developer in the technology industry, you’ll need a college degree. The Alt-Degree.

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Technology Education Secondary Pearson 40

Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” A MOOC consortium , that is, with member institutions Davidson College , Colgate University , Hamilton College , and Wellesley College. Via The New York Times : “The Snake Oil of the Second-Act Industry.” More details in Edsurge.

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Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A bipartisan group of 30 attorneys general signed on to a letter Thursday opposing House legislation to reauthorize the Higher Education Act over a provision that would bar states from regulating student loan servicers.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Edsurge’s Jeff Young and Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill both asked industry analyst Trace Urdan for his take. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” . “A bold move,” says Inside Higher Ed. a month.). .”

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Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

” “How to Con Black Law Students: A Case Study” – Elie Mystal in The New York Times on a partnership between the HBCU Bethune-Cookman and the for-profit Arizona Summit Law School. . ” Ng is, of course, the co-founder of the MOOC startup Coursera. ” That “hate group”?

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Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The Question Is How to Pay for Them.” So much industry-driven fun fun fun. More details about more industry money for Code.org in the venture philanthropy section below. million from Susquehanna International Group for its alumni software.

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Education Robotics Company Report 48

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Republican Tax Proposal Gets Failing Grade From Higher-Ed Groups.” ” Testing, Testing… Via Edsurge : “How to Overcome Apathy and Disillusionment When Standardized Tests Fail Kids.” tax on some college endowments at private universities. For-Profit Colleges.”

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Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

But you’re full of fallacy yourself if you think that’s going to stop me from making critiques about this industry. Testing, Testing… “ Common Core testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss. MOOCs for credit !

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Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). At least, that’s according to data from the National Association of Colleges and Employers, which surveyed graduating college seniors and employers and found a significant difference in the groups’ perceptions.” .” Of course.

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