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Should Online Courses Go Through ‘Beta Testing’? How One Provider Taps 2,500 Volunteers

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Coursera was a pioneer in offering MOOCs, or massive open online courses, in partnership with hundreds of top colleges. While attention around MOOCs has died down, the company seems to have found a business model for free courses with something it calls Specializations. I have to say, a week of beta testing is not nearly enough.”

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The Power, Promise, and Pitfalls of Networks in Learning – Alec Couros Kicks of #ettipad San Diego

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He shows the group his faculty page which “hasn’t been updated in years.” One day, Alec says that he tweeted out that he was thinking of starting a MOOC. ” – Seymour Papert He then compares iPhone to a lightbulb. It allowed for both groups to have relationships and forge connections.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Aftermath of the MOOC wars: Can commercial vendors support creative higher education ? ” Via The Kansas City Star : “ White nationalist group , seeking young recruits, targets college campuses.” Now, the hunt is on for the poopetrator.

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

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You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The University of Iceland has joined edX. Speaking of child exploitation, this via The Financial Times : “ Apple’s iPhone X assembled by illegal student labour.” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. Will they make it happen?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” The center, as the name suggests, does legal work for civil rights and low-income groups. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ California Should Watch Arkansas Process for Creating New Online Institution,” says Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill. Immigration and Education.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Also via Inside Higher Ed : “The Federal Trade Commission and a group of states last week announced a coordinated law-enforcement action against deceptive student loan debt-relief scams. More MOOC job changes: Techcrunch reports that “ Coursera ’s chief product officer just left to become a VC.”