Educator Innovator

DECEMBER 8, 2015

It takes more than just engaging content to have a successful MOOC. Through an inquiry-based process, our partner The Friday Institute discovered that offering multiple ways for participants to connect during the MOOC led to more positive outcomes. VPLCs are virtual meetings using Google Hangouts. ” By Lauren Acree.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

Now that we’ve assembled international crowds of motivated, smart people online in MOOCs, it’s time to think about harnessing their collective intelligence to tackle these urgent cross-boundary issues. We invite up to 1,000 students who have previously completed two or more of our free MOOCs to apply to participate in these challenges.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2023

Today’s online courses are evolved cousins of the early MOOC, or massive open online course. So for this segment of higher education to grow, companies and colleges will have to figure out how to meet those standards. In contrast, Stueve, at WGU, shudders at the thought of doing another remotely planned group project or discussion.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2023

She also teaches Learning How to Learn , one of the most popular Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs. Andrea Chiba: There’s one thing that teachers probably know better than scientists, but that now the science is meeting practically, and that is that there are huge individual differences in brain maturation. There were six U.S.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

For example, most of the enrolled students in fully asynchronous MOOCs are adults, and even in this context, completion can be challenging. The size of synchronous learning groups is also an important consideration because smaller groups allow for more discussion.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 11, 2017

“ We must meet our students exactly where they are with exactly the brains they have right now. Educators are then asked to identify a student’s strengths and challenges, and create and implement a plan that supports the student in meeting their goals for learning. ” – Dr. Gene R.

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EdTechnocation.com

MARCH 19, 2014

Last week, the MOOC-Ed, Coaching Digital Learning: Cultivating a Culture of Change , began. As a Technology Coordinator, I realized that I needed to harness the power of this group. We meet quarterly to have important discussions about the technology in our school, ask questions, and provide support.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 5, 2021

Unguided communities tend to have difficulty progressing beyond the second stage of development, because group members can become distracted from the community’s intended purpose. scheduling, age-grouping, separation by content area, etc.). facebook groups or something similar) ‘need’ functional technology (e.g.,

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MindShift

APRIL 25, 2016

Some studies found that about five percent of those enrolled in massive open online courses (known as MOOCs) completed the course. Facilitators found that four-to-nine people is a good number for a group. In order to run a group, librarians set up the space for group learning and make laptops available when needed.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Some of the podcasters got their start making educational videos or or producing MOOCs, those free online classes that were all the rage a few years ago, but ended up not living up to the hype. That’s the case for Davis, who for several years was a producer of video classes for HarvardX, Harvard’s MOOC production wing. “I

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2022

The first ghost that Ebenezer Scrooge meets in “A Christmas Carol” is the spirit of his business partner, Jacob Marley. It has also led to the rise of new groups, called DAOs, that are experimenting with less-hierarchical ways to conduct business. Scrooge asks the spirit of his old friend why it’s shackled. “I But the point stands.)

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techieMusings

MAY 19, 2016

The learning spaces they have set up open up so many possibilities and opportunities for blended and differentiated instruction and individualized learning, meeting the needs of all different learning and personality styles. Sophomores have the opportunity to spend a period of their day learning through a MOOC of their choosing.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Avida is the husband of Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller, and one of the first board members of the company that helped put the spotlight on massive online open courses, or MOOCs. Students are “seated” in virtual tables, in groups of up to 10. Students “seated” at different virtual tables groups on Engageli.

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Bryan Alexander

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Professors get to teach classes in their specialties, while enjoying a broader group of students (remember that this is a national effort). In full disclosure, I helped with some of these meetings, and was delighted at how they went. The advantages for faculty and their campuses are important.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JANUARY 30, 2018

The educators you meet will share resources, experience, and offer support! Some of the people you meet will remain your friends for life! We will share and meet regularly on our Facebook group, Twitter (#EduGoalsMOOC), and through weekly live events (expert panels on Google Hangouts).

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

SAT/ACT Study Groups. When it comes time to prepare for the SAT and ACT, often times students will form study groups across the area or region. And think about using it for your adult organizations as well like church groups, alumni associations, intramural teams, and philanthropic organizations. Replace or Supplement Meetings.

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ProfHacker

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Thanks to Gardner Campbell for sharing it while collaboratively annotating an article for the #OpenLearning17 MOOC. Jo Freeman writes: “to strive for a structureless group is as useful, and as deceptive, as to aim at an “objective” news story, “value-free” social science, or a “free” economy.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2018

EdX, the nonprofit online-education group founded by MIT and Harvard, is quietly developing a “MicroBachelors” degree that is designed to break the undergraduate credential into Lego-like components. Officials from edX declined to talk about the project, saying only that it is in the early stages. We are going to make it so.

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EdNews Daily

APRIL 26, 2017

When they don’t lead to credit, the online courses may be available tuition-free as ‘MOOCs’ (Massive Open Online Courses), but they do not allow students to earn traditional college degrees. However, when these courses provide traditional college credit, they generally cost just as much as the same course at a college campus.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The Evolution of MOOCs: Six Years Later : Are MOOCs still around? This session will mix personal reflection, dialog and group discussion to help schools build more inclusive environments for students. The Adult Student Meets the Network Effect : More than 80 million U.S. Higher Ed 11:00 a.m. Higher Ed 9:30 a.m.

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The PL2C Blog

AUGUST 24, 2014

Consider, too, those that are in your own support group. Then, of course, put their feedback into action whether it be in the form of topics to cover in professional development, or one-on-one meetings with resources. More About the Coaching Digital Learning MOOC-Ed.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 20, 2013

You could see where we might place formal learning using a VLE, or where students might meet to chat using Facebook, for example. With the increasing popularity of such movements as the Flipped Classroom , and Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs), other more radical formal learning space configurations are taking place.

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techieMusings

MAY 19, 2016

The learning spaces they have set up open up so many possibilities and opportunities for blended and differentiated instruction and individualized learning, meeting the needs of all different learning and personality styles. Sophomores have the opportunity to spend a period of their day learning through a MOOC of their choosing.

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2017

Allison Salisbury: Here at EdSurge we’ve watched and admired as groups from Student Voice to Young Invincibles grow in power and visibility, emboldening students to speak up and speak out. Discovering MOOCs in 2012 lit a fire under me. Try building a MOOC to meet that challenge—I’d love to read about it!

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2017

As a result, classes are becoming much more interactive, with small group sessions rather than one-hour lectures.” 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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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Are people more likely to complain after a professional learning meeting, than in one? I have watched schools go “1 to 1”, while still inundating staff with handouts and giant post it notes in staff meetings. What does the time look like in staff meetings or professional learning time?

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2020

in February, rising across all groups of workers - with workers with l ower levels of educational attainment the most vulnerable to job loss. MOOC catalog site Class Central has reported a 900 percent spike in traffic , and course enrollment has surged at Coursera. The national unemployment rate jumped to 4.4%, up from 3.5%

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Edsurge

MAY 10, 2018

The reason we’re here at this meeting, and what the venture capital has done, is allow people to try things that never would have been tried before because the technology didn’t exist, or never been tried before because of the control that the institutions had on the discourse around what is learning and what is not learning. Here’s the gap.

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Linways Technologies

JANUARY 6, 2023

They can also help teachers adjust their teaching methods or modify the course material to better meet the needs of the class. Internship experiences, adding MOOCs, and Co-Curricular experiences are some other methods to assess students.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2017

MOOCs, technology infusion projects, online masters or pathways to credit, research. Interesting (to me, Sandy) that some digital learning groups/departments were created in the wake of Coursera. Meet people where they are, face-to-face. Owens: Impact tech enhanced education on campus and beyond. Make yourself available.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

Before becoming too beholden to the particular features (or limitations) of a technology platform, try to think bigger and more creatively about how you can meet the needs of your learners. Lesson 4: Go study other great teachers and other great learning experiences. Lesson 8: Collect student feedback. Share what you learned.

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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. Leaders should be creating community using tools like Diigo groups!

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Transgender Student Rights in K-12 Education : At a critical time for transgender rights in education, a panel of educators and LGBTQ rights advocates will discuss how teachers can “go beyond meeting legal obligations to create a safe and welcoming school environment for all.” Monday, March 6 9:30 a.m. 2:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2017

Since the New York Times named 2012 the year of massive open online courses (MOOCs), millions have flocked to platforms offering them such as edX and Coursera. The six-week long MOOC will touch on topics including open educational resources (OER), open pedagogy and practice, open knowledge and open research. Ekowo: Why this MOOC?

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 7, 2013

There are many stories of people developing and sustaining friendship, or even romance and eventual marriage, after ''meeting'' on a social media site. Distance Education social media relationships MOOCs Twitter FaceBook' He''s having a whale of a time. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Turkle notes the problem of students who seek to replace meeting with professors in their offices with an email. Most MOOCs, despite the claims of innovation and disruption, consisted of video lectures and text-based assignments. That’s not a substitute—we agree. We are all familiar with the dynamics of a college classroom.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 24, 2019

First is the return of Dr. Steve Albrecht with " Coaching Skills for Library Managers and Supervisors: Getting Better Performance and Behavior From Your Employees One Meeting at a Time " on February 12th. As an online educator she developed and offered a MOOC for the SJSU iSchool, and she coordinated two Library 2.0

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