Fractus Learning

MAY 19, 2016

It’s now 2016 and educators still have not discovered the power of infusing a balance of asynchronous and synchronous technologies, as well as engagement into their online classroom. Online learning does not need to be mechanical in nature. Engagement needs to take place in the online learning environment.

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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

JULY 20, 2017

As online course platforms proliferate, institutions of all shapes and sizes realize that they’ll need to translate content into digital forms. Designing online learning experiences is essential to training employees, mobilizing customers, serving students, building marketing channels, and sustaining business models.

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2017

In a lot of classrooms, our modules are becoming required learning,” Sharma says. “As As a result, classes are becoming much more interactive, with small group sessions rather than one-hour lectures.” You have something in common because you want to learn about the same topics.”

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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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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2017

Kim, Researcch Scientist in the Learning Systems Lab, MIT What is your mission? 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. Make yourself available.

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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. Much of what passes for innovation in online education is an attempt to reproduce the classroom—and often not what works best in the classroom. That’s not a substitute—we agree.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

Notes from the Discussion We no longer have to go to school if we want to learn. 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. Click here to see all of them.) Org charts need to change.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Boston-based private equity firm Devonshire Investors has acquired NovoEd , a San Francisco-based provider of an online learning platform. NovoEd traces its roots to Stanford University, where engineering professor Amin Saberi and Farnaz Ronaghi, then a PhD student, launched their first online course in 2012.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

It gives lots of way to facilitate activities at a PTA meeting, at a school board meeting or a local chamber of commerce,” said Keith Kruger, CEO of CoSN. Teachers have long known learning is a social process — when students create meaning together, often the results are much more effective.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 20, 2014

When did you first become involved with research into distance education and online learning? Being an Academic has allowed me to travel widely, to meet some very interesting people and to set my own research agenda. What are your views on MOOCs? My first question is how did you start?

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

A quick round of introductions revealed some interesting trends: a growing number of liberal arts institutions are launched or growing online learning programs; many sought to find the distinct ways liberal arts institutions, and campuses pursuing liberal education, can use technology. Online learning is on the rise.

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K12 Open Ed

JULY 20, 2015

I knew that peer learning is about tapping into the wisdom of the group and letting them lead, instead of being the “expert” on the stage. I fought this though and continued to try to inspire self direction and self leadership in each group. Recently, the idea of “headless” MOOCs has become popular.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

And how can whatever this new nonprofit does make up for the abandoned role of running a major online-learning platform that was actively offering low-cost options for students around the world? This group is charged with delivering these recommendations to the faculty and the president, who will present them to the new entity.”

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Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

How can colleges and universities share courses online? The answer has been “yes” for some years, and I’m not talking about MOOCs or University of Phoenix. All faculty felt more comfortable with online learning pedagogy. That is, can students at one institution take a class taught by faculty at another?

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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. Sit in enough faculty meetings, meet with enough leadership, and it becomes clear that it’s all about money. But this tweet was a biting critique of where higher ed is heading.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Meet the New Mega-University.” ” Via Education Week : “ FUNecole : Social-Emotional Learning Meets Computer Science and Digital Literacy.” on Coursera.”

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2016

radio and televisions in the early 20th century and online learning and MOOCs via the Internet in the early 21st century.) However, the questions have largely stayed the same: Do technologies ensure quality learning and positive student outcomes? The technology has changed over the years.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 30, 2011

If you are looking for an easy calendar import / RSS feed for these events, you''ll now find a link on your calendar page or the calendar page of specific groups! Thanks for your attention, and see you online! This is an online learning conference sponsored by the Region XI Education Service Center in Fort Worth, Texas.

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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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Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Career Training Groups Encouraged by Trump Pick for CTE Job.” “Free College” Via Edsurge : “For Free Community College , Online Learning Isn’t Always Part of the Recipe for Success.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The Hechinger Report : “ Virtual charter schools need ‘bold action’ for change, says national charter school advocacy group.” Via The New York Times : “Moving to Make Amends, Georgetown President Meets With Descendant of Slaves.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Higher-Ed Groups Warn Against Visa Restrictions for Chinese Students.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The Diplomat : “ Online Learning in North Korea.” ECS Learning Systems has acquired PREPWORKS.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

” Via NPR : “Meet Jin Park , The First DACA Recipient Awarded A Rhodes Scholarship.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Chalkbeat : “After flying under the radar, school districts’ online programs attract attention – and scrutiny.” million total.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

” “Make MOOCs great again.” Via Politico : “Meet Trump’s Cabinet-in-waiting.” ” On the other side of the issue: “ Civil rights group makes legal case for controversial Education Dept. The Chinese online learning company has raised $40.14 Is that possible?

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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. Well, not quite.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Teachers Are Moonlighting As Instagram Influencers To Make Ends Meet,” Buzzfeed reported in 2018. In 2013, an accreditor ordered Tiffin University to stop enrolling students in its Ivy Bridge College, an online program run by the venture-backed firm Altius Education. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon. The Teacher Influencer Hustle.

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Hack Education

MARCH 17, 2017

.” Via Politico : “The nation’s governors say they’re ‘concerned’ the Trump administration’s new guide for crafting state plans under the Every Student Succeeds Act doesn’t prioritize outreach to a variety of groups and individuals, like civil rights advocates, parents and state lawmakers.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Via WaPo’s Valerie Strauss : “ Trump ’s rather weird meeting with the 2017 Teachers of the Year.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” a month.). .” ” (Wow.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Via The Washington Post : “Influential conservative group: Trump, DeVos should dismantle Education Department and bring God into classrooms.” ” The group in question: the Council for National Policy. ” “What’s the bottom line on online preschool ?” NPR on MOOC Micromasters.

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Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

” Via Chalkbeat : “For Betsy DeVos and her former advocacy group, the future of education means ‘ personalization ,’ including virtual schools.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Here’s a link to all the stories in Slate’s series on online credit recovery programs.

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Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via ProPublica : “Meet the Hundreds of Officials Trump Has Quietly Installed Across the Government.” ” Via The Washington Post : “ Muslim students tried to meet with a lawmaker. The resulting nonprofit college group will be secular.” They were first asked: ‘Do you beat your wife?’”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

” The Thurgood Marshall College Fund , a national group supporting public and private HBCUs, announced a $25.6 Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” edX is offering an online master’s degree with Georgia Tech : an OMS (online master’s in science) in Analytics.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

There was all that ink spilled circa 2010 that Khan Academy and “ flipped learning ” were going to “ change the rules of education ,” replacing in-class instruction with online videos watched as homework. Vive la MOOC Révolution. The British MOOC company FutureLearn entered the US market.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” “Behind Randi Weingarten ’s secret meeting with Steve Bannon ” by Mike Klonsky. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “How Much Hollywood Glitz Should Colleges Use in Their Online Courses ?” More on online education research in the research section below.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

“Charter backers can stop the NAACP moratorium – by meeting these four demands” by Adrienne Dixson and Andre Perry. The Los Angeles Board of Education decided to reject the renewal of five charter schools ’ charters at its meeting this week. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

” Protestors were outside the meeting in force. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “More than 50 groups have signed a letter demanding that Candice E. This coding bootcamp was acquired by the University of Phoenix’s parent company, Apollo Education Group , in 2015. Critiques Their ESSA Plans.”

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