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Massive Study of Online Teaching Ends With Surprising — and ‘Deflating’ — Result

Edsurge

The MIT scholar outlined his recent research misadventures and his recommendations in a Twitter thread this week. New study in @PNASNews on MOOC persistence- 2.5 His message is that learning scientists need to pay more attention to context when they test various teaching methods.

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How to Introduce a Young Scholar to Twitter

ProfHacker

I’ve learned from years of trying that nobody “gets” Twitter when you talk to them about it, and that part of the power of it is in the capacity to make global connections to knowledgeable others. Here are some guidelines if you’re a Twitter fan and want to do the same. Please share in comments!

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Creating “Purposeful Conflict”

The Principal of Change

I tweeted this article from Tina Seelig , “Teaching — It’s about Inspiration, Not Information “, and asked the following question on Twitter: Curious what you think about this quote from Tina Seelig? To be honest, I threw the question out there on Twitter, and just sat back. So if both are needed, how do we make it happen?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Follow us on Twitter: #liveclass20 Tuesday, March 25th at 10:45am in Syracuse, NY A Common Sense Approach to Enhancing Technology For Learning , Digital tools are entering our classrooms at an increasing rate and with that comes the opportunity and responsibility to help students harness the potential of technology for learning and for life.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Follow us on Twitter #liveclass20. shares the guidelines, rules, and reflective activities associated with this exercise. Following recent conversations about the assessment capacity of MOOCs, this is a great topic! Saturday, March 1st at 12pm CR20 LIVE Weekly Show - Google Forms in the Classrooms , Classroom 2.0 Thanks, Ted!

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

“Hardly Anyone Wants to Take a Liberal Arts MOOC,” Edsurge informed its readers in February. ” The technology revolution has delivered Google searches, Facebook friends, iPhone apps, Twitter rants and shopping for almost anything on Amazon, all in the past decade and a half. See: the LMS, the MOOC.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). In related MOOC news, there's more on “ nanodegrees ” in the “credentialing” section below. The ALA has released library privacy guidelines for students in K–12 schools. But how do they compare to the old one and the ACT ?”