Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 6, 2020

Massive Open Online Courses (Sometimes referred to as MOOCs) – MOOCs are readily available courses that are presented online. MOOCs are not an ideal way for most students to learn. MOOCs are available from a variety of sources including Coursera , edX and individual participating universities. Do your students know this?

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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. Click here to see all of them.) For example, this young man from Mongolia.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Khan Academy was going to change everything. MOOCs were going to change everything. I think we can talk about privacy and security issues – how sloppily we know that these companies, and unfortunately our schools as well, handle student and teacher information. Virtual reality was going to change everything.

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Hack Education

MAY 6, 2020

So no, Khan Academy did not invent "personalized learning." Like a MOOC, but in the school gym. Other programs were eventually added: Teamwork for Child Health , a 15-minute program on parent and child health, for example, as well as shows designed to inform the neighborhood about local news and activities.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

For some time now, the internet has also become a significant source of information for students and teachers all over the world. Read more: 6 Things you may not know about MOOCs. Used as an aid, a carefully chosen image or a great infographic will help readers absorb the information more easily.

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JANUARY 1, 2019

In order to reduce the amount of new content a teacher needs to make, YouTube videos, MOOC s, multiple choice questions and web-based resources can be combined. Some examples of leading online learning environments include Future Learn , The Khan Academy , EtonX , and K-12. not having to attend classes).

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Udacity, for instance, has built courses in which presenters deliver information rather than experts in the subject. Some nonprofit colleges that produce MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses, have experimented with different production methods. And Strayer is not alone in turning to production teams for course materials.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

As concerns about “fake news” make clear, Silicon Valley’s influence also extends to how we access information and build knowledge; it extends to the stories we hear and share. Beyond the MOOC. School and “Skills” MOOCS, Outsourcing, and Online Education. MOOCs and Anti-MOOCs.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security. Khan Academy, for example, had $27.9 .” Via Reuters : “Some U.S.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The University of Iceland has joined edX. ” Education Dive profiles Khan Academy’s Khan Lab School. (It It will be interesting to compare the success or failure of Khan Lab School with the failure of AltSchool. Will they make it happen?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Digital courses often run on heavy data usage with serious information transmission demands. Coursera, edX, Khan Academy and other massive course providers run almost exclusively on HD video streaming—an innovation initially propelled by internet neutrality. The right information in the right place just changes your life.

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Via Politico : “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said on Wednesday that the Education Department is stonewalling its attempts to gather information about Navient as part of the CFPB’s lawsuit against the student loan giant.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The Post and Courier : “ South Carolina ’s online charter schools: A $350 million investment with disappointing returns.” ” “Why So Many Top Hackers Hail from Russia ,” according to information security journalist Brian Krebs.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Khan Academy now Accepts Bitcoin Cash Donations,” says bitrazzi. Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security. More on the for-profit formerly known as Kaplan University in the online education section below. It’s charter schools.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Something something Brexit something something MOOCs will save British higher ed. The information of some 500 million users was stolen in 2014, according to Yahoo , by “a state-sponsored actor.” Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Course Signals, a software product developed by Purdue University, was designed to boost “student success” by using learning analytics to inform teachers, students, and staff to potential problems, labeling students with a red/yellow/green scheme to indicate their danger in failing a course. Course Signals. Uber for Education". “We

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JUNE 29, 2018

Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Harvard Asks Court to Keep Information on Individual Applicants and ‘Granular’ Admissions Details Under Seal.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. million, up from $4.3

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Why Haven’t MOOCs Eliminated Any Professors?” ” Edsurge profiles MEDSKL , which is like Khan Academy but for medical school. Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” asks IHE blogger Joshua Kim.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Because despite their marketing copy, it remains important to ask: how do employers, in and out of Silicon Valley, respond to these alt-credentials – to MOOC certificates and nanodegrees and microcredentials and badges? ” MOOCs for credit. By Khan Academy. Keep Away From Coding Schools.” The Nanodegree™.

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” ” From the press release : “ MOOCs and books initiative launched by Springer and Federica Weblearning.” ” Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Iowa City Press-Citizen : “ Iowa families foregoing classroom for virtual school.” Acumen “senior innovation associate” writes about +Acumen in Edsurge : “The Flip Side of Abysmal MOOC Completion Rates ? ” Wheee.

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Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

” Testing, Testing… Khan Academy announces “Free LSAT Prep for All.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Inside Higher Ed on online education at Simmons College. More on MOOC and online education research in the research section below. ” asks NPR.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Should Online Courses Go Through ‘Beta Testing’?” NPR on MOOC Micromasters. “College Leaders Show Growing Interest In Teaching Information Literacy ,” according to Edsurge. Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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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

AUGUST 4, 2017

” Testing, Testing… From the Khan Academy blog : “ Khan Academy is the Official Practice Partner for AP.” ” This is the second major partnership the organization has made with the College Board , as Khan Academy is also its test prep site of choice for the SAT.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

” There’s more education-related legal news down in the information security section below. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news down in the “labor and management” section below. Khan Academy is launching a new series on US history and civics.

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Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

Via The Atlantic : “The Confusing Information Colleges Provide Students About Financial Aid.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Khan Academy launches free Official LSAT Prep ,” says the Khan Academy blog. The Business of Financial Aid.

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Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). To borrow from Jello Biaffra, “MOOCs aren’t dead, they just deserve to die.” ” From Edsurge : “How Blockbuster MOOCs Could Shape the Future of Teaching.” ” There’s more MOOC-related news in the nanodegree section below.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

The Rebranding of MOOCs. Remember 2012 , “ The Year of the MOOC? Remember in 2012 when the media wrote about MOOCs with such frenzy, parroting all these marketing claims and more and predicting that MOOCs were poised to “ end the era of expensive higher education ”? MOOCs are not particularly "open."

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