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EdTech Acronyms Explained

EdTech4Beginners

AUP – Acceptable Use Policy. ICT – Information Communications Technology. MOOC – Massively Open Online Course (an online course which has video lectures, problem solving activities, texts and an online community of fellow learners). STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths. API – Application Programming Interface.

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14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education

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MOOCs are great ideas, but assessment and feedback loops and certification are among the many issues holding them back. Comparing an unsupported MOOC from 2008 to an in-person college experience isn’t apples to apples. They’ve recently updated the policy and why this doesn’t get more coverage, I’m not sure.

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The Stories We've Been Told (in 2017) about Education Technology

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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. The Compulsion for Data. Indie Ed-Tech.

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(The Very Last) Hack Education Weekly News

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” Not so sure how folks plan to do their beloved STEM without the S or the E in this future, but hey. Via Inside Higher Ed : “Lawyers and Title IX practitioners have identified potential conflicts between the Trump administration ’s new proposed regulations on the gender discrimination law and state policy.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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And certainly the expectation of many ed-tech products (and increasingly school policy) is that parents will do just this — participate in the incessant monitoring of student data. In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education.

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Millennials: The Straw That Will Stir Higher Education’s Next Disruption

EdNews Daily

They’re comfortable gathering information and using it to look ahead to their potential careers with a combination of concern, excitement — even entitlement. Another is the rise of the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) or online instructional platforms like edX, Coursera, or Udacity. In some ways, this is nothing new.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via The Atlantic : “It’s Getting Harder for International STEM Students to Find Work After Graduation.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Gotta keep that MOOC hype alive. “ MOOCs Find a New Audience with On-Campus Students,” Edsurge claims.