Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The effort, run by the nonprofit Credential Engine, marked its half-decade this week with a virtual convening to describe its latest research report and a reception in Washington, D.C., Of the four categories of providers, non-academic entities offer the largest count of credentials, according to the report.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

The master’s degree market is also a hotbed of innovation, as some of the world’s top universities are now experimenting with MOOC-based degrees at substantially lower price points. It increasingly includes numerous types of microcredentials, certificates and certifications, coding bootcamps and informal courses.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

While not quite the “Year of the MOOC,” 2018 saw a resurgence in interest around the ways these massive open online courses are delivering free (and more often these days, not free) online education around the world, and how these providers are increasingly turning to traditional institutions of learning. Without a University Involved.).

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2020

For me, it was pretty easy to imagine how I’d supplement the online pre-recorded lectures from my MOOC with discussions with Wesleyan students on the Zoom platform. My colleagues report similarly positive experiences. Although we record these discussions, almost all of my 50+ undergraduates attend class together.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

according to a new report published Wednesday. Perhaps to another nonprofit, the National Skills Coalition, which published its own report this week focused explicitly on establishing a definition of what counts as a quality non-degree credential. Using information from sources including the U.S. They’re still counting.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

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. Open Curriculum. And anymore, they end being the punchline of edtech jokes, somehow.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 18, 2016

Students retain information better, they learn faster, they collaborate more, and they have the chance to go through a unique, fascinating learning experience. I mean, if Harvard can teach its most popular MOOC in VR , then there has to be a way for LMS vendors to support these type of classes in their products as well.

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Linways Technologies

MARCH 31, 2020

Though there is information available around us, an institution, with its unique workflow and delivery makes the difference. This sets institutional education apart from the MOOCs, or online course delivery tools. The answer is very simple. That’s where Linways AMS comes in. Is it Possible to Simulate Departments and Batches?

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The PL2C Blog

AUGUST 24, 2015

Instructional Technology Coaches Shape Their Future During a MOOC-Ed. Based on context and role, participants used the ITCAP template to create their personal coaching vision and goals, along with specific activities and steps extrapolated from the weekly MOOC-Ed content and their experiences. By: Lisa Hervey.

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Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

” Some of these experimental sites included MOOCs and coding bootcamps. “ 18 States Are Suing Betsy DeVos Over For-Profit College Rules ,” Buzzfeed reports. ” “College made millions by tricking Indigenous people, court finds,” The Guardian reports. State and Local) Education Politics.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

As EdSurge reported in October 2017, those programs are now creating a situation where learners are accumulating more credentials from different providers. He pointed out that anyone may put false information—like a degree or digital badge—on their LinkedIn profile. Krishnan said she thinks students are keen on the idea.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2021

“They want to serve in their own locales, but their markets need to go farther,” says Holly Zanville, a research professor and co-director of the Program on Skills, Credentials, and Workforce Policy at George Washington University who recently published a commissioned report about Unmudl.

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Edsurge

JULY 26, 2018

Udacity helped start the whole MOOC craze several years ago, offering online courses that drew tens of thousands of students and sparking a conversation about whether these new online programs could replace college as we know it. Our partners now inform a lot of that as well. Shen: There are multiple factors that we look at.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2018

We have this way of processing things in our brain where we actually attach information to a particular person, so we can imagine that person talking as we read their words,” says Monica Riordan, a cognitive scientist and assistant professor of psychology at Chatham University, in Pittsburgh. appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

As an instructional designer who has been building MOOCs for the past five years, I’ve been asked this question more times than I count. MOOCs have been called abysmal , disappointing failures. The average completion rate for MOOCs (including the ones I design) hovers between 5-15 percent. This skepticism is not unwarranted.

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 27, 2016

Nearly 60 percent of 589 preK-12 educators surveyed enrolled in professional courses online, according to a study by the Educational Technology Industry Network, a division of the Software & Information Industry Network. The report was released exclusively to EdWeek Market Brief today, and will be given wider distribution Tuesday.

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Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2017

Harvard reportedly spends $75,000-$150,000 building each new MOOC, most of which goes towards video production costs. Narrate Videos: We know that narratives are “sticky” ways of getting people to remember information. These efforts are not cheap. Cognotion has raised $4.4 They won’t be a magic bullet for every learner.

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The Principal of Change

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

In no way am I criticizing the district because I know that education articles often are missing pieces of information, but if it is 100% true that an online portal is used in lieu of conferences, I am concerned that we are creating a culture that is more about numbers and letters, than it is about people. .”

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 1, 2016

For instance, one recent survey reported that 75% of the responding K-12 educators in the United States assessed their student’s access to technology in the classroom as “good” or “great” Roughly four out of five teachers planned to utilize these types of resources more extensively during the 2016 academic year.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2019

Applicants use the company website to request a certain amount and provide information, then receive a quote from Blair. Y Combinator President Geoff Ralston, left, and CEO Michael Seibel take questions from reporters before the second Demo Day of 2019. He’s received applications for over $7 million in funding. Prenda This Mesa, Ariz.-based

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Hack Education

MAY 6, 2020

Superintendent Johnson reported that the move to radio instruction was embraced enthusiastically by students — some 315,000 tuned in, he estimated, although he admitted he had no way of knowing for sure. Like a MOOC, but in the school gym. In the end, many classroom teachers reported that the new technology required more work.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

The second is to improve strategies for how students take in that information and retain it. Newkirk concedes they are not the first to use these techniques, but the combination he and his colleagues have devised is getting results beyond what others have reported. That’s referred to as the cognitive aspect.

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Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

I’m building on previous posts about trends in technology and educational contexts , plus my FTTE report, naturally. And the MOOC numbers look like they’re rising. Unless the worm turns globally, I’d expect planet MOOC to keep growing in 2016. Educational technology trends. What are the ethical choices in 2016?

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 7, 2013

A recent study from the University of Illinois reports on the use of the tweets sent by 70 million Twitter users found that on average, tweets and retweets were sent by people located more than 750 miles away from the message originators. Distance Education social media relationships MOOCs Twitter FaceBook' Unported License.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes. I mean, one of its founders celebrated. Not sure anyone else did.)

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Usman Khaliq was an engineering student in northeastern Pakistan when he took his first MOOC. complete multiple MOOCs. complete multiple MOOCs. MOOCs were a vetting mechanism for Usman, allowing both his talent and grit to rise to attention and connecting him to an opportunity halfway around the world.

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 10, 2017

At the end of her post, she makes a compelling case on why we need to rethink standardized testing: The Future of Jobs Report describes the urgency to to prepare future workers for the not so distant future. According to the report, the skills that will be in high demand by 2020 are: Complex Problem Solving. Critical Thinking.

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MindShift

MAY 22, 2018

This story about video grading was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. That logic might also explain why online-only courses, including much-vaunted MOOCs, struggle to retain students. Sign up here for our newsletter.

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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. Often, the technology coordinator/director is reporting to the WRONG person.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Melinda Karp (Assistant Director at Community College Research Center), Elizabeth Dooley (Vice Provost and Dean at University of Central Florida) and Vanessa Kenon (Assistant Vice Provost for Information at UT San Antonio) will discuss the changing role of academic advising and what this looks like in practice. EdSurge 4:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Even as technology can help students, there are plenty of instances where it can also lead to dead ends: Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) did not make it possible for anyone on the planet to get the equivalent of a Stanford University degree for free. Most important, we’re doing a lot of listening.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Via The Hechinger Report : “Most immigrants outpace Americans when it comes to education – with one big exception.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Can a New Approach to Information Literacy Reduce Digital Polarization? Data, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Historical origins of the information age : I think it’s important to ground our understanding of technology by beginning…well, in the beginning. Friedman and the rest of the uncritical MOOC cheerleaders) or dystopian views. This is a large and rapidly growing body of research with many summaries and literature reviews.

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Hack Education

APRIL 30, 2020

Many of these companies were launched circa 2013 — that is, in the tailwinds of "the Year of the MOOC," with the belief that an increasing number of students would be learning online and that professors would demand some sort of mechanism to verify their identity and their integrity.

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Educator Innovator

JULY 3, 2018

In a landmark 2013 report , this group detailed an educational approach, called connected learning, that aims to leverage this ecology to advance academic achievement, equity, and civic engagement.

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Educator Innovator

DECEMBER 13, 2016

If you are organizing a course, MOOC, or co-learning community, daily connects are one of the most powerful and yet simple tools at your disposal. Their regular science teacher was on a leave of absence, studying butterfly migrations in Costa Rica, sending information back to his students via slow dial-up connection.

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Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Historical origins of the information age : I think it’s important to ground our understanding of technology by beginning…well, in the beginning. Friedman and the rest of the uncritical MOOC cheerleaders) or dystopian views. This is a large and rapidly growing body of research with many summaries and literature reviews.

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