Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

What can we expect in 2016 from the intersection of technology and education? I’m building on previous posts about trends in technology and educational contexts , plus my FTTE report, naturally. Educational technology trends. And the MOOC numbers look like they’re rising. That should extend into 2016.

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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. Swivl - Apparatus that lets you use an iPad to video record a lecture or presentation. Click here to see all of them.)

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techieMusings

MAY 19, 2016

Their school is committed to organization-wide change to effectively infuse technology into the curriculum and they are truly forward-thinking in their approach; the school has already implemented many innovative teaching practices and spaces. Their MOOC worktime is an assigned period within their school day. Math Rotation Model.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 11, 2013

It can be actuated via a smartphone or iPad, laptop or in-person, but access is constant–which in turn shifts a unique burden to learn on the shoulders of the student." Gathering ''big data'' from learning analytics is perhaps the motherlode for most large scale course providers such as EdX , Udacity and Coursera (MOOC platforms).

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Learning Models, Theories, and Technology: A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers. Purpose: Improving our chance for a common language in discussing existing and emerging learning trends, model, and technology in hopes of innovation in classrooms, and collectively, education at large. by Terry Heick and TeachThought Staff.

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EdTechTeacher

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Welcome to the 2nd annual EdTechTeacher iPad Summit in San Diego! Over 500 educators from around the world have joined together to explore the potential and possibilities for iPads in the classroom. One day, Alec says that he tweeted out that he was thinking of starting a MOOC. We live in an age of both hatred and compassion.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 10, 2013

The technologies of the Internet and the Web are reshaping where, when, and from whom we learn. The Learning Revolution Weekly Update December 10th Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead Welcome to the Learning Revolution.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

” He continued – and I think this is so very revealing about the goals of much of this push for technological reform, “I should say that on the average we get about two percent efficiency out of schoolbooks as they are written today. The iPad was going to change everything. MOOCs were going to change everything.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2011

The Caribbean Educators Network (CEN) will be hosting a FREE Online Educators Conference (e-conference) from August 8-13th under the theme ''Open For Learning: Using Technology To Move Forward''. The theme captures the notion of openness through the use of technology as a way of advancing learning and professional development.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

“Why is it that when young people use technology on adult terms, they are praised as 21st century learners, but when they use technology on their OWN terms, they are castigated as deviant rule-breakers?” The students from the Hudson Valley and Aurora displayed an interest in technology, access, and fairness.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

I pick ten trends and themes in order to closely at the recent past, the near-term history of education technology. Of course, if you look for those education technology writers who are independent from venture capital, corporate or institutional backing, or philanthropic funding, there is pretty much only me.).

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 4, 2017

Being an educational technology trainer and an educator for more than a decade, I have had a fair share of training and professional development sessions both on giving and receiving end. At the end of the day, as I flipped through my untouched diary and an unused iPad, I could not help but wonder: Did I learn anything in this workshop?

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EdTechTeacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

” The idea, though, that the kids had separated from technology was ridiculous as Justin shows a YouTube video on how to make a rainbow loom starbust bracelet that has been viewed over 30 million times! As a researcher, Justin has been carrying this concept into his work with MOOCs. Teaching for Expert Thinking and Communication.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, doctoral student research, library and information center "tours," and more! We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses. Or Is There?

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

This leads to the “innovator’s dilemma,” described recently in The Economist as “the difficult choice an established company faces when it has to choose between holding onto an existing market by doing the same thing a bit better, or capturing new markets by embracing new technologies and adopting new business models.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 11, 2014

The technologies of the Internet and the Web are reshaping where, when, and from whom we learn--and even how we think about learning. The conference strands include Learning Theory, Learning Practice, Learning Science, Learning Spaces, and Technology & Learning. Register for Deep Dive Black Mountain. Learn more here.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

At the end of every year since I founded Hack Education in 2010, I’ve reviewed what I think are the most important and influential trends in education technology. This is about the stories we’re told about education, about technology, and about education technology. (No

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Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

Our sharks were Goldie Blumenstyk, a senior writer at The Chronicle; Jason Jones, a co-editor of the ProfHacker blog and director of educational technology at Trinity College, in Connecticut; and Paul Freedman, founder of Entangled Ventures, an education-technology company. Each spoke from a different perspective — Ms.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

I want to start this year’s review of education technology acknowledging grief. I want to start this year’s review of education technology sanctioning, if such a thing is necessary, our mourning. ” Education technology faces an inexhaustible supply of quackery. Mourn and Organize. We need not hide our feelings.

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EdTechTeacher

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

If they had waited for the technology to improve, they never would have shipped the first device. ” He cites the rapid advancement of MOOCs and Open Courses as well as the trend that more students use YouTube than Google to learn new things. Guy tells the story of one of the original Macs.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

This iPad app allows you to use paper and pencil to draw your own video game. Tynker is similar to Scratch and also recently launched an iPad app. Amplify is a free College Board-approved AP Computer Science massive open online course (MOOC). Taylor Science and Technology Academy , near New Orleans.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2014

Carl Rogers The technologies of the Internet and the Web are reshaping where, when, and from whom we learn--and even how we think about learning. Participants will engage in a variety of projects using modern tools and technology – the perfect way to get ready for ISTE. Check out all the fun at ISTEunplugged.com. More information here.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

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Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “The MOOC is not dead, but maybe it should be,” says Rolin Moe. ” Via The Verge : “Teachers weigh in on Apple ’s push for more iPads in school.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. The two were visiting a rural school in Idaho that has a 1-to–1 iPad program. ” Idaho Ed News quotes local high school students who protested the visit and their school’s reliance on technology. It could only observe.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Via NC Policy Watch : “ Ethics questions raised on DPI’s $6 million iPad purchase.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). National) Education Politics. That is all.

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

“technologizing” the government. 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.” The list of which education technology companies have raised the most money is more so.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 10, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “To Bolster K–3 Literacy, North Carolina Provides 24,000 iPads for Reading Teachers.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Trump’s education platform promises to “make post-secondary options more affordable and accessible through technology enriched delivery models.” ” “Make MOOCs great again.” “The Failure of the iPad Classroom” by David Sax. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 11, 2016.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Gotta keep hyping that MOOC thing. Via Edsurge : “ MOOCs Are No Longer Massive. National) Education Politics. Is Losing Its Accreditation.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

It’s time once again for my annual review of “the year in education technology,” something I’ve done since 2010. I’m feeling quite tentative about whether or not the insights that I might be able to glean about the year will have much relevance for the business and politics of education technology under Trump.

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” Via Politico : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has increased her financial stake in a ‘neurofeedback’ company that says its technology treats attention deficit disorder and the symptoms of autism. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Lots of MOOC PR appeared in the news this week.

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Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. This story has me thinking a lot about “fake news” and education technology PR as misinformation. ’” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). National) Education Politics. Some cited him.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

.” The school in question: Cora Kelly School for Math, Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The New York Times : “ Apple Offers Free App to Teach Children Coding (iPads Sold Separately).” ” Robo-advisory, yo. million total.

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

Also via Chalkbeat : “Black and white students score far apart on a new test of technology skills.” ” Here’s the WaPo headline : “Girls outscore boys on inaugural national test of technology, engineering skills.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “Feds Drop Investigation Into Los Angeles District Over $1 Billion iPad Purchase.” Via Campus Technology : “ AP Exam Pass Rates Rise Even as Participation Doubles.” Via the MIT Technology Review : “What Happens When Robots Become Role Models.”

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