TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

A description of a learning environment where there is one “screen” for each student (whether an iPad, laptop, etc.). Informal education or training is distinguished from such self-directed informal learning only by the presence of some form of institutionally-recognized instructor. Activity-Based Learning. ” (11).

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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.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 11, 2014

. $245 registration fee Wednesday, March 12th at 9am at Montclair State University, NJ Common Sense Media - Teaching Digital Citizenship in an iPad Classroom , If you have iPads, you know that teaching digital citizenship is more important than ever. For more information, click here. Curated content: The Best of the Week.

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Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

When we asked what they liked about Versal, the first thing they said is their students live on their devices — they live on the iPads and so on — and this for the first time allows them to create really cool interactive content for them and really speak the same language that these students are geared now to speak. That’s what we are.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

“In time of trouble, I had been trained since childhood, read, learn, work it up, go to the literature. In January, “brain-training” company Lumosity agreed to pay $2 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it had deceived customers with its claims that its games improved cognitive functions.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2014

Thursday, April 24th in Omaha, NE Identifying the Learning Potential of Apps, Websites, and Games & Resources for Teaching Digital Citizenship on an iPad; , Common Sense Media presenter, Jeremy Nielsen, will deliver two great sessions at the Nebraska Educational Technology Association event in Omaha, NE. More information here.

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Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “The MOOC is not dead, but maybe it should be,” says Rolin Moe. The Business of Job Training. ” Via The Verge : “Teachers weigh in on Apple ’s push for more iPads in school.” ” “Homework therapist.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The two were visiting a rural school in Idaho that has a 1-to–1 iPad program. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Stop Asking About Completion Rates: Better Questions to Ask About MOOCs in 2019,” says Edsurge. .” It could only observe. She wrote a blog post on Medium.

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Trump Move on Job Training Brings ‘ Skills Gap ’ Debate to the Fore.” ” More on the business of job training in its own section below. ” The Business of Job Training. .” Via The Washington Post : “ Education Dept. ” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 10, 2018

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”). ” Via The AP : “Man at New Mexico Compound Accused of Training Kids for School Attacks.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

.” Via NC Policy Watch : “ Ethics questions raised on DPI’s $6 million iPad purchase.” Prior to the department spending $6 million on iPads, Apple spent more than $5300 on meals and lodging for state Superintendent Mark Johnson and five other education officials to visit the company’s HQ. .

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Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Gotta keep hyping that MOOC thing. Via Edsurge : “ MOOCs Are No Longer Massive. ” Via Class Central : “Class Central’s Top 50 MOOCs of All Time (2018 edition).” The Business of Job Training.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his kids have iPads. There are a variety of reasons for this: language barriers, lack of Internet access, incompatible devices, lack of training. 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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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Lots of MOOC PR appeared in the news this week. ” “What if MOOCs Revolutionize Education After All?” “Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” And more on MOOCs in the credentialing section below as well.

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Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

’” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Reminder: a lot of MOOC news is now job training news, so you’ll find some updates in that section below. The Business of Job Training. ” That’s history professor Julio Pino.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

” I suppose I could put this in “the business of job training” section, but as Woz U has partnered with the for-profit Southern Careers Institute , it probably should remain here in this section despite the glowing press it received from tech publications about how this venture is going to unlock tech careers.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There is some exciting Udacity news in the job training section below too. The Business of Job Training. ” Via The Telegraph : “ Teaching children with iPads means they struggle to concentrate without technology, study finds.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 31, 2017

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Trump ‘s Proposed Cuts Threaten Colleges’ Key Job-Training Programs.” ” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s Rick Levin on the Evolution of MOOCs and Microcredentials.” The Business of Job Recruitment and Training.

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Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” An op-ed in Forbes by University Ventures’ Ryan Craig : “Make Online Education Great (For The First Time).” ” The Business of Job Training. Via Campus Technology : “Report: iPad , Mac Use Growing in Higher Ed.” ” iPad use?!

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “As In-Person Bootcamps Falter, Codecademy Introduces Paid Online Options.” Pretty sure this is the best MOOC story of the week: “ Russian Underground Launches Online Courses in Card Fraud ,” Infosecurity Group reports. .”

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

” Via Apple Insider : “Jamf’s ‘innovation pod’ aims to offer iPad-based education to students in Haiti.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Vive la MOOC révolution. ” “Orphan MOOCs and the Digital Dark Ages” by Jeffrey Pomerantz in Hybrid Pedagogy.

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Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Department of State and massive open online course provider Coursera are partnering to launch Coursera for Refugees , a program to offer career training to displaced people around the world. billion it agreed to pay Apple/Pearson for iPads, but what do I know).

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Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

Via KPCC : “ LAUSD may try again to give an iPad or computer to every student.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The Business of Job Training. Via The New York Times : “De Blasio Proposes Changes to New York’s Elite High Schools.” Education Department show.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ MOOCs : A Postmortem” by Jonathan Rees. Meanwhile, Campus Technology offers “7 Tips for Listing MOOCs on Your Résumé.” See also: “ George Mason U Signs with Outsourcer to Train Students in Coding” via Campus Technology.

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