The Fans, Fanboys, and Fanatics of OER
Doug Levin
MAY 12, 2015
I don’t fret much at all over some of what Clark raises: the acceptance and/or lack of broader cheer-leading for Wikipedia, MOOCs, or Khan Academy as success stories.
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Is the new education reform hiding in plain sight?
The Hechinger Report
JULY 1, 2018
Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. Overall, the rise of online learning — from MOOCs to Khan Academy — makes “blended” learning that combines computer and live instruction feel normal to students.
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Beyond Videos: 4 Ways Instructional Designers Can Craft Immersive Educational Media
Edsurge
MARCH 29, 2017
Harvard reportedly spends $75,000-$150,000 building each new MOOC, most of which goes towards video production costs. Meanwhile, on the other side of the spectrum, resourceful teachers and nonprofits like Khan Academy are still creating low-budget screencasts. These efforts are not cheap. Cognotion has raised $4.4
Notes from Leadership for the Digital Age with Alan November - Day 2
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. Click here to see all of them.) For example, this young man from Mongolia.
Educational Crises and Ed-Tech: A History
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. So no, Khan Academy did not invent "personalized learning." Like a MOOC, but in the school gym.
How Much Hollywood Glitz Should Colleges Use in Their Online Courses?
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 8, 2017
A report released this week by Strayer shows that students in courses that used the materials were 6 percent more likely to complete coursework and 5 percent more likely to persist to the next quarter than students who took the courses before the redesigns. He says the proof of the approach is in the numbers.
From Good Intentions to Real Shortcomings: An Edtech Reckoning
Edsurge
DECEMBER 26, 2017
As the bubbly enthusiasm in the democratizing power of platforms like Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and Khan Academy quietly wanes, we’ve seen more attention to digital inequity like the homework gap and gender discrimination in coding careers. Despite the sobering findings, 2017 offered some notable bright spots.
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