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Top EdSurge Higher Education Stories of 2021

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Young The MOOC giant was valued at more than $3.6 Young This analysis of a major MOOC provider proved prescient; the nonprofit was purchased later in the year. A Popular Study Found That Taking Notes By Hand Is Better Than By Laptop. A math professor makes the case for using class time for active learning. By Jeffrey R.

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Watch That Hand: Why Videos May Not Be the Best Medium for Knowledge Retention

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From Khan Academy to massive open online courses (better known as MOOCs), digital instructional content is often delivered as videos. In their study, 104 Australian male and female students in both STEM and non-STEM fields had to remember the type, color and position of 12 abstract symbols placed on rectangular frame on a laptop monitor.

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Reflecting On My Visit to Saint Stephen’s College in Australia: The Learning Spaces #flipclass #edtech

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Sophomores have the opportunity to spend a period of their day learning through a MOOC of their choosing. Their MOOC worktime is an assigned period within their school day. When students are in their MOOC course, they all report to the open learning space, as in the pictures below. Math Rotation Model. Math Rotation Model.

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Online Learning: Why Libraries Could Be the Key to MOOCs’ Success

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Some studies found that about five percent of those enrolled in massive open online courses (known as MOOCs) completed the course. In order to run a group, librarians set up the space for group learning and make laptops available when needed. Facilitators found that four-to-nine people is a good number for a group.

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Triumphs and Troubles in Online Learning Abroad

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Since those early days, two million Canadian students avoided COVID-19 danger, continuing their studies remotely during the pandemic at Canada’s fully online colleges—including Athabasca University in Alberta and at highly ranked colleges like McGill University in Montreal. Another 26,000 study at a lower-cost affiliate, Tech Millennium.

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Reflecting On My Visit to Saint Stephen’s College in Australia: The Learning Spaces #flipclass #edtech

techieMusings

Sophomores have the opportunity to spend a period of their day learning through a MOOC of their choosing. Their MOOC worktime is an assigned period within their school day. When students are in their MOOC course, they all report to the open learning space, as in the pictures below. Math Rotation Model. Math Rotation Model.

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2016 and Beyond: The Future of Classroom Technology by @MelanieNathan

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Laptops and computer workstations have already made significant inroads into traditional learning environments. These venues range from MOOCs (free massive online open courses) to traditional brick-and-mortar public schools. Already, this cutting edge technology enhances the study of science in Bentonville, Arkansas, for instance.