Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2016

On March 30 we had Jim Groom as our Future Trends Forum guest. This practice is not necessarily radical,not disruptive, but should be part of the fabric of how we teach and learn now. Users had to learn a galaxy of technologies (DNS, FTP, etc). Twitter activity during the hour was also very energetic, so I Storified it.

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Trends LMS Data MOOC 41

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2016

On March 30 we had Jim Groom as our Future Trends Forum guest. This practice is not necessarily radical,not disruptive, but should be part of the fabric of how we teach and learn now. Users had to learn a galaxy of technologies (DNS, FTP, etc). Twitter activity during the hour was also very energetic, so I Storified it.

Trends 40

Trends LMS Data MOOC 40

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

But there’s hope—the Stanford researcher completed a 500-paper lit review with professors Linda-Darling Hammond and Shelley Goldman to identify five actionable tips to provide equitable digital learning opportunities to low-income students. Educators and Administrators—From the 'Instruct' Newsletter Adaptive learning. Blended learning.

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Chromebook Industry EdTech MOOC 60

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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Libraries Conference MOOC E-rate 51

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2016

This keynote was delivered today at the Irish Learning Technology Association's annual conference, EdTech2016, in Dublin. I’m not sure we talk often enough about technology-enhanced learning in these terms – as a political not merely pedagogical practice. The full slidedeck is available here. To devise new rules.

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Conference Course MOOC Technology 63

Mark Smithers

AUGUST 24, 2015

In June of this year it was twenty years since I set up my first web server for delivering e-learning courses. We’ve found out a lot about how people learn in higher education and the technology has allowed us to try things that just weren’t possible before. What did we get right? What did we get wrong? I was wrong.

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Mark Smithers

AUGUST 24, 2015

In June of this year it was twenty years since I set up my first web server for delivering e-learning courses. We’ve found out a lot about how people learn in higher education and the technology has allowed us to try things that just weren’t possible before. What did we get right? What did we get wrong? I was wrong.

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E-rate LMS Learning Course 32

Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 17, 2016

How would academia change if these trends continued into the medium-term future? Face-to-face instruction was the privilege of the 1%, while the middle class made do with distance learning, and everyone else had versions of MOOCs. When it came to technology, a tripartite division had opened up.

Education 40

Education MOOC Social Media Exercises 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

This talk was delivered at Virginia Commonwealth University today as part of a seminar co-sponsored by the Departments of English and Sociology. As I have done for the past six years, I will spend the rest of November and December publishing my review of what I deem the “Top Ed-Tech Trends” of the year. How do you do that?

Trends 40

Trends Report iPhone Software 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2016

When I included for-profit higher ed as one of last year’s “ Top Ed-Tech Trends ,” I suggested that, despite predictions that “ the for-profit-education bubble is deflating ” and despite events like the closure of Corinthian Colleges, it was unclear to me that we were really witnessing a collapse of the industry. .

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