Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I kicked things off with a survey of major technological developments in a very top level way, then dived into specific, currently used digital tools (the LMS, ePortfolios, video, robotics, big data, social media, 3d printing, etc.). Discussion went in some interesting angles, such as secondary education.

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Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

And the MOOC numbers look like they’re rising. Unless the worm turns globally, I’d expect planet MOOC to keep growing in 2016. Primary and secondary schools are a battleground between iPads and Chromebooks, it seems. The LMS A few themes: first, LMSes trying to resemble the modern (i.e., post-2001) web.

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 29, 2017

Last week I had the honor of addressing a European Union higher education meeting in Malta. A Maltese education leader dove into their secondary school laptop initiative. MOOCs… ah, this is fascinating. Once more I saw how the MOOC hype crash is limited to the United States.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The New York Times : “Meet Zora, the Robot Caregiver.” ” Via e-Literate : “Fall 2017 Top 30 Largest Online Enrollments In US – With LMS Usage and Trends Since 2012.” .” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 10, 2018

” The details: “The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) ruling came after a secondary school student in Germany downloaded a photograph of Cordoba from a travel website to illustrate a presentation which was then published on the school website.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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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.” Via Politico : “Meet Trump’s Cabinet-in-waiting.” — Donald J. Is that possible?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

As a set of policies, accountability was instantiated in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, reauthorized as the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2002, and reinforced by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015. Harris resigned shortly afterwards.

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