Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2019

The annual meeting co-hosted by Arizona State University and GSV Capital, a venture-capital firm, brings together thousands of educators and business leaders looking for the next big thing in education. You could refer to this as the skills-based hiring movement, or competency-based hiring.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2022

The first ghost that Ebenezer Scrooge meets in “A Christmas Carol” is the spirit of his business partner, Jacob Marley. The metaverse should probably reference them,” says Patel, who previously held positions at workforce-training companies Thinkful, On Deck and Maven. Scrooge asks the spirit of his old friend why it’s shackled. “I

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 20, 2013

We refer to this as personalised learning ( a video explains ). You could see where we might place formal learning using a VLE, or where students might meet to chat using Facebook, for example. MOOCs take learning even farther away from the classroom. But it's far from perfect. There are other spaces to use.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Corporate learning and development, often referred to as L&D, is radically different than just a few years ago. Well-funded MOOC providers Coursera, Udacity and EdX have evolved their business models to focus squarely on corporate learning and serving professionals seeking credentials.

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The Principal of Change

MAY 20, 2018

This is what is referred to by psychologists as the locus of control or the extent to which people believe they have power to influence events in their lives. A person with an internal locus of control believes that he or she can influence events and outcomes. We can be the problem but hopefully, the solution. ”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2016

Continuing education programs arose in the 19th century to meet the critical workforce and social needs of the time. MOOCs are not the only ones that offer on-demand learning today. Indeed, this autonomy has been a distinctive feature since their beginnings.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 2, 2013

Such flexible, learner centred activities will be key to meeting any possible number of futures that may be out there. MOOCs and flipped classrooms are just the start of the movement to create this shift in education. Reference Wenger, E. Technology education MOOCs learning Change flipped classroom' de Freitas and J.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Are we meeting the needs of lifelong learners? CBL refers to learners’ acquisition of knowledge, skills, and abilities in any context, whether or not it is part of an educational program or happens in a formal educational setting. How often are educational business decisions made with clear consideration of learners’ perspectives?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2011

Meet the ATLAST Explore participants and start networking using Google+. link] EPCOP MOOC WEBINAR ( Australia Series ) Mon 22 Aug 09:00PM New York / Tue 23 Aug 01:00AM GMT / Tue 23 Aug 11:00AM Sydney Coach Carole. In general, references management software is expensive. link] CLASSROOM 2.0

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ProfHacker

MARCH 25, 2016

One of the unconference sessions we held was a meeting, with some virtual participants who could not make it onsite, to discuss possible future Digital Pedagogy collaborations amongst AMICAL members. Digital Pedagogy Lab’s free online learning opportunities like Twitter chats each month and 1-2 MOOCs or MOOC-like events a year.

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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. One crucial impact of mobile technologies in education is the way they tear down our old boundary walls, the ones around in-session classes, or conferences, or meetings.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2014

4:00pm Do you have what it takes to manage an eBook library? The Best Advice for Students Submitting to Peer-Reviewed Journals - Sara Kelso, Managing Editor, SRJ How to Win Elections and Influence Politicians - Patrick Sweeney Listening to the Library: What should be our role in providing and promoting audiobooks to patrons? -

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 20, 2014

Being an Academic has allowed me to travel widely, to meet some very interesting people and to set my own research agenda. Olaf had the idea to create a summary reference for the major research issues that we struggle with, research and write about in distance education. What are your views on MOOCs? Reference Cousin, G.

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I hoped to move on from there to what I called “approaches”, ways of using tech that didn’t depend on a specific platform – i.e., gaming and gamification, blended learning, distance learning, MOOCs, mobile, and digital literacy. But participants were very, very engaged from the start. Online learning is on the rise.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

That’s referred to as the cognitive aspect. The specific moonshot he recently set his sights on is to revolutionize the teaching of mathematics, specifically for college students who lack basic competencies to meet admission or graduation requirements. That’s known as the metacognitive realm.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

To meet these challenges, educators must teach digital citizenship, an essential digital age skill that students need to become safe, responsible and respectful participants in a digital world. LIVE is an opportunity to gather with other member of the community in regular "live" web meetings. Details to join the webinar at [link].

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

We know from the rise in free massive open online courses, better known as MOOCs, that a scholar on a screen can and already has replaced the sage on the stage. And in an age in which medicines can be personalized to one’s genetic code, technology can help teachers meet the unique needs of every child.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2019

On the other hand, MOOCs and other ambitious projects that have caught the popular imagination have had the side effect of reinforcing the misimpression that education’s wicked problems can be addressed with simple solutions.” The group plans to talk with other members about the series at its upcoming meeting in early May.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

“The creation of EdX was positioned as a direct response to those dirty, grubby capitalists from Stanford who were going to privatize higher education with Coursera,” he wrote, referring to the venture-backed competitor that went public this year. EdX, in contrast, was to be a non-profit. It was a public good.

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Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

Freedman: I love where you started with the criticism of the MOOCs. I mean, MOOCs aren’t learning platforms, they’re distribution platforms. Course might meet once a week for three hours, might meet once a week for an hour, maybe it meets every other week. So I think you’re focused on the right place.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2019

He’s the guy who coined the term MOOC, short for Massive Open Online Course, which then was a reference to multiplayer video games. Sit in enough faculty meetings, meet with enough leadership, and it becomes clear that it’s all about money. But this tweet was a biting critique of where higher ed is heading.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 25, 2013

Open educational resources” (OER) here refers to the many free learning resources now populating the Worldwide Web. OER ranges from highly structured college courses (MOOCs) to less structured curricula from colleges and other institutes of learning (OpenCourseWare a/k/a OCW), to free online textbooks, and everything in between.

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2016

Rebellions and republics – I thought briefly about calling this talk “The Terrible Beauty of Ed-Tech,” a reference to W. What are MOOCs, for example? Yeats’ poem “Easter, 1916,” of course – but opted, thanks to Donald Trump, to invoke a different, more apocalyptic Yeats. What are we promising?

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

The “silicon” in “Silicon Valley” refers to the silicon-based integrated circuits that were first developed and manufactured in the area. This is part of the push for MOOCs, we must be honest.). It also includes Cupertino, where Apple is headquartered. “Disrupt.” ” “Unbundle.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

’” In February, the Department of Education’s chief information officer Danny Harris was “ hammered ” at a committee hearing meeting for the ongoing vulnerabilities in the agency’s information systems. Harris resigned shortly afterwards. This Will Go Down on Your Permanent Record (But Not Ours).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Teachers Are Moonlighting As Instagram Influencers To Make Ends Meet,” Buzzfeed reported in 2018. 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. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

” I’ve looked at how for-profit colleges , MOOCs , and learn-to-code companies have tapped into these narratives in order to justify their products and services. These have all been separate articles in each series. Watch Tressie McMillan Cottom on The Daily Show. Listen to her on NPR’s Fresh Air.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

times more likely to be referred to law enforcement than white students. The gap between black and white students was even more pronounced, with 56 percent of white students scoring at or above ‘proficient’ and just 18 percent of black students meeting that bar,” Chalkbeat reported in May. Black students are 1.9

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