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Asynchronous Learning or Live Lessons? Which One Works Better for Me?

Edsurge

For example, most of the enrolled students in fully asynchronous MOOCs are adults, and even in this context, completion can be challenging. If you’re not able to run many separate small-group discussions, you can use breakout rooms within larger synchronous class meetings to create similar conditions.

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Practical Applications to Individualize and Personalize Learning

A Principal's Reflections

There is no excuse not to secure funds to better meet the needs of all learners or those with specialized interests. One of the most cost-effective means to create a more personalized and individualized learning experience for students is through the use of OpenCourseWare (OCW) and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC's).

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How Colleges Can Help Educate the 40-Million-Plus Newly Unemployed

Edsurge

Before joining JFF, Lexi spent nearly a decade in public service at the federal level, including working on Capitol Hill for six years, and serving as a policy advisor to the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education. Listen to the conversation below, or read highlights below.

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Coursera Couple Returns to Higher Ed With $14.5M to Recreate In-Person Learning, Online

Edsurge

Avida is the husband of Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller, and one of the first board members of the company that helped put the spotlight on massive online open courses, or MOOCs. It was never secondary for me, as it is for some faculty,” she says. The couple is no longer with Coursera, which is now valued at $2.5

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The Inspiration in Front of Your Eyes

The Principal of Change

The notion of “Genius Hour,” which is an idea that has spread throughout schools all over the world, came about because educators noticed what was going on outside of schools and modified those ideas to meet their students’ needs. Everything else is secondary. Making your own connection is crucial.

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Week of August 22nd, 2011 - Live and Interactive Webinars in Blackboard Collaborate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

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. LIVE is an opportunity to gather with other member of the community in regular "live" web meetings.

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Trends to watch in 2015: education and technology

Bryan Alexander

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. Skepticism about the quality of online learning could migrate to the general population.

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