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Facebook Seems to Be Adding Video-Course Features. For Edtech, That Raises Old Fears.

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That puts Meta in a different space than companies that offer massive open online courses, or MOOCs—which tend to focus more on upskilling and that offer certificates intended for professional advancement, experts say. Meta’s offering appears to be more tied to live events, though.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

One of education technologies’s greatest luminaries passed away this year. It’s all of our loss, really, as too many in education technology happily reduce the potential of computer programming as an epistemological endeavor to a market for new products. This is part six of my annual review of the year in ed-tech.

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A Devil’s Dictionary of Educational Technology

Bryan Alexander

In the dark and satirical spirit of Ambrose Bierce , I offer the first draft of a Devil’s Dictionary for educational technology terms. An institution’s strategy for extracting money from alumni. 2) A technology widely used by blacks, latinos, and poor people. MOOC , n. May it entertain, and all be forgiven.

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Free or Low-Cost Resources for PD in Distance Learning

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Master classes for deeper dives into technology applications and office hours with presenters are also available. This project is sponsored by Microsoft and CUE (Computer-Using Educators), an ISTE affiliate in California. " The MOOCs are self-directed and offer videos, activities, digital forums, and other resources.

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What is Blended Learning? Tips from 3 Bett Speakers

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Incorporating technology in the classroom has paved the way for a myriad of innovative methods and practices that are aimed at improving upon teaching structures of the past. Blended learning enables me to effectively bring technology into the classroom. Children may not have a ccess to technology and/or the internet.

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SXSWedu 2017: Ones to Watch and What to Know

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But the technology lends a question: to what extent should educational products make assumptions about a user’s end goal? Diverse by Design: Creating CS Programs for All : When working to diversity computer science programs, strategies often look to improve existing programs rather than designing better programs for all from the get-go.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” After someone noticed that Microsoft had boasted that it was working with ICE , Nitasha Tiku says that “Microsoft’s Ethical Reckoning Is Here.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).