Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

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. Indeed, young people prefer learning from YouTube than from textbooks — according, ironically, to Pearson.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). The startup, which something something MOOC something something, has raised $9.69 Everest Education has raised $1 million from unnamed investors for its “personalized learning” platform. OpenClassrooms has raised $6.74 million total. But rah rah rah!

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” ” From the press release : “ MOOCs and books initiative launched by Springer and Federica Weblearning.” MarcoPolo Learning has raised $8.5 million total.

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

“The UK government has published its 2016 HE White Paper, entitled Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice,” the Times Higher Education reports. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). years,” according to a report by Influence Central.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “Life Is Complicated: Distance Learning Helps,” says The New York Times. 750,000 to the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning ; $685,000 to Roses in Concrete Community School ; $700,000 to Peer Health Exchange ; and the rest to GripTape.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

There was all that ink spilled circa 2010 that Khan Academy and “ flipped learning ” were going to “ change the rules of education ,” replacing in-class instruction with online videos watched as homework. Vive la MOOC Révolution. The British MOOC company FutureLearn entered the US market.

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Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). To borrow from Jello Biaffra, “MOOCs aren’t dead, they just deserve to die.” ” From Edsurge : “How Blockbuster MOOCs Could Shape the Future of Teaching.” ” There’s more MOOC-related news in the nanodegree section below.

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AUGUST 4, 2017

monthly subsidies toward cellular phone service or mobile broadband. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “As In-Person Bootcamps Falter, Codecademy Introduces Paid Online Options.” Spoiler alert: it’s about learning how to teach differently.).

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APRIL 20, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” From the ASU website : “Panelists discuss future of personalized learning.” Via Education Week : “Thousands of Android Mobile Apps Improperly Track Children, Study Says.” ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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JULY 21, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The LA Times asks , “ In this digital self-help age, just how effective are MasterClass ’s A-list celebrity workshops?” ” “ Personalized learning ” equals cutting the teacher workforce in Oklahoma.

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