Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The Online Learning Consortium (OLC), one of the 12 partner organizations of Every Learner Everywhere, was charged with identifying and understanding innovations in the digital education landscape. As the conversation continued, Joosten discussed the importance of design in online course development, a primary finding in the scan.

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Trends Digital Learning Learning Secondary 206

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

So with these guidelines in mind, I’ve chosen six areas where edtech has made an impact this decade: Learning Management Systems. Learning analytics. Adaptive learning systems. Three types of edtech joined the “filmstrip” category in this decade: Learning Management Systems , MOOC s, and digital badges.

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Digital Badges MOOC Technology OER 94

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2022

On a blockchain, informal learning could also be included and verified , such as information about research experience, individual projects and skills, mentoring or online learning. Technology that makes alternative learning sharable and verifiable elevates these learning paths. A privately learned new language?

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Data MOOC Outcomes System 166

Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2023

It turns out, one of the world’s most-cited educational researchers, Richard Mayer , is working on a series of studies looking at what kind of computer-generated voices and images are most engaging to learners and lead to the best outcomes.

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Trends MOOC iPhone Instructional Materials 167

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

And what we'll see is a growing focus on outcomes.” And that means that just because different students are offered the same access to a certain kind of experience, such as, say, an online format they may not be ready for, that won’t necessarily lead to fair outcomes, he adds. It doesn't matter if I learned it on Wikipedia.

Coursera 174

Coursera Outcomes Trends Industry 174

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Could the rise in MOOC-based and other certificates affect how traditional college degree paths are designed? What role should employers have in the design or execution of digital learning opportunities? and a discrete focus on outcomes, including skills-related outcomes. But first, who are these nontraditional providers?

Digital Learning 119

Digital Learning MOOC Education Learning 119

Wired Campus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

When Coursera, Udacity, and edX started up within four months of one another, in 2012, The New York Times declared it the year of the MOOC. Now that the clamor is dying down, researchers are gauging what actually has developed in terms of massive open online courses. But intuition is one thing, and data are another.”.

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Coursera Survey MOOC Online Learning 28

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Forced to quickly get up and running with online classes, faculty—and the instructional designers who help them make the transition—often resort to checklists to create the bare minimum of what’s required to build a “quality” online course. But in our rush to get online, are we losing something fundamental?

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MOOC Course Online Learning Adaptive Learning 151

Linways Technologies

APRIL 22, 2020

Here we are talking about virtual campus management solutions or online learning management solutions that can essentially digitize the teaching-learning. Data-Driven Results As an institution, the way you treat education and manage it is different from MOOCs or short-term online courses.

How To 119

How To MOOC Mobility Course 119

Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Some new services and platforms will emerge to cater for different forms of learning, MOOCs will evolve and improve and open badges will be hot. Look out for rhizomatic learning. The MOOC backlash. Of course I have to start with MOOCs. The MOOC backlash started in earnest in 2013. Introduction.

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MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 89

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

As online course platforms proliferate, institutions of all shapes and sizes realize that they’ll need to translate content into digital forms. Designing online learning experiences is essential to training employees, mobilizing customers, serving students, building marketing channels, and sustaining business models.

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Udemy Course Coursera MOOC 149

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

So despite talk by corporate leaders about a “war for talent,” and complaints about a lack of skilled workers and the challenge of retaining top talent, employers are actually spending less, on average, on learning and development for their employees.

Coursera 158

Coursera lynda.com Training MOOC 158

Connecting 2 the World

JANUARY 20, 2014

There has been a lot of discussion lately about the possibility of all classes going online and MOOC''s (Massive online courses)replacing the traditional classroom. Add to this that many of the online faculty are adjunct and their is a second layer of challenges online learning adjunct faculty have.

Strategy 63

Strategy LMS Online Learning Blackboard 63

Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Some new services and platforms will emerge to cater for different forms of learning, MOOCs will evolve and improve and open badges will be hot. Look out for rhizomatic learning. The MOOC backlash. Of course I have to start with MOOCs. The MOOC backlash started in earnest in 2013. Introduction.

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MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 32

eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2016

How do we get from educational “business as usual” to cultural changes, even transformation, that make learning central? Joi Ito (Director of the MIT Media Lab) makes a useful distinction between education and learning: “Education is what people do to you and learning is what you do for yourself.”

Competency Based Learning 40

Competency Based Learning MOOC Outcomes Analysis 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Overall, the rise of online learning — from MOOCs to Khan Academy — makes “blended” learning that combines computer and live instruction feel normal to students. The study tracked math and reading test scores and compared students who got personalized learning instruction with those who got traditional instruction.

Personalized Learning 99

Personalized Learning Education Khan Academy Elementary 99

Perry Hewitt

APRIL 15, 2018

Build on the learning mindset?—?not Students attending university have been focused on concrete, measurable outcomes: final grades and university acceptances. Enable and reward cross-disciplinary learning. patterns that apply to corporate campuses as well as college ones. not just the educational one.

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Industry MOOC Software STEM 60

Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2018

In my new book, Going Online , I argued: “By and large, colleges and universities charge the same tuition on campus and online. Eager to attract budget-minded students, online has cautiously entered the discount economy. But recent examples at a few enterprising colleges have caused me to change my tune.

Online Learning 128

Online Learning Coursera Learning Report 128

Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Teaching en masse has emerged as a significant trend because of a lessening need to create co-present learning environments such as classrooms and lecture halls. Now it seems, physical separation is no longer such a great barrier to learning, and the tyranny of distance appears to be finally broken. We can look back and take stock.

Learning 57

Learning Technology Support Course MOOC 57

Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2017

Yet like any confessional, Brown also offered ways to repent from what he called “the seven deadly sins of online learning.” But they aren’t always meaningful, and can limit innovation by pigeonholing people to old ideas and ways of thinking about online learning. “In I am a very big sinner.”

Online Learning 142

Online Learning MOOC Learning Outcomes 142

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ”) It was certainly the outcome that investors were hoping for Edmodo , which raised $25 million in 2012, boasting that it had 15 million users. Remember Edmodo?

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

According to Harvard University, “in Activity-Based Learning courses, students do public service, fieldwork, community-based research and internships in conjunction with in-class work. Blended learning is a learning model that combines digital and face-to-face learning experiences. Inside-Out Learning Model.

Technology 40

Technology Learning BYOD Digital Citizenship 40

ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 1, 2019

When implementing blended learning within the classroom, teachers may have to produce additional materials for the pupils to use. In order to reduce the amount of new content a teacher needs to make, YouTube videos, MOOC s, multiple choice questions and web-based resources can be combined. What is a blended learning approach?

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Blended Learning Learning Khan Academy MOOC 150

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. Related: Youth will determine the outcome of the 2018 midterms. Schleicher explored how and why students and teachers are as affected by automation as news anchors.

Robotics 101

Robotics MOOC STEM Broadband 101

Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

How can colleges and universities share courses online? The answer has been “yes” for some years, and I’m not talking about MOOCs or University of Phoenix. All faculty felt more comfortable with online learning pedagogy. That is, can students at one institution take a class taught by faculty at another?

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Trends MOOC Course Outcomes 74

Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2017

This isn’t like the argument over whether “Course Management System” is a more accurate description than “Learning Management System,” or whether “distance learning” conveys a misleading sense of the learning experience while “online learning” is more neutral.

Personalized Learning 60

Personalized Learning Adaptive Learning Learning MOOC 60

Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

One of the most important questions for educators in this century is whether technology can offer a transformational influence for learning. The advent of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), the flipped classroom, games based learning, social media and mobile learning - on the face of it - seems to herald a new dawn for education.

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MOOC Flipped Classroom Game-Based Learning Learning 28

Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Many punk educators are finding viable and for them, more acceptable alternatives to proprietary software, structured courses and closed journals, and instead are devoting their energy to creating new approaches including open software, open courses (including the original C-MOOCs) and open publishing with free tools.

MOOC 28

MOOC VLE Learning Social Media 28

Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

” Here DeMillo changes tack from neuroscience (chapter 3) and returns to technology, but not very much to MOOCs. The focus now is technology for personalized learning, including data analytics. Notice the, ah, interesting case of a company recruiting unpaid tutors for online learning (2100). What do you make of it?

Education 40

Education MOOC Learning Analytics Data 40

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

In part, this adopts a model some MIT professors already use, called a Small Private Online Course, or SPOC —a customized adaption of the Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, that sparked wide attention a decade ago. In some cases, that might mean partnering with libraries and other facilities to teach classes.

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Course MOOC Trends Outcomes 218

Hack Education

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). A glimpse : “In China ’s Silicon Valley, Edtech Starts at the ‘MOOC Times Building’ ” Via Class Central : “By The Numbers: MOOCs in 2018.” “ Can Online Learning Help Higher Ed Reverse Its Tuition Spiral?

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MOOC Education Elsevier Report 78

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2016

radio and televisions in the early 20th century and online learning and MOOCs via the Internet in the early 21st century.) However, the questions have largely stayed the same: Do technologies ensure quality learning and positive student outcomes? (Distance education took place via. stated it hopes to “.

EdTech 60

EdTech Student Data Privacy MOOC Policies 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2014

Thursday, April 24th at 7am Learning Revolution Keynotes , Don''t miss Pat Farenga on "What is the role of the teacher when children learn on their own?" See the schedule in your local time at [link]. Please see the call for proposals and submission instructions here.

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Conference Digital Citizenship Libraries Common Core 51

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

” “Make MOOCs great again.” Here’s a list of election outcomes pertaining to library-related measures , thanks to EveryLibrary.org. ” Some of New Markets Venture Partner’s investments include BetterLesson, Credly, Civitas Learning, and Mashable. Is that possible? Smartstudy has raised $29.54

Education 54

Education Common Core Company Elsevier 54

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

The Flatiron School has released its latest “outcomes report.” ” On Tuesday a court dismissed a petition by Ashford Universit y (owned by Bridgepoint Education ) to allow its online programs to be eligible for GI Bill benefits. ” “What if MOOCs Revolutionize Education After All?”

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

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. See David Kernohan’s excellent keynote at OpenEd13 for more.) Uber for Education". “We Crested Pigeon.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Task Force Seeks Comment on Higher-Ed Outcomes Reporting Standards.” ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Big HR news about Coursera in the HR section below. Here’s the headline from Inside Higher Ed : “For-Credit MOOC: Best of Both Worlds at MIT ?” ” Fox.

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Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44