Neo LMS

JANUARY 27, 2022

Online learning bloomed, students helped each other, the community contributed with knowledge, moral and financial support, and social interaction was kept alive. This way, teachers kept students motivated and engaged in their online classes. When schools closed, education had to go on.

Future Ready 437

Future Ready Education Digital Divide MOOC 437

Edsurge

MAY 13, 2021

It was 2012, and online learning was suddenly booming. Courses at Stanford and at MIT were opened for free online to the masses, and the masses signed up—with some courses attracting more than 160,000 each. Dhawal Shaw, founder of MOOC-discovery platform Class Central. Downsides of Openness?

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Coursera MOOC Company Course 181

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

There is a dearth of evidence to help teachers make informed choices on how to allocate time to asynchronous vs. synchronous online learning. By looking at research into online learning and human development, we can begin to grapple with the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. Let’s start with the basics.

Learning 217

Learning Online Learning Outcomes Groups 217

Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2020

A Need for More Strategic Online-Learning Capacity Following the sudden move to online and remote learning across all of American higher education last spring, many community colleges will be operating online this fall. One example is Calbright , the new online community college in California.

Digital Badges 214

Digital Badges MOOC Trends Industry 214

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Join me today, Wednesday, September 26th, for a one-hour live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar on the "true history" of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) with Dave Cormier, Alec Couros, Stephen Downes, Rita Kop, Inge de Waard, and Carol Yeager. I have been associated with SUNY since 1989.

MOOC 72

MOOC Blackboard Digital Citizenship Course 72

Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2023

The paper describes an experiment in which college students, some male and some female, each watched a short online slide presentation narrated by a computer-generated voice. All participants saw the same slides, but with one of four different voices: “happy female, sad female, happy male, and sad male.”

Trends 165

Trends MOOC iPhone Instructional Materials 165

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. To those working in higher education, some of the trends presented by the team may not have come as a surprise.

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Trends Digital Learning Learning Secondary 204

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. As it is often the case, it is both.

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Data MOOC Outcomes System 165

Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2020

When the Sloan Foundation had the bright idea to stimulate digital education at the nation’s colleges and universities a quarter of a century ago, it christened online learning as “asynchronous learning networks,” an eccentric name for what is now known simply as online learning.

Education 118

Education MOOC Online Learning Strategy 118

Mark Smithers

DECEMBER 2, 2013

This happened this morning when I read the tweets about Gregor Kennedy’s keynote presentation in which he talked about interactions between students and teachers in online courses. What I’ll try and do now is present one possible model for a learning environment that promotes appropriate interactivity over a large scale.

Online Learning 77

Online Learning Learning Coursera MOOC 77

Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 14, 2017

Rather she warns that technology can dazzle us so much that we forget the past and lose our way in the present (p. She does however, see a future for blended campus learning, where traditional forms of education stand side by side with online learning in all its forms. 122), but 'completion rates remain dismal'.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

Now that we’ve assembled international crowds of motivated, smart people online in MOOCs, it’s time to think about harnessing their collective intelligence to tackle these urgent cross-boundary issues. We invite up to 1,000 students who have previously completed two or more of our free MOOCs to apply to participate in these challenges.

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Meeting MOOC Course Examples 66

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Big changes are coming to higher education, and those changes will be bigger and more disruptive than many college leaders realize as online education grows in both size and prestige. Meanwhile, the growth of online programs could change the role of reputation and prestige in higher education.

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Coursera Outcomes Trends Industry 173

A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 31, 2016

Digital leadership focuses on transforming learning environments through online course offerings (synchronous and asynchronous), independent studies, and use of OpenCourseWare to provide students with continuous options to learn anytime, anywhere, and about anything.

Personalized Learning 150

Personalized Learning Learning Secondary Course 150

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.

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Coursera lynda.com Training MOOC 157

Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

For the past 4 or 5 years I have recorded video conversatiins with keynote speakers who have presented at EDEN events. At the conference his key theme was one to one online learning. We also spent some time debating the evolution and trajectory of MOOCs and their significance for the future of education.

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MOOC Conference Video Online Learning 40

Mark Smithers

DECEMBER 2, 2013

This happened this morning when I read the tweets about Gregor Kennedy’s keynote presentation in which he talked about interactions between students and teachers in online courses. What I’ll try and do now is present one possible model for a learning environment that promotes appropriate interactivity over a large scale.

Online Learning 32

Online Learning Learning Coursera MOOC 32

Edsurge

MAY 14, 2017

We focus on how we can incorporate the best visuals, music and sound effects in our videos to enhance learning, rather than just present a lecture.” For independent learners, platforms like MEDSKL and MRU present free course opportunities similar to those of MOOCs, but with a few distinctions.

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Khan Academy MOOC Flipped Classroom Trends 68

Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2017

As online learning companies compete for the attention and wallets of learners, players like MasterClass , Linked Learning , Cognotion and Harvard are investing in producing videos that are so beautiful they could be National Geographic documentaries or sitcom pilots. Educational media is at an inflection point.

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Video MOOC Khan Academy Education 60

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2020

I remember I used to go around, and I would give a presentation about the importance of online learning. You just couldn’t convince them that online learning is really an important part of the educational arsenal that does harden our infrastructure.

Education 147

Education Policies Course Trends 147

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

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

" (If this were a literature class, I would tie this attitude to the Italian Futurists and to fascism, but that’s a presentation for another day.). AllLearn wasn't the only online education failure of the early 2000s, of course. There, you can learn that this initiative was headed by one Michael M. Unfathomable. Unknowable.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

Notes from the Discussion We no longer have to go to school if we want to learn. edX - www.edex.org - MOOC site, courses are all free, people who teach the courses are from Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, University of Texas, etc. Coursera is another option for higher ed MOOCS. Moves the camera to follow presenter around the room.

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MOOC Khan Academy BYOD Libraries 75

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Learning Revolution Reminder. The Learning Revolution site has all of these announcements and more! Deadlines School Leadership Summit , March 27th, 2014 Upcoming deadlines: Presentation proposals will be accepted between now and March 15th, 2014. MOOCs for Deeper Learning. Calendar The Classroom 2.0 Thanks, Karen!

Video 71

Video MOOC Flipped Classroom Libraries 71

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 22, 2019

She is currently working on her upcoming book Libraries Supporting Online Learning: Digital Literacy, Open Access and Local Connectivity from ABC-CLIO. Her research interests include online instructional design, discovery and digital literacy. She is an international and national presenter on emerging technologies.

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Libraries Conference Elsevier Technology 31

Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Learning should always come first, but what fools we would be if we denied that technology has the potential to make a tangible difference in education! There are numerous examples of technology reshaping educational practices and creating new opportunities for the sharing of knowledge.

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Flipped Classroom MOOC Learning Tablets 28

Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I was there for a few reasons, starting with having the fine opportunity to lead a pre conference workshop, followed by presenting on two panels, helping out with a Twitter component, and reconnecting with dozens of friends and colleagues. But participants were very, very engaged from the start. Rebecca Davis , J.

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Wired Campus

AUGUST 6, 2015

George Siemens is a key innovator in higher education, having coined the term “MOOC” and worked to study the effectiveness of online learning. This is one of the most inaccurate pieces of @#%$ floating around in the ‘disrupt and transform’ learning crowd,” Mr.

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MOOC Facebook Course Meeting 28

Bryan Alexander

MARCH 5, 2016

One present problem is that faculty see low quality digital and/or open education materials, and that the rise in quantity doesn’t necessarily lead to improved quality. For example, MOOCs are still weak on completion and learning, but evolving. study, Going Digital , on faculty attitudes towards digital materials.

Trends 40

Trends LMS VLE Technology 40

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. Central to this present debate was the preoccupation of humankind to name things in order to understand them better. Name it and you tame it'', goes the old aphorism.

Learning 57

Learning Technology Support Course MOOC 57

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 18, 2016

the “math” of institutional financing at the present makes very likely “widening gaps between already rich institutions and everyone else” (132). The discussion of digital changes (76-82) touches on high points (cost, commodification, MOOCs), but comes to no conclusions or recommendations.

Analysis 40

Analysis Trends Strategy MOOC 40

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 18, 2016

the “math” of institutional financing at the present makes very likely “widening gaps between already rich institutions and everyone else” (132). The discussion of digital changes (76-82) touches on high points (cost, commodification, MOOCs), but comes to no conclusions or recommendations.

Analysis 40

Analysis Trends Strategy MOOC 40

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

In fact, if we pull back from the immediate horrors of this moment, the move to online learning has actually been underway since around 2010, when universities and private entrepreneurs first began to experiment with Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs. Technology alone won’t give us these solutions. It never does.

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MOOC Education Coursera Course 195

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2015

Tuesday, April 14th at 11am 2015 NMC Summer Conference Preview , Join the NMC and our panel of 2015 NMC Summer Conference presenters on Tuesday, April 14th at 8am PT / 10am CT / 11am ET (check for local time). They are the people pushing the envelope to infuse innovation and creativity into learning experiences worldwide.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2014

While all the details of the two days and the 100+ conference sessions, keynotes, and distinguished speaker presentations are on the Library 2.014 conference site , a quick listing is below to get you thinking about which sessions you might be able to attend live. The keynote speakers presentation descriptions and bios are at [link].

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Libraries Conference eBook Mobility 64

Fractus Learning

JUNE 27, 2016

As instructor moderator, you are building bridges and helping to strengthen the online learning community. Most online instructors want to avoid wrapping. Weaving also helps to bring a much-needed instructor presence to the online learning community by demonstrating the instructor is indeed “listening.”.

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Classroom Online Learning Course Groups 40

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 20, 2014

When did you first become involved with research into distance education and online learning? Steve: Massive Open Online Courses are currently a major focus of attention for academic, corporates and even governments, and indeed have been covered extensively by the media recently. What are your views on MOOCs?

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