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An overview of Outcome-Based Assessment strategies by Dr. Neelakantan P. C.

Linways Technologies

We previously published the presentation of Dr. T K Mani, former principal of model engineering college. The next presentation to follow up was hosted by Dr. Neelakantan PC. He spoke on assessment strategies in the Outcome-Based Education (OBE) framework. MOOCs, rubrics, open-ended questions, open-book examinations, etc.

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Elite Colleges Started EdX as a Nonprofit Alternative to Coursera. How Is It Doing?

Edsurge

It has the most users of any provider of MOOCs (as the large-scale online courses are sometimes called), claiming more than 77 million learners. Dhawal Shaw, founder of MOOC-discovery platform Class Central. We measure ourselves on outcomesoutcomes in terms of how many people have we impacted.” Downsides of Openness?

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It’s 2020: Have Digital Learning Innovations Trends Changed?

Edsurge

The primary trends identified by the team were: adaptive learning, open education resources (OER), gamification and game-based learning, MOOCs, LMS and interoperability, mobile devices, and design. 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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Do We Really Want Academic Permanent Records to Live Forever on Blockchain?

Edsurge

For example, including MOOCs in a student’s education transcript might allow that student to demonstrate achievements and skills gained outside of traditional higher education institutions, especially if data are stored in a decentralized way that is not dependent on the database of a university. Learning behavior and outcomes?

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Do Chatbot Tutors Work Better When They're Upbeat — and Female?

Edsurge

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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It’s Time to Digitally Transform Community College

Edsurge

While high-resolution data for community colleges isn’t available, we can see evidence for this in proxies such as Google search trends , consumers’ growing openness and intention to study online , booming MOOC enrollment , and publicly-traded online learning company enrollment results. That presents both an opportunity and a challenge.

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A Nonprofit Spent Five Years Counting a Million Credentials. What Does It All Add Up To?

Edsurge

As an afternoon of Zoom presentations gave way to an evening of conversations over cocktails, the purpose and potential of all that tallying came into focus. We have to live up to the potential Credential Engine is creating for us by using this to elevate the conversation about outcomes. to celebrate its anniversary.

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