Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Plus: printers, smart speakers and privacy (oh my!) — all in this Edtech Reports Recap. So declares the newest forward-looking publication from the higher-ed information technology association EDUCAUSE, “ 2021 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Information Security Edition.” But this Horizon Report represents a couple of firsts.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2018

The MOOC is an extension of the on-campus course—it was really just making our on-campus experience public and open for anyone to follow,” says Barba. A group of biology researchers from the University of Washington have tested Barba’s theory that active learning improves outcomes for STEM students in particular.

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Linways Technologies

APRIL 22, 2020

Data-Driven Results As an institution, the way you treat education and manage it is different from MOOCs or short-term online courses. As we said, it’s very different for MOOCs or online course platforms and entire institutions, and digitizing education doesn’t mean the same in these scenarios. It’s not an instructor-focused show.

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How To MOOC Mobility Course 119

Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2017

An example he points to is the way his university approaches MOOCs. Our investment in MOOCs has nothing to do with branding or trying to generate a pipeline of students. MOOCs are a place to try things out and we are deliberately designing them to try new things and almost subversively to have an influence on regular curriculum.”

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Online Learning MOOC Learning Outcomes 131

Doug Levin

MAY 12, 2015

I don’t fret much at all over some of what Clark raises: the acceptance and/or lack of broader cheer-leading for Wikipedia, MOOCs, or Khan Academy as success stories. I also tend to think that educators make rational responses in selecting instructional materials and tools (including using social media) – and certainly in the U.S.

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OER Instructional Materials Khan Academy Outcomes 297

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? For example, California recently released a report with. stated it hopes to “.

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EdTech Student Data Privacy MOOC Policies 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 14, 2018

There’s more local Chalkbeat reporting on the recent charter school strike in Chicago down in the “labor and management” section below. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via US News & World Report : “Controversial Virtual School Operator Pivots to Job Training.”

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MOOC Education Elsevier Report 78

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2017

As the bubbly enthusiasm in the democratizing power of platforms like Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and Khan Academy quietly wanes, we’ve seen more attention to digital inequity like the homework gap and gender discrimination in coding careers. Despite the sobering findings, 2017 offered some notable bright spots.

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EdTech Khan Academy Broadband MOOC 110

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. A report released this week draws on a survey of Coursera students to look at their motivations and what kinds of educational and career results they are seeing. Christensen.

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Coursera Survey MOOC Online Learning 28

Linways Technologies

MARCH 31, 2020

This sets institutional education apart from the MOOCs, or online course delivery tools. It goes beyond classroom interactions and file sharing to analytics, reports, data-driven decision making, and maintaining the order. It also caters to achieve certain objectives beyond the mere course delivery. That’s where Linways AMS comes in.

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Course System MOOC Assessment 111

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. The MOOC backlash. Of course I have to start with MOOCs. The MOOC backlash started in earnest in 2013. MOOC providers will keep on refining them. Introduction.

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MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 89

Edsurge

MAY 21, 2021

“They want to serve in their own locales, but their markets need to go farther,” says Holly Zanville, a research professor and co-director of the Program on Skills, Credentials, and Workforce Policy at George Washington University who recently published a commissioned report about Unmudl.

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Company Course Coursera Training 161

Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

When I first started working as a tech reporter, I assumed – naively – that venture capitalists were smart people who did thorough research before funding a company. Not a great outcome for a company that had raised over $77 million in venture funding and had been lauded as the future of social learning. Networks matter.

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Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 93

Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2016

Stephen Downes , senior researcher at the National Research Council of Canada and co-creator of the MOOC, began with an overview of the predictive process, saying it “isn’t magic, but it’s not mechanical either.” Here are some of our biggest takeaways from the marathon event: INNOVATION OR TRANSFORMATION IN EDUCATION?

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Learning Analytics MOOC E-rate Trends 60

Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2018

A report by the American Council on Education concludes: "The rapid price increases in recent years, especially in the public college sector, may have led many students—particularly low-income students—to think that college is out of reach financially.” John's College and president of the Santa Fe campus, in one report.

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Online Learning Coursera Learning Report 120

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. Overall, the rise of online learning — from MOOCs to Khan Academy — makes “blended” learning that combines computer and live instruction feel normal to students. When Dan D.

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Personalized Learning Khan Academy Education Elementary 98

Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

The Rebranding of MOOCs. Remember 2012 , “ The Year of the MOOC? Remember in 2012 when the media wrote about MOOCs with such frenzy, parroting all these marketing claims and more and predicting that MOOCs were poised to “ end the era of expensive higher education ”? MOOCs are not particularly "open."

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MOOC Technology OER Coursera 40

Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The answer has been “yes” for some years, and I’m not talking about MOOCs or University of Phoenix. Students had positive learning outcomes in these courses, and faculty and peer assessors ranked student outcomes favorably. How can colleges and universities share courses online? ” ( More here ).

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Trends MOOC Course Outcomes 74

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

DeVos reported a new investment of between $250,001 and $500,000 in the Michigan-based Neurocore , according to a financial disclosure form that was certified by government ethics officials on Wednesday.” Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.” ” $100,000.

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Education MOOC Company Report 43

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Such are the tools that many education entrepreneurs are building—and which educators are increasingly adopting—to improve outcomes for students. The Hechinger Report). This Mongolian Teenager Aced a MOOC. The Hechinger Report). Adaptive courseware. Early warning systems. Open” textbooks. Battushig Myanganbayar, MIT).

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Adaptive Learning MOOC Trends Report 76

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

A 2016 report funded by the Gates Foundation found that in the U.S. This approach helps you clarify your target outcomes and how you’ll collect “evidence of learning.” alone, there are 13,000 instructional designers. Yet, when I graduated from college in 2008, I didn’t know this field existed. Surely a lot has changed!

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Udemy Course Coursera MOOC 135

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Via NPR : “Grand Jury Report On Penn State Hazing Finds ‘Indignities And Depravities’ ” The Business (and Politics) of Student Loans. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). A call to rebrand MOOCs , from Edsurge. ” asks The Hechinger Report. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Education Robotics MOOC Facebook 46

EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 4, 2017

For successful outcomes, plan teacher PD sessions avoiding holidays, weekends, extended school days and reporting/ assessment cycles. In this age of digital transformation, educators may choose from the plethora of online MOOCs which are a convenient and no-travel option.

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Education MOOC Training Udemy 47

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Early signs suggest that technology, smartly chosen and carefully implemented, can improve learners’ outcomes, lower costs and ease difficult transitions. For the values and outcomes that most matter to them. In its current form, our higher-education system amplifies and solidifies national inequities, when it could do the opposite.

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MOOC Digital Learning Outcomes EdTech 60

Hack Education

MARCH 2, 2018

” Via The Hechinger Report : “ Betsy DeVos ’s school choice ideas are a reality in Sweden , where student performance has suffered.” ” The New York Times reported on Tuesday that “ West Virginia Teachers’ Strike Ends With a Promise to Raise Pay.” ” asks The Hechinger Report.

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Education Chegg MOOC Broadband 48

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). In other words, MOOCs are now gym memberships. Initially, the course will be available to anyone as a MOOC with an optional $99 identity-verified certificate. Testing, Testing… Via EdSource : “Testing company fined in California for second year.”

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Education MOOC E-rate Company 40

Wired Campus

APRIL 23, 2015

A paper describing the study, “Can Behavioral Tools Improve Online Student Outcomes? He examined the online behavior of 657 students who participated in a nine-week MOOC on statistics offered by Stanford University. MOOCs Online Courses'

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MOOC Tools Course Software 28

Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

” Via The Hechinger Report : “Documenting Maine ’s failure to implement proficiency-based education.” The suit charged the university with failing to prevent sexual abuse by George Tyndall , formerly a gynecologist in the university’s health center, and for failing to take action as reports of the abuse surfaced.”

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Education Khan Academy Company MOOC 60

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. The MOOC backlash. Of course I have to start with MOOCs. The MOOC backlash started in earnest in 2013. MOOC providers will keep on refining them. Introduction.

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MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 32

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Will VR Really Impact Student Outcomes? But as Lindsey Cook (Data Editor at US News & World Report) points out in this 20 minute talk, that data isn’t always accessible. Companies like Microsoft, Facebook and Google are all dipping their toes into virtual and augmented reality. But will VR and AR live up to its hype? 2:00 p.m.

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MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

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?

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Learnmetrics : Chicago-based Learnmetrics offers districts what CEO Julian Miller likes to call a “GPS” for educators’ and administrators’ goals and outcomes. report cards have by and large stayed the same over the last century—there’s not always good feedback, and it’s too late once bad grades get in.

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EdTech Meeting Education Company 60

Hack Education

AUGUST 5, 2016

Dillon, the biology professor at the College of Charleston who resisted administrators’ requests that he update his syllabus with learning outcomes , is suing the South Carolina college and says he will retire.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” asks The Hechinger Report.

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Education Pearson Report Policies 40

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

. “High school students will be allowed to carry mace in the 2016–2017 school year after the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education agreed to remove prohibitive language and amend its policy,” the Salisbury Post reports. ” “ Smartwatch cheats force Thai students back to exam halls,” the BBC reports.

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Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 17, 2014

Academy 10:00am DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER: Beyond the University: New MOOC Audiences and Providers - Leonard Waks , Professor Emeritus Educational Leadership Electronic Portfolios as Spaces for Students to Engage with Learning - Gina Marandino - Educational Technology Specialist Hit Learners with Music!

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Conference Learning Mobility Social Media 75

Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2016

Students like Battushig who used free online courses to achieve world-class education motivated players like Coursera and the State Department to launch initiatives like Learning Hubs and MOOC camps from Vietnam to Bolivia. The question is: are there viable edtech opportunities in so-called bottom-of-the-pyramid markets?

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EdTech Company Secondary Coursera 60