Graphite Blog

JULY 16, 2020

With so much uncertainty about the 2020–2021 school year due to the coronavirus pandemic, one fact remains: The skills and resources that reflective, dedicated teachers need to navigate remote, hybrid, and face-to-face learning environments are plentiful -- and ever evolving. We hope you find something that fits your needs and schedule!

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Teacher Reboot Camp

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Students are presented with a choice of digital missions with real world impact. Below are the questions and some resources to prepare for the chat. Join my free online course where we work on digital learning missions, The Goal-Minded Teacher MOOC ( #EduGoalsMOOC ). Mission-Minded Learning Makes the World a Better Place.

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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Notes from MOOCs for Professional Development Presentation at TCEA 2015 Dr. Kay Abernathy, Lamar University [link] Lamar University sponsored the MOOC on Social Media Communication Tools for Educators which Dr. Abernathy facilitated. You can build up to five MOOCs for free on this platform. link] What is a MOOC?

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2021

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. And it is the richest, with nearly three-quarters of a billion in cash in the bank, and annual revenue of about $260 million. "EdX

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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.

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The Shake Up Learning Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Students and teachers are involved in many after school programs that could utilize Google Classroom to share resources and improve communication and collaboration. Think of how awesome it would be to use Google Classroom to share resources, flashcards, tips, practice tests, and feedback through the Google Classroom platform.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 4, 2022

edWeb is also a Finalist in two other categories: Online Courses/MOOC Solution and EdTech Company Setting a Trend. The guide is based on edWeb’s research and 10 years of practical experience and provides the most up-to-date resource for online professional learning for preK – 12 educators.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

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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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Whenever I am presented with the opportunity to participate in any form of professional development, the most important question that I ask is this: Is it worth my time? Then you sign up for the Learning Differences MOOC-Ed , and you learn about working memory. By “worth my time” I do not mean, Will I enjoy it or is it fun?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2020

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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EdTechnocation.com

APRIL 18, 2014

In the final unit of the Coaching Digital Learning MOOC-Ed , we learned about the importance of and practiced evaluating EdTech tools and resources, such as iPad Apps and websites with the use of rubrics and evaluation tools. What challenges have you faced in selecting the appropriate digital resources for your own use or other’s use?

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

Enrollment will begin June 25th, running 11 online classes on subjects such as artificial intelligence, personalized learning and open education resources for educators. But South says this is not about competing with the big technology companies, and he stresses that it is certainly not another MOOC.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 25, 2012

Each is free to attend, and each has an emphasis on encouraging participation and presentations--even if you''ve never done so before. Everyone is encouraged to participate--you can present, attend, and/or volunteer to help! They are part of my Web 2.0 Labs projects, designed to provide spaces for great conversations around education.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Oral presentations became screen-casted videos of student-created builds. After choosing Minecraft as an in-class resource, I found that not everyone knew how to play—including me! For more about using Minecraft with language learners, David Dodgson recommends the following resources: Articles. Language Learning and Minecraft.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Be sure the material is organized, with concise and consistent instructions and resources that are easy to find. Using multimodal resources that incorporate text, video, audio and images to cover the same material helps appeal to different learning preferences and support learners with disabilities.

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Bryan Alexander

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Campuses get to see higher numbers in upper-level humanities seminars, while at the same time expanding the curriculum they present to students. Faculty and staff from across the country met each other for the first time, then compared notes and pooled resources to learn from their collective experience.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

If I was still doing that now, I would be incredibly excited because so many wonderful resources would be available to my classroom. For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. Image credit: Chichén Itza , Daniel Mennerich.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

His room is presented in horror-movie fashion, with dim lighting and discordant music, and the toys are all in pieces, as Sid dismantles them and remakes them in his own crazy way. It feels more like an inventor's workshop, but Sid's room is presented very sinister like. He's a real inventor.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

That’s the view of Arthur Levine, in a new book called “ The Great Upheaval: Higher Education’s Past, Present, and Uncertain Future ,” which he co-wrote with Scott Van Pelt, a lecturer and associate director of the Communication Program for the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2017

More than 60 universities around the world currently assign the site’s resources. “In 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.” In a lot of classrooms, our modules are becoming required learning,” Sharma says. “As

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

I started the session with the aim of encouraging the group to learn deeply and critically about a particular topic - MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses). I asked them to prepare for a debate next week, and put up the slide: 'This house believes that MOOCs will signal the demise of campus based higher education'.

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Linways Technologies

JANUARY 6, 2023

Also, the present examination questions are more focused on lower cognitive skills. The type of compendium to be used for a particular program should be carefully chosen based on its nature, objectives, and available resources. The lack of this connection makes the whole exercise ineffective.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

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. Swivl - Apparatus that lets you use an iPad to video record a lecture or presentation. Moves the camera to follow presenter around the room.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 22, 2019

OPENING KEYNOTE PANELISTS: Christina Mune Associate Dean of Innovation and Resource Management, University Library at San Jose State University @bibliopathic Christina Mune is the Associate Dean of Innovation and Resources Management at San Jose State University's King Library. Ida is a member of MIT’s Technology Review Global Panel.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

Plus, it sounded a lot like a MOOC (short for “massive open online courses”)—free courses designed for thousands of students that were all the rage a few years ago, but which today are seen as having fallen far short of the hype. It’s a new kind of MOOC, and it’s a new kind of philosophy,” he says.

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Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2017

Harvard reportedly spends $75,000-$150,000 building each new MOOC, most of which goes towards video production costs. Meanwhile, on the other side of the spectrum, resourceful teachers and nonprofits like Khan Academy are still creating low-budget screencasts. These efforts are not cheap. Cognotion has raised $4.4

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 12, 2015

Inspired by a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the future of the information profession that was offered by the San José State University (SJSU) School of Information last fall, Dr. Sandra Hirsh, director of the SJSU School of Information, and Steve Hargadon, founder of The Learning Revolution, have worked with Dr. PDT.

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Learning with 'e's

JUNE 11, 2015

Martin Weller's keynote presentation at EDEN 2015 Conference was entitled 'The battle for open.' The synopsis reads: With the success of open access publishing, Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open education practices, the open approach to education has moved from the periphery to the mainstream.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

Students and teachers are involved in many after school programs that could utilize Google Classroom to share resources and improve communication and collaboration. Think of how awesome it would be to use Google Classroom to share resources, flashcards, tips, practice tests, and feedback through the Google Classroom platform.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Deadlines School Leadership Summit , March 27th, 2014 Upcoming deadlines: Presentation proposals will be accepted between now and March 15th, 2014. MOOCs for Deeper Learning. Karen Fasimpaur highlighted an upcoming opportunity for educators to participate in a free, nine-week MOOC for deeper level learning. Thanks, Karen!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 6, 2020

Ask a Tech Teacher offers many resources for teachers who wish to introduce students to education technologies in an age-appropriate way. Tech ed resources – online classes . Our site is designed to provide resources for helping everyone get past the confusing parts as quickly as possible.

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ProfHacker

AUGUST 26, 2016

This post is based on a presentation Suzan and Maha gave this year at the OER16 conference in Edinburgh. When we look at common definitions of Open Educational Resources or OERs (e.g., What if we focus on these practices as much as educational content in our conversations on open educational resources? You can read it here !

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 2, 2019

Present-day students, who interact with a steady stream of digital media throughout the day, are generally unsurprised by video in the classroom; if anything, they expect it. Video isn't fading in its popularity, but will continue to grow as a mainstay resource for all forms of education in the future. The future?

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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. That meant open source software, open education resources, and open access in scholarly publication.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Friday, February 21st in Washington DC iEARN: Global Education Resource Fair , iEARN-USA will be participating in the Global Education Resource Fair in Washington, DC on February 21st, 2014 as part of the Teachers for Global Classrooms (TGC) program. Presidents'' Day resources. What makes for a great online presentation?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 10, 2012

We have an incredible lineup of keynote speakers and some GREAT practitioner sessions--AND there is still time for you to sign up to present (we hope you will do so)! PRESENTING: The Learning 2.0 The call for presentation proposals and instructions are now live and can be found ? Proposed presentations can be found HERE.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Another is the rise of the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) or online instructional platforms like edX, Coursera, or Udacity. For example, if students or newly hired professors decide to dive into a new startup enterprise, is there a path by which they can remain enrolled, drawing upon — and adding to — the resources of the institution?

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