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3 Opportunities for education during the pandemic

Neo LMS

The past two years have provided the background for learning through project-based activities for students who always wanted to know the real-life use of what they learned. Project-based learning (PBL) is a teaching approach in which students engage with real-life tasks addressed with sustained inquiry to provide authentic results.

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Can We Design Online Learning Platforms That Feel More Intimate Than Massive?

Edsurge

Unfortunately, most massive open online course (MOOC) platforms still feel like drafty lecture halls instead of intimate seminar rooms. These default features force online instructors to use a style of teaching that feels more like shouting to the masses than engaging in meaningful conversations.

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Leveling Up Language Learners’ 21st-Century Skills with Minecraft

Edsurge

“Or video games,” one student suggested. Oral presentations became screen-casted videos of student-created builds. This resulted in several of my students engaging in lengthy and demanding composition tasks. Minecraft MOOC EVO Minecraft MOOC YouTube. Language Learning and Minecraft. IrvSpanish.

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Asynchronous Learning or Live Lessons? Which One Works Better for Me?

Edsurge

Research studies don’t provide strong evidence that synchronous learning universally leads to better student engagement and learning outcomes than asynchronous learning or vice versa. For example, most of the enrolled students in fully asynchronous MOOCs are adults, and even in this context, completion can be challenging.

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Coursera Couple Returns to Higher Ed With $14.5M to Recreate In-Person Learning, Online

Edsurge

Avida is the husband of Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller, and one of the first board members of the company that helped put the spotlight on massive online open courses, or MOOCs. There are built-in tools to add questions to any presentation slide. The couple is no longer with Coursera, which is now valued at $2.5

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Practical Applications to Individualize and Personalize Learning

A Principal's Reflections

One of the most cost-effective means to create a more personalized and individualized learning experience for students is through the use of OpenCourseWare (OCW) and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC's). Once they choose their OCW course, students engage in the activities provided by that particular unit of study.

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The EDEN interviews: Stefan Hrastinski

Learning with 'e's

For the past 4 or 5 years I have recorded video conversatiins with keynote speakers who have presented at EDEN events. We also spent some time debating the evolution and trajectory of MOOCs and their significance for the future of education.

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