Learning with 'e's

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Further, social media and social network services can connect anyone with internet access to experts in any academic discipline for real time content sharing and discussion. Below are just two of the available research reports (you can search for others on the Web).

Technology 28

Technology Outcomes Social Media Study 28

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Much of what Meeker says in this year’s report about education is placed under her category “gaming.”

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2016

Case studies and visual simulations are becoming more common ways of providing this type of experiential learning. The report concludes that ‘companies are struggling to redesign the training environment, incorporate new learning technologies, and utilize the incredible array of digital learning tools now available’.

Training 60

Training Trends MOOC Learning 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, doctoral student research, library and information center "tours," and more! We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses.

Libraries 51

Libraries Conference MOOC E-rate 51

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. Might we also study whether learners with solid K12 library inquiry experience perform better than the student in the general SHEG sample ?

Assessment 60

Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2020

Ted Dintersmith : There was a massive gush of enthusiasm for MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), with some conviction it would revolutionize higher education. Many colleges rushed to put in place their MOOC offerings, hoping to provide meaningful free or low-cost education to a “massive” number of students. What never panned out?

Smartphone 157

Smartphone MOOC Trends EdTech 157

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Via The Independent : “13-year-old girl arrested after contacting clown on social media and asking him to kill her teacher.” ” And in Delaware , “Authorities have arrested two Smyrna high school students in connection with threats involving clowns and bombs ,” the AP reports. .” Raise $146.1

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

Via Politico : “ DeVos : Schools should decide whether to report undocumented kids.” “The Department of Education on Wednesday announced the process by which borrowers who had made ineligible payments for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program could be reconsidered for the benefit,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

Education 46

Education MOOC Social Media Report 46

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

.” “Three months after the former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner was sentenced to six months in jail for sexual assault, he was released on Friday,” NPR reports. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Humans, the Latest MOOC Feature.”

Education 52

Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52

Hack Education

AUGUST 19, 2016

One of the big stories this week: the US Department of Education ’s announcement about which “non-traditional providers” ( MOOCs , coding bootcamps ) will be eligible for financial aid as part of its EQUIP experiment. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Education Politics.

MOOC 40

MOOC Education Coursera Company 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

High School seniors (left to right) Hayley Striegel, Olivia Poplawski, Cheri Zheng-Fredericks and Julie Pignataro look for ways to verify information they’ve encountered on social media. My students are all about social media. High School social studies teacher. My students are all about social media.

Social Media 40

Social Media Learning Facebook Analysis 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Via The New York Times : “Creepy Clown Reports Continue, and Clowns Are Not Happy.” ” “At least 9 ‘clown’ arrests so far in Alabama ,” AL.com reports. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). .” MOOC hype deja vu.). Go, School Sports Team!

Education 40

Education E-rate MOOC Report 40

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

“Publishers Wiley , Cengage , Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education have won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a seller of fake textbooks ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Techcrunch reports that “ Sesame Street turns to Kickstarter to fund autism book.”

Education 44

Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

Hack Education

JANUARY 5, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The Atlantic on Logan Paul : “The Social-Media Star and the Suicide.” Edsurge reports that Weld North Education will still be run by former Kaplan exec Jonathan Grayer. ” Research, “Research,” and Reports. million total.

Education 44

Education Kaplan E-rate Data 44

Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

.” “ Tech Is Dominating Efforts To Educate Syrian Refugees ,” reports NPR. Yet, according to this study, nearly half of the donors have chosen to supply educational technology, far more than are building schools, providing basic books and materials or employing teachers. Would-be students have many immediate needs.

Education 45

Education MOOC Facebook Report 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Via Motherboard : “ New York City Passes Bill to Study Biases in Algorithms Used by the City.” 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”).

Education 46

Education Robotics MOOC Facebook 46

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Government Accountability Office said in a report Wednesday.” ” “Former Lake Michigan College President Jennifer Spielvogel is suing LMC and its Board of Trustees for alleged wrongful termination,” The Herald-Palladium reports. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). .”

Education 49

Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

“ Tax bill reflects rift between many Republicans and higher education,” The Washington Post reports. Restores Pell Eligibility to Nearly 300,000 Students,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. Via The Chicago Tribune : “Almost all student loan fraud claims involve for-profit colleges , study finds.”

Education 44

Education Khan Academy Company Training 44

Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

While most of the headlines this week about Puerto Rico addressed the fact that a Harvard study found the death toll from Hurricane Maria hit almost 5000, Edsurge runs with a happy story about the island : “Months After a Devastating Hurricane, Puerto Rican Schools Turn to the Sun.” Research, “Research,” and Reports.

Education 47

Education Kaplan Robotics Schoology 47

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Indeed, she’s quite methodical with her study – her inspection, introspection – of grief. Bush ), and the invocation of facts, evidence, and expertise in political arguments (particularly those arguments on social media) is now interpreted as bias rather objectivity. Or MOOCs even. That famous Arthur C.

Technology 40

Technology Education Report Training 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

I first read an article by Seymour Papert in a Women’s Studies class in the mid 1990s – “ Epistemological Pluralism ,” which he co-wrote with Sherry Turkle. “Hardly Anyone Wants to Take a Liberal Arts MOOC,” Edsurge informed its readers in February. ” ). Only “1.86

Technology 85

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ MOOCs May Still Be Reshaping Higher Education, Just Not In the Way That Was Initially Predicted.” There’s more MOOC news in the contests and competition section below. ” Research, “Research,” and Reports.

Education 58

Education MOOC Pearson Blackboard 58

Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

” Via The Washington Post : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos asked whether leakers could be prosecuted , internal report shows.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The State Department is proposing to ask additional questions of visa applicants regarding their social media usage.” Immigration and Education.

Education 45

Education MOOC E-rate Facebook 45

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The only other media attending the event would be a national crew from ABC.” Chalkbeat reports that “ Success Academy illegally changes special education services without parent input, complaint claims.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Immigration and Education.

Education 58

Education MOOC Social Media E-rate 58

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

” “The White House on Monday announced that it would nominate Mitchell “Mick” Zais as deputy secretary of education ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. In the future, you might want to look for most MOOC-related news in the “business of job training” section below. 2 Post at Ed.

Education 49

Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

.” “One year into an experiment allowing colleges to award Pell Grants to incarcerated students , Trump administration officials look to be even more invested in the program,” Inside Higher Ed reports. “Billions in federal financial aid is going to students who aren’t graduating,” says The Hechinger Report.

Education 41

Education Social Media Company Data 41

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Here are some reports from her travels: Via Chalkbeat : “What is Betsy DeVos ’s ‘rethink school’ initiative all about? ” Via the AP : “School at Cook County Jail reported phony attendance numbers.” ” “ Birmingham-Southern Cuts Tuition in Half,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

Education 51

Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

” More on the teacher prep law from The Hechinger Report. ” “Modern E-Rate Puts Telephones On Hold in K–12,” Education Week reports , noting that schools are struggling to pay for phone service (still totally necessary) as well as expanded broadband. More from Quartz. ” Meanwhile on Campus.

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

I’ve never seen an education story receive quite as much attention from non-educators on social media. Department of Education has withdrawn a proposal that could have fundamentally changed the flow of federal dollars to schools that serve low-income students,” NPR reports. It was a disaster. ” “The U.S.

Education 40

Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Via Education Week : “Congress Budget Deal Bans New Gold-Standard Studies of Federal Vouchers.” ” Via The LA Times : “Trump is ending Michelle Obama’s ‘ Let Girls Learn ’ initiative, CNN reports.” ” Banning research on school vouchers ? Gee, I wonder why.

Kaplan 46

Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

” “Make MOOCs great again.” ” Speaking of Peter Thiel, “ Mark Zuckerberg : Facebook fake news didn’t sway election,” USA Today reports from the Techonomy conference. regulation,” reports The Washington Post. ” Trump has threatened to close the Department of Education.

Education 54

Education Common Core Company Facebook 54

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

Via the New Haven Independent : “The school board [in New Haven , Connecticut ] will allow Yale University continue with a study on students struggling to read, but tighter rules will be in place for any future research.” ” The study includes DNA testing. Research, “Research,” and Reports.

Education 43

Education Pearson Company Blackboard 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Significantly, ESSA mandates the collection and reporting of per pupil expenditure data at the school level. “Foreign Students Seen Cheating More Than Domestic Ones,” The Wall Street Journal reported. ” Reuters has led the way with investigative reporting on this. funding) and outputs (e.g.,

Data 40

Data Technology Education Software 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.

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

. “ Conservative High Schoolers Want to ‘Own the Libs’,” The Atlantic’s Adam Harris reports from the Turning Point USA ’s conference. Via Wired : “Congress Has a $65 Million Proposal to Study Tech’s Effect on Kids.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

Education 43

Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. In 2017, just a week before Christmas, the New Media Consortium abruptly announced its immediate closure “because of apparent errors and omissions by its former Controller and Chief Financial Officer.” But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. with Pigeons.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

From Liberia , “Government to crackdown on unlicensed schools,” New Vision reports. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the job training section below. ” The Atlantic on what it’s like being a parent of a social media star.

Education 44

Education Elsevier MOOC Knewton 44