The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 12, 2015

With technology changing so rapidly, how can libraries, organizations, and individuals stay abreast of the economic, social, and ethical ramifications of innovations and prepare successfully for the future? The free half-day seminar is open to the public and will take place online via Blackboard Collaborate on April 30, 2015, from 12 p.m.

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Libraries MOOC Technology Blackboard 28

Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

There’s now a movement to teach humanities seminars online. And the MOOC numbers look like they’re rising. Unless the worm turns globally, I’d expect planet MOOC to keep growing in 2016. Social media is something higher ed is ambivalent about. This rising tide could pause. From non-edutech trends.

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Trends Technology MOOC Education 40

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2016

One mentioned that their institution used to host WordPress locally, but is now exploring externally hosted social media (Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc). Q: Autumm Caines asked:”I’m getting ready to teach a 1st year seminar on digital citizenship. The rest of the Forum was devoted to… III.

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Trends LMS Data MOOC 41

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2016

One mentioned that their institution used to host WordPress locally, but is now exploring externally hosted social media (Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc). Q: Autumm Caines asked:”I’m getting ready to teach a 1st year seminar on digital citizenship. The rest of the Forum was devoted to… III.

Trends 40

Trends LMS Data MOOC 40

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.

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Libraries Conference MOOC E-rate 51

Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 17, 2016

Face-to-face instruction was the privilege of the 1%, while the middle class made do with distance learning, and everyone else had versions of MOOCs. Faculty research and teach the inequality problem across the curriculum, from sociology and economics to first-year seminars. Or maybe things take a darker turn… 4.

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Education MOOC Social Media Exercises 40