Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2016

ANY PUNY HUMAN SMARTPHONE ONLY! Bringing Adaptive Technology in the Classroom to Larger Scale through Academic Collaboration with Thomas Cavanagh (University of Central Florida), Constance Johnson (Colorado Technical University) and Christi Ford (University of Maryland University College) Friday. NOT TRENDY ANYMORE! Young is a judge.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 30, 2017

Innovation is about how you use technology. My belief is that this happens because a lot of technologies that are advertised are deemed innovative, which can be true. But innovation is a way of thinking, not simply the way we use technology. Nope…this is incorrect. Look at EdCamp. This leads to the next misconception.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 11, 2013

It can be actuated via a smartphone or iPad, laptop or in-person, but access is constant–which in turn shifts a unique burden to learn on the shoulders of the student." Gathering ''big data'' from learning analytics is perhaps the motherlode for most large scale course providers such as EdX , Udacity and Coursera (MOOC platforms).

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Mobile Learning Mobility Coursera MOOC 62

Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

” Some of these experimental sites included MOOCs and coding bootcamps. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Class Central’s Dhawal Shah, writing in Edsurge : “ MOOCs Find Their Audience: Professional Learners and Universities.” State and Local) Education Politics.

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Learning with 'e's

DECEMBER 8, 2015

There are all sorts of possibilities thanks to new technologies. Although distance education has been in existence for more than a century, the various technological means by which it can now be conducted have advanced quickly.

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Flipped Classroom MOOC Smartphone Learning 28

Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

More formally, distance education has existed since the early, primitive but quite effective correspondence courses of Sir Isaac Pitman , who used the developing technology of the time, the uniform penny postal service to support his endeavours. What will be the future of distance education?

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Education MOOC Smartphone Blended Learning 28

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

As an instructional designer who has been building MOOCs for the past five years, I’ve been asked this question more times than I count. MOOCs have been called abysmal , disappointing failures. The average completion rate for MOOCs (including the ones I design) hovers between 5-15 percent. This skepticism is not unwarranted.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 11, 2019

It's a professional community of educators interested in technology supported learning. In that year I was just starting out in the world of educational technology, and I presented some of my research at the EDEN summer conference in Poitiers, France. MOOCs; and a whole host of other innovations have been birthed during this time.

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MOOC Social Media Technology Support Conference 28

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

While smartphones are not as widely available, the devices are beginning to proliferate in several nations, including 34 percent in South Africa. They are quite resourceful in ways we haven’t seen in the developed world.” Cell phone use is as common today in South Africa and Nigeria as in the U.S.

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Online Learning Learning Mobility Blackboard 119

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

It feels natural to a generation groomed to presume that everything is calibrated to their needs and wants — whether it’s online shopping, news or math homework — and raised with smartphones in their hands. Teacher unions cautiously endorse it, while flagging the concern that teachers could be replaced by technology.

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Personalized Learning Khan Academy Education Elementary 98

TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Learning Models, Theories, and Technology: A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers. Purpose: Improving our chance for a common language in discussing existing and emerging learning trends, model, and technology in hopes of innovation in classrooms, and collectively, education at large. by Terry Heick and TeachThought Staff.

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Technology Learning BYOD Digital Citizenship 40

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

In recent years, Simon’s ideas have found new traction, thanks to new computing technologies that would have seemed alien in the ’60s. Mathematics lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology. Newkirk likes to point out that the Wright brothers largely used technology for their Wright Flyer that had been available for decades.)

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Technology is an excellent way to make students of all generations more engaged in classroom activities and more motivated when they attend classes or do their homework. Some tend to consider technology as a threat, as its extensive use reduces the attention span considerably and makes students less interested in education in general.

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Tools Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 197

EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 4, 2017

Being an educational technology trainer and an educator for more than a decade, I have had a fair share of training and professional development sessions both on giving and receiving end. For example , a few years back “Integrating Technology” into the curriculum was the focus for my school.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2020

This article is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. EdSurge : What technology has been the most disappointing? Ted Dintersmith : There was a massive gush of enthusiasm for MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), with some conviction it would revolutionize higher education.

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Smartphone MOOC Trends EdTech 159

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

They can be something everybody uses; that’s how 2012 became the year of the MOOC, and why virtual reality will no doubt be widely cited as the trend of 2016. MOOCs continued to increase in number and attendance. Using Technology for Energy Savings. By Stephen Downes, National Research Council. By Marc Moschetto, Dude Solutions.

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Trends EdTech MOOC Smartphone 111

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The changing market also sets the stage for the emergence of new types of technology solutions and partnerships. Smaller, Faster, Cheaper Prior to the pandemic, learning in the workplace was already growing to include more technology-enabled “ microlearning ” that was less formal and less structured than traditional training programs.

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Learning Training Digital Badges Coursera 172

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Aftermath of the MOOC wars: Can commercial vendors support creative higher education ? ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Smartphone Explodes in Rowan College Classroom.” Raise $146.1 Accreditation and Certification.

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Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2016

When Massive Open Online Courses (or MOOCs) were first introduced, people quickly realized these platforms could help students learn more effectively at their own pace on their own schedule. He or she relies on his or her smartphone and other mobile devices to communicate, create content, and access and share information.

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Mobile Learning Mobility Smartphone LMS 93

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Today, no one can teach, perform research, issue grades, enroll, or engage in a thousand and one other routine functions, without clicking on a computer or smartphone. Who knows how much ISPs will now bill MOOCs and others for eating-up vast chunks of bandwidth? Trickle-down Student Fees. trillion in debt.

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Accessibility Khan Academy Coursera MOOC 112

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. 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.” National) Education Politics. Sounds good.

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Education MOOC Pearson Blackboard 58

Bryan Alexander

MARCH 13, 2017

MOOCs: simply present in the ed tech space, without the hype crash America experienced. Interesting studies and projects, from using MOOCs on mobile devices to former colonies accessing courses created by their prior colonizers. Plotagon is easy, and the students used their smartphones. As I’ve been saying.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via The Verge : “ France bans smartphone use in schools.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Shocking, I know, but apparently “technology” is a “megatrend.”

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Education Pearson Company Blackboard 43

Hack Education

MARCH 17, 2017

811 , a California bill that would establish the right to computer technology. The Chronicle of Higher Education profiles DeVry : “A For-Profit-College Company Embraces Its Technology-Focused Past and Its Evolving Future.” Are MOOCs webinars? Are webinars now MOOCs?). Accreditation and Certification.

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Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” A MOOC consortium , that is, with member institutions Davidson College , Colgate University , Hamilton College , and Wellesley College.

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

Also via Chalkbeat : “Black and white students score far apart on a new test of technology skills.” ” Here’s the WaPo headline : “Girls outscore boys on inaugural national test of technology, engineering skills.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The GW Hatchet : “Oversight of online learning programs lacking in some schools, report finds.” More MOOC job changes: Techcrunch reports that “ Coursera ’s chief product officer just left to become a VC.” ” From the HR Department.

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Education Coursera MOOC Report 48

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “How Much Hollywood Glitz Should Colleges Use in Their Online Courses ?” ” Another Duke story – The Chronicle of Higher Education looks at the school’s Technology Scholars Project: “ Steering More Women to Silicon Valley.”

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Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “As In-Person Bootcamps Falter, Codecademy Introduces Paid Online Options.” Pretty sure this is the best MOOC story of the week: “ Russian Underground Launches Online Courses in Card Fraud ,” Infosecurity Group reports. .”

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Vive la MOOC révolution. “ Coursera More than Doubles Number of Degrees on Its Platform,” says Campus Technology. National) Education Politics.

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