The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Overall, the rise of online learning — from MOOCs to Khan Academy — makes “blended” learning that combines computer and live instruction feel normal to students. Even now, curricula in some cutting-edge tech fields exists online (not on campus), making Silicon Valley a driver of high-level training.

Personalized Learning 98

Personalized Learning Khan Academy Education Elementary 98

EdTechSandyK

MARCH 4, 2013

Small start ups and giant MOOCS. Important to get feedback from students through surveys to assess quality of teaching and content. Also important to support course developers/teachers with instructional design training since many may not come from education backgrounds. K-12 will follow by 2019. How do you know it is working?

Udemy 49

Udemy Education MOOC Survey 49

Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2016

Learning Professionals Are Now Becoming Specialists The industry has recognised a need for corporate learning professionals to be highly qualified and experienced in their specific area rather than possessing general knowledge on training. Mary Frenson is a Marketing Assistant at Check Director.

Training 60

Training Trends MOOC Learning 60

Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2020

In a 2018 survey of hiring leaders , we found that online pre-hire assessment was the single most likely “disruptor” of the reliance on degrees in hiring, followed by simulation-based hiring. It seems certain that more professional learning will happen outside of traditional institutions and campuses – especially if colleges fail to adapt.

Learning 176

Learning Digital Badges E-rate MOOC 176

Neo LMS

JUNE 16, 2020

In a survey of 1,000 long-time high school teachers, 73% say their classrooms use laptops and tablets daily. As members, educators can take part in events, forums, seminars, training and more. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are also excellent resources, offering free classes from world-renowned universities.

Technology 230

Technology Education Laptops EdTech 230

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. ” Gartner says, rather vaguely, that it relies on scenarios and surveys and pattern recognition to place technologies on the line.

Trends 40

Trends Report iPhone Software 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2018

There’s even a growing body of scholarly work critiquing a so-called “McDonaldization” of higher education , saying colleges risk becoming factory-like deliverers of training rather than places of research and intellectual exploration. Originally when I first wrote about this, I thought, “Well, it doesn't feel like that.

How To 132

How To Education Outcomes Course 132

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2017

They’re spending a tremendous amount of time and energy and money” on hiring and training as a result, he argues. These days students can always take Shakespeare or other courses later, once they’re settled in their careers, thanks to free MOOCs, he says. The bachelor’s degree as a one-size-fits all no longer works.”

Chegg 110

Chegg Company Trends MOOC 110

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2019

When executives at tech giants Salesforce and Microsoft decided in fall 2017 to turn to an online education platform to help train potential users of products for their vendors, they turned to Pierre Dubuc and his team in fall 2017. Two years later, Dubuc’s company, OpenClassrooms , has closed deals with both of them.

MOOC 135

MOOC Coursera Microsoft Industry 135

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

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

At the height of the buzz around MOOCs and flipped classrooms three years ago, Bridget Ford worried that administrators might try to replace her introductory history course with a batch of videos. She agreed that something should change: Drop-outs and failures were high in the 200-person class—at about 13 percent.

Classroom 60

Classroom ePortfolio Dropout Course 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 11, 2014

Walden University researcher, Rose Arnell, is looking for survey participants : I am a doctoral student at Walden University and am conducting a study called, Teacher Beliefs on Self-Learning, Collaboration, and Participation in Virtual Communities of Practice. Learn more or register here and see my notes at the bottom of this post!

Conference 65

Conference Digital Citizenship Maker Movement Common Core 65

Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

Blumenstyk as a reporter surveying the landscape, Mr. Jones as a professor and administrator at a college, and Mr. Freedman as an investor looking for the next big thing in education technology. Freedman: I love where you started with the criticism of the MOOCs. I mean, MOOCs aren’t learning platforms, they’re distribution platforms.

E-rate 28

E-rate Company Course MOOC 28

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Aftermath of the MOOC wars: Can commercial vendors support creative higher education ? ” “The Weak Evidence Behind Brain-Training Games ” by The Atlantic’s Ed Yong. Raise $146.1 The results are concerning.”

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

EdSurge: You recently tweeted that you’re interested in blurring the boundaries between traditional higher education and trainings that happen in the workplace. But then there’s also this segment that’s always been adjacent that used to be called corporate training. Why do you think that’s a good thing? And we have K-12.

Company 88

Company Kaplan MOOC Strategy 88

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The generation of students attending college today just aren’t that impressed by traditional markers of authority—and they’re not coming to campus to gaze up at wise leaders on a pedestal (well, at least according to surveys). In fact by next year or six months later, it could be something else.

Social Media 83

Social Media Survey MOOC Industry 83

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Via Chalkbeat’s Colorado news desk : “$35 million for school safety will go toward training, but not hiring, of school resource officers.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” The Business of Job Training. ” Survey finds more teachers are clicking on marketing emails.

Education 44

Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The news literacy initiative is based in the Stanford History Education Group that Wineburg founded in 2002 to train teachers how to use primary sources and help students critically evaluate historical claims. My students are all about social media.

Social Media 40

Social Media Learning Facebook Analysis 40

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

This Bootcamp Will Train Sales Chops (and Even Pay For It).” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” Via Edsurge : “Tech Needs More Than Coders. ” The bootcamp in question: Sales Bootcamp.

Education 44

Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). A call to rebrand MOOCs , from Edsurge. ” The Business of Job Training. The Chronicle of Higher Education on the latest report from the Babson Survey Research Group on OER adoption: “Use of Free Textbooks Is Rising, but Barriers Remain.”

Education 46

Education Robotics MOOC Facebook 46

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” If you can’t create revenue, raise venture capital. The Business of Job Training. The MOOC provider has now raised $210 million total. Gives Firm Hint at Rollback of Gainful-Employment Rule ,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.

Education 46

Education Coursera MOOC Udemy 46

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “Peter Thiel May Finally Get His Flying Cars, Thanks to a New Udacity Nanodegree in 2018.” Anger has grown over news that officer involved in fatal shooting was never trained in responding to situations involving people with mental-health issues.”

Education 48

Education Knewton Kaplan Robotics 48

Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” The Business of Job Training. ” Via The New York Times : “At Walmart Academy , Training Better Managers. ” More via Wired.

Education 45

Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 45

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Inside Higher Ed has a story on Amazon ’s employee training program, once again using the phrase “open source” even though this has nothing to do with open source. ” Via the AP : “2 ex- El Paso schools administrators guilty in testing scam.”

Education 49

Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

” There’s more news from the White House in the job training section below. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the credential section below. Via Class Central : “Analysis of 450 MOOC -Based Microcredentials Reveals Many Options But Little Consistency.”

Education 46

Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “A Product at Every Price: A Review of MOOC Stats and Trends in 2017.” ” There’s more MOOC news in the certification section below. I’m also putting some MOOC news in the job training section.

Education 46

Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

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. ” “Big Online Courses Have a Problem.

Education 58

Education MOOC Pearson Blackboard 58

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “Free MOOCs Face the Music,” writes Inside Higher Ed on edX ’s decision to start charging fees. More “MOOC” news under the job training section below. ” The Business of Job Training. Heatherton. million total.

Education 46

Education MOOC Coursera Company 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Politico : Western Governors University , “the nation’s leading provider of competency-based educatio n – which the Education Department’s independent watchdog last month said violated federal student aid rules – is expanding into North Carolina.”

Education 49

Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “The MOOC is not dead, but maybe it should be,” says Rolin Moe. The Business of Job Training. Via Republic Report : “Grassley Attacks ACICS -Approved For-Profit Colleges As ‘ Visa Mills ’ ” That’s Senator Chuck Grassley.

Education 45

Education MOOC E-rate Facebook 45

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Stop Asking About Completion Rates: Better Questions to Ask About MOOCs in 2019,” says Edsurge. .” ” “Stop Asking About Completion Rates: Better Questions to Ask About MOOCs in 2019,” says Edsurge.

Education 58

Education MOOC Social Media E-rate 58

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Brown University joins edX. “ Y Combinator MOOC for Tech Startups Attracts Thousands of Views,” says Campus Technology. Not sure why this is called a MOOC. The Business of Job Training. ” This Week in Betteridge’s Law of Headlines.

Kaplan 46

Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The Business of Job Training. The company offers a platform for people to turn their home into childcare facilities; it also offers training and licensing. ” Another one from Singer : “For Sale: Survey Data on Millions of High School Students.”

Education 43

Education Pearson Company Blackboard 43

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Trump Move on Job Training Brings ‘ Skills Gap ’ Debate to the Fore.” ” More on the business of job training in its own section below. ” The Business of Job Training. .” Via The Washington Post : “ Education Dept. ” Upgrades and Downgrades.

Education 53

Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ California Should Watch Arkansas Process for Creating New Online Institution,” says Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill. ” Poll results from “The Gallup 2017 Survey of K–12 School District Superintendents.”

Education 51

Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2016

’” Online Education, Beyond “MOOCs” Via Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill : “The Remarkable Transformation at UF Online.” ” Coding bootcamp Revature is partnering with University of South Florida to offer an online tech training program. “ Risky Gimmick or Risk Sharing?

Education 40

Education Report Android Libraries 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The Business of Job Training (and Education as an Employment Benefit). ” Edsurge on a YouGov/Microsoft poll of parents: “Survey Says: Parents Think Tech Companies Should Help Build Kids’ Digital Skills.” SDG Academy has joined edX.

Education 41

Education Social Media Company Data 41