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20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic]

The Shake Up Learning Blog

Many schools and districts will contract with outside consultants and instructional coaches to offer support and training for their teachers. This way consultants can answer questions, share new and updated resources, and continue to collaborate with schools beyond a one-and-done workshop. Outside Conferences and Workshops.

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What’s Next for Edtech Now That the ‘Pandemic Bump’ Has Faded?

Edsurge

For that perspective, we recently connected with Matthew Tower, a principal at Workshop Venture Partners, a small, Massachusetts-based venture capital firm focused on climate and education. They’ve both grown to hundreds of thousands of [online] students and hundreds of millions in revenue, more than any coding bootcamp or MOOC.

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Tonight - A True History of the MOOC

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join me today, Wednesday, September 26th, for a one-hour live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar on the "true history" of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) with Dave Cormier, Alec Couros, Stephen Downes, Rita Kop, Inge de Waard, and Carol Yeager. His educational journey started in 1998 teaching little children to speak English.

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Should Online Courses Go Through ‘Beta Testing’? How One Provider Taps 2,500 Volunteers

Edsurge

Coursera was a pioneer in offering MOOCs, or massive open online courses, in partnership with hundreds of top colleges. While attention around MOOCs has died down, the company seems to have found a business model for free courses with something it calls Specializations.

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20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic]

Shake Up Learning

Many schools and districts will contract with outside consultants and instructional coaches to offer support and training for their teachers. This way consultants can answer questions, share new and updated resources, and continue to collaborate with schools beyond a one-and-done workshop. Outside Conferences and Workshops.

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The Professor Who Quit His Tenured Job to Make Podcasts and Lecture Videos

Edsurge

He made the move to his new phase of scholarly life during a rush of enthusiasm for so-called MOOCs, Massive Open Online Courses, that big-name colleges were starting to offer low-cost higher education to a wider audience. You could take workshops on how to use audio and video. I'm a philosopher of science by training.

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SXSWedu 2017: Ones to Watch and What to Know

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Now in its seventh year, the annual gathering brings together thousands of entrepreneurs, educators and industry experts from around the world for four days stacked with panel discussions , workshops , an expo hall , meetups , film screenings —plus plenty of after-hours shindigs. 2:00 p.m.

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