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Best Professional Development Tools for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Through creating professional connections for instance by attending conferences, webinars, workshops, etc, you get to tap into the expertise and knowledge of your crowd allowing you to access insider insights that would be hard to access otherwise.

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10 Excellent Christmas Gift Ideas for Dad

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

A Customized Learning Experience How about gifting an online course or a workshop in something he’s interested in? Coursera, Edx, Udemy, are all great places to find online courses. It’s a practical gift that encourages him to enjoy his hobbies. This could be anything from photography to cooking classes.

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Can a Subscription Model Work for Online Learners and Teachers? Skillshare Just Raised $28M to Find Out

Edsurge

Source: Skillshare Another update in the works are “workshops,” which are essentially bundles of courses packaged around a specific topic. Udemy, founded the same year, now claims to have 24 million students and 35,000 teachers across the world, and recently opened up an office in Brazil this summer. Skillshare’s new group feature.

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

Edsurge

The first year I put my courses [on Udemy, an online course market], I had about 12 hours worth of content. You could take workshops on how to use audio and video. The most positive jumping off moment was when I realized I'd made $30,000 in extra income in 2012 or something like that. I threw it all up there back in 2013.

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Developing and Delivering Effective Professional Development for Educators

EdTechTeam

Recently, I found myself sitting in a conference room along with 200+ educators for one day workshop. Some educators had flown in from far and reached a day early to get started on time for the early morning workshop. Is the time, effort and money spent on the workshop making me a better educator?

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. Udemy (skills training) – $173 million. Coursera (online education) –- $64 million. Absorb (learning management system) – $59 million. Changingedu (tutoring) – $55 million. Yixue Education (online education) – $41 million. Yuanfandao (tutoring) –- $210 million.

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How to share your teaching expertise and get paid for it

The Cornerstone for Teachers

I get emails from teachers all the time who see that I’m doing speaking events, workshops, consulting, writing books, selling curriculum resources on TeachersPayTeachers, and they want to learn more about these opportunities. And I’m happy to share what I know. You can also present your ideas through online courses.

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