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Many New Ideas are Quite Old

Mistakengoal.com

Faculty wonder if their jobs are being increasingly outsourced to MOOCs and learning analytics funded by the Gates Foundation. ” That quote comes from a 2001 Chronicle of Higher Education article but the thought has been expressed by many people. Of course, the broad threads of these worries are quite old.

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Tonight - A True History of the MOOC

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Stephen Downes works for the National Research Council of Canada where he has served as a Senior Researcher, based in Moncton, New Brunswick, since 2001. I am involved in the design, development and maintainance of online educational programs, and in teaching and research of the learning experiences.

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Trends to watch in 2015: education and technology

Bryan Alexander

Big data and data analytics : interest in this is widespread and has some hefty power behind it. Personalized learning is winning a growing amount of attention, but no off-the-shelf tech solutions. post-2001) web. One major old-school open project shut down. Second, continued churn in that marketplace.

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