Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

In fact, if we pull back from the immediate horrors of this moment, the move to online learning has actually been underway since around 2010, when universities and private entrepreneurs first began to experiment with Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs. Technology alone won’t give us these solutions. It never does.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2019

MOOCs, shorthand for massive open online courses, have been widely critiqued for their miniscule completion rates. Industry reports and instructional designers alike typically report that only between 5 to 15 percent of students who start free open online courses end up earning a certificate. Use the power of peer pressure.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2021

It was 2012, and online learning was suddenly booming. Courses at Stanford and at MIT were opened for free online to the masses, and the masses signed up—with some courses attracting more than 160,000 each. Dhawal Shaw, founder of MOOC-discovery platform Class Central. Downsides of Openness?

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2021

It added: “If these few situations, or any additional misconduct, cause all online learning programs to be viewed by the public or policymakers unfavorably, we may find it difficult to enter into or renew agreements with our partners or attract additional learners for our partners’ programs.”

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The course will cost $49 per month and will be hosted on Coursera, a platform for massive open online courses, or MOOCs, that Ng co-founded in 2012. (He But the course won’t be offered through a university, like many of the other online classes on Coursera. He left the company in 2014.)

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2018

Many online learning platforms, such as LinkedIn Learning and MasterClass, are indeed pivoting towards business models that look a lot like subscription-based streaming services Pandora, Spotify or Netflix. Even as we reinvent the platforms and modalities for learning, the teachers at the center of the model are losing out.

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Edsurge

JULY 17, 2020

Founded in 2012 by two Stanford University professors, Coursera was one of a trio of startups that spearheaded the hype around massive open online courses, or MOOCs, for short. We are seeing an openness to collaboration to online learning that we haven’t seen before,” says Maggioncalda.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

While not quite the “Year of the MOOC,” 2018 saw a resurgence in interest around the ways these massive open online courses are delivering free (and more often these days, not free) online education around the world, and how these providers are increasingly turning to traditional institutions of learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

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. psid=2012-09-26.0742.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

So with these guidelines in mind, I’ve chosen six areas where edtech has made an impact this decade: Learning Management Systems. Learning analytics. Adaptive learning systems. Three types of edtech joined the “filmstrip” category in this decade: Learning Management Systems , MOOC s, and digital badges.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Writing about online learning in higher education over the last several years, I often noted the steady growth of remote learning nationwide against the sluggish adoption of digital instruction among most Ivy League colleges. And some Ivies offer graduate certificate programs online.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2019

Coursera , a global online learning platform that offers courses, certificates and degrees from more than 150 universities, announced Thursday it had secured $103 million in a Series E round to expand its international reach and prepare learners for the rising challenges of the “Fourth Industrial Revolution.” The Mountain View, Calif.-based

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The idea, said Stevens, who also directs the Center for Advanced Research through Online Learning , is to provide colleges and universities with the resources needed to address the unanswered questions raised by big data. “By That’s where the Stanford/Ithaka partnership and website come in. For Stevens, his “aha!”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2019

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. The first year I put my courses [on Udemy, an online course market], I had about 12 hours worth of content.

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The Principal of Change

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Learning based on games. MOOCs and other online learning options. August 3, 2012 Serving Others January 8, 2015 An Acronym Leading to Empowerment in Schools (CEE) February 28, 2015 What do you want leaders to do with technology? Augmented Reality. 3D Printers. Cloud Computing. Multi-Touch LCD screen. Biometrics.

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Perry Hewitt

MAY 22, 2015

The MOOC (Massively Open Online Course) hype cycle peaked in 2012, but educators are still trying to crack the right formula for effective, online learning. Here’s why the expertise gap matters , and why the first step is acknowledging the problem.

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2017

Discovering MOOCs in 2012 lit a fire under me. But the article that resonated the most was Amy Ahearn’s: The Future of Online Learning Is Offline: What Strava Can Teach Digital Course Designers. Try building a MOOC to meet that challenge—I’d love to read about it! The interview, “ Why U.

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Wired Campus

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Few people would now be willing to argue that massive open online courses are the future of higher education. The percentage of institutions offering a MOOC seems to be leveling off, at around 14 percent, while suspicions persist that MOOCs will not generate money or reduce costs for universities—and are not, in fact, sustainable.

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ProfHacker

OCTOBER 28, 2015

I’ve been working for some time on ideas of inclusion & ( in)equality in open education, and of the possibility of a postcolonial MOOC (with Shyam Sharma ), and gathering ideas from others on how to envision a more inclusive, diverse and equitable open online learning experience. Putting Ideas into Practice.

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ProfHacker

OCTOBER 20, 2015

I’ve been working for some time on ideas of inclusion & ( in)equality in open education, and of the possibility of a postcolonial MOOC (with Shyam Sharma ), and gathering ideas from others on how to envision a more inclusive, diverse and equitable open online learning experience. Putting Ideas into Practice.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

AllLearn wasn't the only online education failure of the early 2000s, of course. Columbia University invested $30 million into its own online learning initiative, Fathom, that opened in 2000 and closed in 2003. There, you can learn that this initiative was headed by one Michael M. We'll never forget, some said.

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Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

” Here DeMillo carries on his account of the MOOC story which he launched in chapter 1. This chapter takes us from 2012 through 2013, following the expansion of MOOCs across American research-1 institutions and the breakout of Coursera, edX, and Udacity. It’s not entirely a rosy account. Kindle location 1093).

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Bryan Alexander

MAY 27, 2016

Curt began by describing the use of MOOCs for faculty and staff development, with examples such as a University of London effort. In fact, open MOOCs can work for any population, esp. I asked how open learning works for non-professionals, citing research showing many MOOC users are already professionals and/or academics.

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Wired Campus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

When Coursera, Udacity, and edX started up within four months of one another, in 2012, The New York Times declared it the year of the MOOC. Now that the clamor is dying down, researchers are gauging what actually has developed in terms of massive open online courses.

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 27, 2016

The last time the ed-tech division of the software organization looked at the online course market was about a year ago. The study at that time placed the value of the market at $800 million as of 2012-13. But that estimate focused on online courses for students, not teachers. Online PD Course Findings.

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Bryan Alexander

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Revolution sees 2012 as a critical year (“the Magic Year”) when forces really came together, including, but not limited to, MOOCs. Q: Greg Britton asked, “The MOOC classroom shifts to be an enormously collaborative prospect. This also means using sound pedagogy. General Q+A.

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Perry Hewitt

APRIL 15, 2018

Enable and reward cross-disciplinary learning. Media interest in formalized online learning, or “peak MOOC,” occurred in about 2012, and with it the mandate that everyone must learn to code. And don’t let top-down lead: work with employees tackling these problems head on to generate that list of topics.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Blended learning is a learning model that combines digital and face-to-face learning experiences. ” It is generally accepted that there are four models of blended learning: Rotation, Flex, A La Carte, and Enriched Virtual. .” Mobile Learning. A Definition for Digital Citizenship (Heick 2012).

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2019

So much so, the New York Times even dubbed 2012 the “ Year of the MOOC.” Advocates for the courses would point a finger at the unaffordability of traditional education, promising that MOOCs could offer cheaper, more innovative alternatives. But what on earth could be neo-colonial about free online education?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

A single mom in middle America could learn to code from Google instructor. Unless we carefully examine where we put the paywalls and how we cultivate diverse student bodies in our online learning experiences, we risk transposing the same patterns of inequity that have plagued in-person education into our digital classrooms.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 30, 2011

Thanks for your attention, and see you online! EPCOP MOOC INTRO WEBINAR ( Australia Series ) Mon 1 Aug 09:00PM New York / Tue 2 Aug 01:00AM GMT / Tue 2 Aug 11:00AM Sydney Coach Carole. This is an online learning conference sponsored by the Region XI Education Service Center in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Beyond the MOOC. School and “Skills” MOOCS, Outsourcing, and Online Education. MOOCs and Anti-MOOCs. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012. Learning to Code. Online Learning. Mobile Learning. Social Learning, Social Networks. The Compulsion for Data. Indie Ed-Tech.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). From the edX blog : “Fully Online, Top-Ranked Master’s Degrees Now Available on edX.” ” Via Edsurge : “5 Ways MOOC -Based Degrees Are Different From Other Online Degrees.” of Washington.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I It was an elaborate scam, dating back to 2012, but one that gave out many online signals that the school was “real.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Beyond the MOOC. School and “Skills” MOOCS, Outsourcing, and Online Education. MOOCs and Anti-MOOCs. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012. Learning to Code. Online Learning. Mobile Learning. Social Learning, Social Networks. The Compulsion for Data. Indie Ed-Tech.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

There was all that ink spilled circa 2010 that Khan Academy and “ flipped learning ” were going to “ change the rules of education ,” replacing in-class instruction with online videos watched as homework. Vive la MOOC Révolution. The British MOOC company FutureLearn entered the US market.

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