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Are SPOCs a better option for online education than MOOCs?

Neo LMS

MOOCs: high aspirations and higher disappointments. The above idea is a noble one and massive open online courses, better known as MOOCs , are thought to be the solution to worldwide access to higher education. The online connectivity may not be a really important problem, but MOOCs faced a wall of other, more important issues.

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Are SPOCs a better option for online education than MOOCs?

Neo LMS

MOOCs: high aspirations and higher disappointments. The above idea is a noble one and massive open online courses, better known as MOOCs , are thought to be the solution to worldwide access to higher education. The online connectivity may not be a really important problem, but MOOCs faced a wall of other, more important issues.

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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. I threw it all up there back in 2013. It looked like there was going to be a big realignment. Is it sustainable?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Inspiring Critical Conversations in the Classroom. Check out her classroom strategies here. MOOCs for Deeper Learning. Karen Fasimpaur highlighted an upcoming opportunity for educators to participate in a free, nine-week MOOC for deeper level learning. Future of Education What Do You Know About Flipped Classrooms?

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Khan Academy redux

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

This is another throwback post, this time from February 5, 2013. What I do have issues with, is the single-minded insistence in this paper that Khan Academy is the exact same thing as the flipped classroom. I am not a critic of the idea of the flipped classroom. I actually do not disagree with this idea.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Wednesday, February 19th at 4:30pm BrainPOP: Beyond the Flipped Classroom with POPstar Lisa Parisi , Some call it the “flippedclassroom with “blended” learning, others call it good instruction that takes advantage of modern technology and media. The impact of MOOCs depends on their ability to assess learning.

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How Games Can Be Used To Teach College-Level Chinese Courses

MindShift

Efforts to innovate new models for college education have led to flipped classrooms , in-class student respond systems, sophisticated online courses, massive open online courses (MOOCs) and multimedia lectures–and now games have joined the fray. Transforming the grading system in Sheldon’s class was only the beginning.

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