The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 10, 2013

We are excited to announce that the keynote sessions from the following conferences can now be watched on YouTube: School Leadership Summit 2013 , Homeschool Conference 2013 , STEMxCon 2013 , Library 2.012 and 2.013 , and the Global Education Conference 2012 and 2013. Tentative dates for Library 2.014.

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

MOOCs for Deeper Learning. Karen Fasimpaur highlighted an upcoming opportunity for educators to participate in a free, nine-week MOOC for deeper level learning. Lifelong Learning and Libraries. Lifelong learning advocate and Library 2.0 Eric Walters For a full list of the 2013 School Leadership Summit kudos, click HERE.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

This unusual school started in Paris in 2013 -- it’s the passion project of French telecom billionaire Xavier Niel, who donated $100-million to the effort. Even MOOCs have a professor, even if it might be one for 100,000 people. One of the first projects that students do would be to recode parts of the C library.

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

Please join us for the third annual global conversation about the future of libraries: October 18-19, 2013, [link]. join the Library 2.0 The conference is once again being held entirely online around the clock in multiple languages and time zones. We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2014

This event will bridge the conversations about learning that are taking place in schools, libraries, museums, work places, and home learning worlds. Following recent conversations about the assessment capacity of MOOCs, this is a great topic! One Week Calendar All events are listed in US-Eastern Standard Time. Thanks, Ted!

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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

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

The chapter is entitled “Map of the World”, and focuses on the rise of open courseware ( MIT OCW ) and MOOCs, with notes on flipped classes, Khan Academy , gaming (via Dragon Box ), and the Minerva Project (now Minerva Schools at KG ). Emails from far-flung and variously challenged students happy with MOOCs appear.

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The Principal of Change

MAY 15, 2018

Kids who do not have access to the biggest library in the world will lose out on many opportunities that other kids do have. At first, when you hear the term “access,” many people think about things like access to technology and the Internet. Makes sense, and I agree.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2014

These events will bridge the conversations about learning that are taking place in schools, libraries, museums, work places, and home learning worlds. Many schools, libraries, musuems, and federal parks were closed yesterday to celebrate Washington''s birthday. The impact of MOOCs depends on their ability to assess learning.

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 11, 2016

DeMillo leaps forward to what I think is the center of this chapter, the famous anti-MOOC letter from a group of San Jose State University philosophy faculty (2013) (4585ff). Simply snag a copy of the book from your library or MIT Press or the local bookshop or Amazon (etc.), ” Would you like to follow along?

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The end of the day today is the final deadline to get in a proposal to speak at next week''s free and online 2013 Global STEMx Education Conference (STEMxCon.com) , September 19 - 21. This is a great opportunity to share your work or ideas! We have an absolutely terrific lineup of keynote speakers.

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MARCH 19, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Do you have students or library users ages 9 - 17 that can answer the questions Do you have what it takes to put a robot on the Moon?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. A computing platform is the stage on which computer programs can run.

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JULY 31, 2013

homeschooling and independent learning conference, the super-exciting STEMx conference in September, the " future of libraries " (Library 2.013) conference in October, GlobalEdCon 2013, and more! 2013 WORLDWIDE HOMESCHOOL CONFERENCE August 23 - 24, 2013 [link] We''ve just announced the inaugural worldwide Homeschool Conference.

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AUGUST 29, 2013

2013 GLOBAL STEMx EDUCATION CONFERENCE September 19 - 21, 2013 [link] We''ve accepted 73 proposals so far and have 26 still to review, which means we''re going to have at least 100 sessions for the world’s first massively open online conference for educators focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and more.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Beyond the MOOC. School and “Skills” MOOCS, Outsourcing, and Online Education. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2013. MOOCs and Anti-MOOCs. The Digital Library. The Collapse of For-Profit Higher Education (Or Not). The Compulsion for Data. Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech. Indie Ed-Tech.

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APRIL 22, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Partner Announcements Amazing People Institute : Amazing People Library launch a digital story collection unlike any other.

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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. In 2013, 3D printer manufacturer MakerBot launched its MakerBot Academy with a goal “to put a MakerBot Desktop 3D Printer in every school in America.” The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Beyond the MOOC. School and “Skills” MOOCS, Outsourcing, and Online Education. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2013. MOOCs and Anti-MOOCs. The Digital Library. The Collapse of For-Profit Higher Education (Or Not). The Compulsion for Data. Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech. Indie Ed-Tech.

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

” Via PBS Newshour : “GOP reinstates usage of ‘ illegal alien ’ in Library of Congress ’ records.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Randall filed the suit in 2013, eight months after the university fired basketball coach Mike Rice’s for mistreating his players.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 17, 2017

The elimination of funding for 18 other independent agencies , including the National Endowment for the Arts , the Corporation for Public Broadcasting , the National Endowment for the Humanities , and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Are MOOCs webinars? Are webinars now MOOCs?).

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “That Hilarious Tweet About an Instructor’s Big Mistake? ” Via the Pew Research Center : “Most Americans – especially Millennials – say libraries can help them find reliable, trustworthy information.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

” The DQC reports that 49 states and the District of Columbia have introduced some 410 bills addressing student data privacy since 2013, with 73 of these bills actually becoming law. According to the Data Quality Campaign , “Student data privacy was a priority issue in state legislatures in 2016.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

’” Via Education Week : “ FCC Seeks Comment on Access to WiFi for Schools and Libraries.” The Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries and the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation have announced $2 million for “education-related recovery from recent hurricanes ,” the AP reports.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Frank Brogan, the chancellor of the Pennsylvania State University System from 2013 until retiring this year, has joined the Department of Education in the Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development – likely ahead of a nomination to a separate position.” More via Politico.

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ 14 projects win 2016 Knight News Challenge on Libraries.” “Is Estonia the new Finland ?”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

The Rebranding of MOOCs. Remember 2012 , “ The Year of the MOOC? Remember in 2012 when the media wrote about MOOCs with such frenzy, parroting all these marketing claims and more and predicting that MOOCs were poised to “ end the era of expensive higher education ”? MOOCs are not particularly "open."

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