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EdSurge HigherEd Year in Review: Our Top Higher Education Stories of 2018

Edsurge

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. What’s Next for Pearson?

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Context Matters in Social Media

ProfHacker

— Jesse Stommel (@Jessifer) January 2, 2016. — David Wiley, PhD (@opencontent) January 4, 2016. Jargon: Someone uses the term MOOC. Most people I communicate with on Twitter are fully aware of what a MOOC is. Of course, context matters (heavily) outside of social media. It could get embarrassing.

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14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education

TeachThought - Learn better.

From Zoom to Skype to Webinars and even live streaming on social media itself, video is perhaps the most visible and common form of technological innovation in K-12 and higher ed. MOOCs are great ideas, but assessment and feedback loops and certification are among the many issues holding them back. We shall see. An example?

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Don’t add. Make better.

The Principal of Change

April 21, 2017 Focus on the “Learner” September 8, 2016 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting Soon! IMMOOC September 19, 2016 3 More Critical Questions For the Innovative Educator March 8, 2016 Finding the Good Problems September 15, 2016 The Arrows Go Back and Forth #IMMOOC. Don’t add.

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Focus on the “Learner”

The Principal of Change

September 15, 2016 The Arrows Go Back and Forth #IMMOOC September 8, 2016 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting Soon! IMMOOC June 2, 2016 Embracing Meaningful Change at All Levels October 24, 2016 Our Students March 8, 2016 Finding the Good Problems.

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The future of education in 2016, from the sharing economy to BYOD: my Future Trends Forum recording and materials

Bryan Alexander

Technology topics included social media, video, 3d printing, VR, internet of things, automation, and privacy. Educational technology : I noted stories about MOOCs growing, social media, 3d printing stretching across the curriculum, brainstorming about VR and automation.

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Storms over liberal education: notes on the 2016 AAC&U conference

Bryan Alexander

Last week I participated in the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) 2016 conference. The event became much more dramatic than expected, once the hosting city, Washington DC, was clobbered by the great snowpocalyspe of 2016. Let me share some materials here, along with reflections on the conference.