Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

In 2016, we had our first participant from a YouthBuild International program in Mexico City. The Fellows also participate in a MOOC focused on understanding and responding to learning differences in their classroom. They apply strategies in their classroom using the visual and tactile resources from the MOOC coursework and resources.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

To start off, it’s worth thinking back to 2016. And it was just a few years after the launch of the first MOOCs, putting the online higher ed market newly in the spotlight as it continued its steady growth. The number of MOOC-based degrees is approaching 100 , up from just a handful a year after my book’s publication.

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GoConqr

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

2016 is now well underway, but few could say how it will end or what major changes we’ll see as the year unfurls. Technology and the classroom – major trends and challenges. I believe more schools worldwide will find the funds and way to have their students learn with technology. GoConqr Click To Tweet.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

According to data from Burning Glass Technologies, 19 percent of U.S. The master’s degree market is also a hotbed of innovation, as some of the world’s top universities are now experimenting with MOOC-based degrees at substantially lower price points. (The Graduate education has been a bright spot in U.S. Back in 1995, only 4.5

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 1, 2016

Widespread public interest surrounds new technologies in the classroom. With many communities anxious to enhance local school systems and increase opportunities for students, teachers and pupils, 2016 appears poised to witness a lot of exciting new developments in the world of education technology.

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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. What’s Next for Pearson?

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2021

Some of it has already been invested in startups including Class Technologies, which is building an instructional video platform on Zoom; Guild Education, which works with companies to provide educational opportunities to their employees; and Photomath, an app that shows students how to solve math problems, step by step, just by taking a picture.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2016

In 2016 we added one of our own to the mix: EdSurge Independent. We argued about adaptive-learning technologies or interviewed senior advisors in the Department of Education, and wrote essays asking, “ Do virtual environments hinder democratic participation? ” “ Why adaptive learning? This Mongolian Teenager Aced a MOOC.

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

September 8, 2016 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting Soon! IMMOOC September 13, 2016 It is your thinking that creates solutions, not any technology. January 9, 2016 What is innovative leadership? Join #IMMOOC! indicates required. Email Address *. First Name.

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The Principal of Change

DECEMBER 28, 2016

– Technologies That Will Define the Classroom of the Future https://t.co/XnFCPlER4r. George Couros (@gcouros) December 28, 2016. MOOCs and other online learning options. – Technologies That Will Define the Classroom of the Future https://t.co/XnFCPlER4r. George Couros (@gcouros) December 28, 2016.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Five professors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they have some answers. In part, this adopts a model some MIT professors already use, called a Small Private Online Course, or SPOC —a customized adaption of the Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, that sparked wide attention a decade ago.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2018

In those days the platform was called Venture Lab, and 78,000 students from 150 countries signed up for its first course, which was on technology entrepreneurship. At the time they were not alone in their efforts; Coursera, Udacity (both of which were also co-founded by Stanford professors) and edX had launched MOOC platforms a year earlier.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

A 2016 report funded by the Gates Foundation found that in the U.S. My classmates from Stanford’s Learning Design and Technology master’s program have gone on to design for big brands like Airbnb and Google as well as edtech upstarts including the African Leadership University, General Assembly, Osmo and Udacity.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

” Competency-Based Education isn’t necessarily an innovation, but a move to Competency-Based Education can lead to other innovations–using technology to personalize a student’s navigation of to-be-mastered content, for example. In a 2016 article, ‘ Innovation in Higher Education: Can Colleges Really Change?’,

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

employers spent nearly $71 billion on training in 2016—a figure that was flat compared to 2015. Well-funded MOOC providers Coursera, Udacity and EdX have evolved their business models to focus squarely on corporate learning and serving professionals seeking credentials. According to the Association for Talent Development, U.S.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2016

Last week at Campus Technology 2016, higher-ed technologists joined forces with administrators, instructional designers, and faculty to explore another realm many consider “wizardry”—predicting the future. If we can accept that the world is complex, that education is complex, why are so many of our technologies about compliance?”

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Today, we’d like to call out nine of our contributors in particular, who’ve written the most popular articles of 2016. TEN YEARS OF EDUCATION RESEARCH has shown we are failing to use technology effectively with underserved students, who are mostly subjected to “drill-and-practice or remediation” activities, writes Molly B. Zielezinski.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 1, 2019

Incorporating technology in the classroom has paved the way for a myriad of innovative methods and practices that are aimed at improving upon teaching structures of the past. Blended learning enables me to effectively bring technology into the classroom. Children may not have a ccess to technology and/or the internet.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

When I first entered the virtual university a couple of decades ago as dean of online learning at Stevens Institute of Technology, I imagined, apart from instruction, that online and on campus in most respects would be pretty much the same. Enrollment in the school’s online MBA, launched in 2016, jumped from 114 initially to 1,955 today.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Philipp Schmidt began thinking about the potential for blockchain in higher education long before the technology became a buzzword. Schmidt, who is the director of learning innovation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, began issuing non-academic credentials for his team around 2013. Maybe,” says Bonneau. “I

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The Principal of Change

MAY 10, 2018

Having just received an email from someone starting a new “technology” position in their school, they asked me what advice I would give. I shared the following advice: My only suggestion for you is to start from the curriculum and work backwards from there, not try to force technology into the curriculum. Don’t add.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2020

It was started by one of the co-founders of Blackboard, now a household name in education technology. Avida is the husband of Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller, and one of the first board members of the company that helped put the spotlight on massive online open courses, or MOOCs. But they are not done with higher education yet.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2016

At Coursera, we’ve seen registered users in China climb by more than 500 percent between 2013 and 2016, crossing the one million mark in 2015. The Chinese Ministry of Education is encouraging the growth of local MOOCs, with a policy that sets targets of 1,000 from Chinese universities by 2017 and 3,000 by 2020. billion by 2018.

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The Principal of Change

MAY 16, 2019

The idea that technology gets rid of the “basics” is ridiculous; it is more about going beyond those basics and doing more than you could without access to endless information. September 8, 2016 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting Soon!

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

In 2016, Credential Engine set out to tally all the badges , degrees, certificates, licenses and diplomas available to denote educational attainment. They’re still counting. So far, the Washington, D.C.-based based nonprofit has found 738,428 unique credentials in the U.S., according to a new report published Wednesday.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Is education technology investing back on track? After a lull in 2016, venture activity for U.S.-based By contrast, in 2016, investors put $1 billion into 138 deals. By contrast, in 2016, investors put $1 billion into 138 deals. Education technology investments appear to be on a similar trajectory.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 21, 2017

Michael Fullan, researcher and former dean of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, made the statement, “Learning is the driver; technology is the accelerator.”. In my book, “ The Innovator’s Mindset “, I created an iteration of the phrase: Learners are the driver; technology is the accelerator.

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The Principal of Change

MARCH 25, 2017

I am not a fan, and when schools are saying that they are either a) in a time crunch or, b) having limited use of technology, I struggle that we use this precious amount of time focusing on keyboarding programs. Once we start hoping the technology will solve our problems, the more trouble will be in as educators, for a plethora of reasons.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 30, 2017

Innovation is about how you use technology. My belief is that this happens because a lot of technologies that are advertised are deemed innovative, which can be true. But innovation is a way of thinking, not simply the way we use technology. Nope…this is incorrect. Look at EdCamp. This leads to the next misconception.

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Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

What can we expect in 2016 from the intersection of technology and education? I’m building on previous posts about trends in technology and educational contexts , plus my FTTE report, naturally. Educational technology trends. And the MOOC numbers look like they’re rising. That should extend into 2016.

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2017

First the numbers: In the past year, we have published more than 300 articles about the shifting trends in higher ed, education technology and digital learning. In 2016 we added one of our own to the mix: EdSurge Independent. Discovering MOOCs in 2012 lit a fire under me. So, what have we gleaned? The interview, “ Why U.

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Perry Hewitt

MARCH 25, 2016

Scott Brinker has released the 2016 marketing technology landscape diagram, mapping 3,874 solutions into six capability categories (shows above). But 80% of adults having “not much awareness” of MOOCs was higher than I might have imagined. A new Pew report explores U.S. 1 – Use a password manager.). . (#1

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The Principal of Change

AUGUST 2, 2018

No program, technology, idea, or anything else will ever be as important to what you do in schools as the people in front of you. September 8, 2016 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting Soon! Those things can support innovation, but they will not make it happen on their own.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2019

He co-founded and served as chief technology officer at TeacherTalent. Juno College of Technology Heather Payne’s coding school is going through some major changes. Juno College of Technology is the new name of a school known as HackerYou since its founding in 2012. This isn’t Ling’s first go at a startup.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

Now that we’ve assembled international crowds of motivated, smart people online in MOOCs, it’s time to think about harnessing their collective intelligence to tackle these urgent cross-boundary issues. We invite up to 1,000 students who have previously completed two or more of our free MOOCs to apply to participate in these challenges.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

One idea that may not be that controversial, but which needs to be shored up and practiced more across North America, is integration with real world experience, particularly in the information technology sector. Another is the rise of the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) or online instructional platforms like edX, Coursera, or Udacity.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2018

As MOOCs surged in popularity from 2012 to 2015, universities, nonprofits, schools and companies all jumped into the game of developing online courses, and giving them away—often at the promise of no cost—to the world. Today, few higher-ed institutions are able to sustain the ongoing costs associated with producing and running MOOCs.

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