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I constantly play contrarian with our marketing team around using the latest education lingo: Project-Based Learning; Web 2.0; Collaborative Learning, 21st Century Skills; Blending Learning, StudentEngagement, MOOC; Flipped Classroom; Gamification; Big Data. ” Lesson learned #3: Don’t chase trends.
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Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via George Veletsianos : “A large-scale study of Twitter Use in MOOCs.” ” Research finds there’s a " global achievement gap in MOOCs. Via Campus Technology : “ Harvard Tailoring the MOOC Experience With AdaptiveLearning.”
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