Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Echoing wider soul searching over technology’s polarizing role in politics and society, the education technology scene has been doing its own reckoning. Here’s some of what we learned about the challenges and opportunities in mobilizing new technologies to address educational equity.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

education technology industry appears on track to surpass the amount of investor funding tallied in recent years. In this analysis, EdSurge counts all venture investments in U.S. educational technology companies whose primary purpose is to support educators and learners across preK-12 and postsecondary education.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 8, 2012

Join me Tuesday, May 8th, for live and interactive Future of Education conversation with Stanford Mathematician Keith Devlin, co-founder and Executive Director of the university''s H-STAR institute, a co-founder of the Stanford Media X research network, a Senior Researcher at CSLI , and " the Math Guy " on National Public Radio.

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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Notes from MOOCs for Professional Development Presentation at TCEA 2015 Dr. Kay Abernathy, Lamar University [link] Lamar University sponsored the MOOC on Social Media Communication Tools for Educators which Dr. Abernathy facilitated. You can build up to five MOOCs for free on this platform. link] What is a MOOC?

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2018

In 2017, Stephen DeRue, dean of University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, wrote a Forbes column arguing that, in order to make higher education more affordable, we needed to move towards an “iTunes model for education.” “In

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Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 1, 2019

There’s a debate going on in education that seems to be growing almost by the week. It’s a partisan divide over the role of data in education. On the other side of the divide are those who are represented as believing that educational data is a plague, and that contact with it should be avoided at all costs.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

There was also plenty of rain in the education technology industry, where venture capitalists and private-equity investors unleashed a deluge of cash. education technology companies raised $1.45 2018 Edtech Funding Breakdown In this annual year-end analysis, EdSurge counts all venture investments in U.S. For many U.S.

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Edsurge

MAY 4, 2022

Last year marked the first time that the majority of new courses launched by Coursera weren’t from universities, according to analysis by Dhawal Shah, founder of the MOOC discovery platform Class Central. Entry-level industry certificates are receiving a lot of attention these days.

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Bryan Alexander

JUNE 30, 2021

As part of the deal Harvard and MIT will launch a new and so far unnamed education nonprofit. For more information, here are the official announcements from 2U , MIT , Harvard , and what seems to be the nonprofit’s placeholder, “ Transforming Digital Education.” As Paul Fain put it , “MOOCs have become OPMs.”

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

It’s a real mixed bag, but this year the conference is putting a big emphasis on equity and diversity as well as employability, the implications of artificial intelligence and international education, separating sessions into 25 distinct tracks. The Evolution of MOOCs: Six Years Later : Are MOOCs still around? 3:30 p.m. (Un)Affordability

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techieMusings

MAY 19, 2016

Sophomores have the opportunity to spend a period of their day learning through a MOOC of their choosing. Their MOOC worktime is an assigned period within their school day. When students are in their MOOC course, they all report to the open learning space, as in the pictures below. Physical Education. Math Rotation Model.

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Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

(National) Education Politics. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Silence From the Secretary , Despite Major Rules Changes.” ” Some of these experimental sites included MOOCs and coding bootcamps. .” ” Some of these experimental sites included MOOCs and coding bootcamps.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The CEO of Strayer Education, Karl McDonnell, admits that some of Strayer University’s online courses were boring and monotonous—essentially narration over slides bearing clip-art. McDonnell says that will go forward despite changes at the company—last week Strayer announced plans to merge with Capella Education Co.,

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Just as formal education systems made a dramatic shift to digital since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, on-the-job training is changing as well. Our analysis highlights a world in which learning is increasingly more digital, delivered when it is needed, and done in shorter and less structured ways than in the past.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Is education technology investing back on track? Are investors still eager to put their money in education startups? In this annual year-end analysis, EdSurge counts all venture investments in U.S. Education technology investments appear to be on a similar trajectory. Rethink Education, a White Plains, N.Y.-

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Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

The hype around the free online courses called MOOCs has drawn millions of students, who are all essentially part of a teaching experiment of unprecedented scale. ” The report is the work of the MOOC Research Initiative, funded with more than $800,000 in grant support by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2021

Data analysis from New America shows that half of adults with a short-term certificate who are employed earn $30,000 or less per year. For example, someone who takes a short, non-credit course to supplement her bachelor’s degree will probably have a different employment outcome than someone without any other higher education.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 18, 2016

Jon McGee’s Breakpoint (2015, Johns Hopkins) offers a very solid, useful, and accessible analysis of current trends in higher education. post-secondary education needs closer connections to K-12, especially given demographic and economic changes (126-8). Adult learners don’t appear.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 18, 2016

Jon McGee’s Breakpoint (2015, Johns Hopkins) offers a very solid, useful, and accessible analysis of current trends in higher education. post-secondary education needs closer connections to K-12, especially given demographic and economic changes (126-8). Adult learners don’t appear.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

It’s a move that President Larson—I mean, Gloria—sees as part of the university’s push to make higher education more of a hybrid experience between immersion in traditional liberal arts and a focus on practical skills and internships. Many professors I talk to are concerned that higher education is becoming too career-focused.

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Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The answer has been “yes” for some years, and I’m not talking about MOOCs or University of Phoenix. ITEM: California community colleges have launched a course exchange, the Online Education Initiative ( OEI ), whereby students attenting one college can take classes at another. million state grant.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2016

The state’s Office of Higher Education sent a letter to Udacity officials last month notifying the company that Minnesota law requires schools offering degrees to “register with our office prior to offering distance education programs to residents of Minnesota.” 62 defines the scope of our office’s regulation and Subd. 61 to 136A.71),

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

These are my prepared remarks, delivered on a panel titled “Outsourcing the Classroom to Ed Tech & Machine-learning: Why Parents & Teachers Should Resist” at the Network for Public Education conference in Indianapolis. First, the role that corporations and philanthropists play in shaping education policy is not new.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Speakers, presenters and public from all over the world talking, showing and listening about education. Catalina Valenzuela "Loved the chance to learn, share and grow both as an educator and as a person who wants to stay abreast of changes and innovation." Jerry Blumengarten The 2013 Global Education Conference starts today!

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Linways Technologies

JANUARY 6, 2023

What can be done to accommodate all types of students with outcome-based education and Bloom’s taxonomy? Courtesy Firstly, we would like to thank all the educators who have contributed to building the Linways platform. One way to assess students effectively is by using outcome-based education.

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techieMusings

MAY 19, 2016

Sophomores have the opportunity to spend a period of their day learning through a MOOC of their choosing. Their MOOC worktime is an assigned period within their school day. When students are in their MOOC course, they all report to the open learning space, as in the pictures below. Physical Education. Math Rotation Model.

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Wired Campus

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Concerns about Yik Yak and analysis of MOOCs and online teaching were among the most popular stories this past year on our Wired Campus blog. And while massive open online courses have largely fallen out of the national headlines, three of the top 10 articles in 2015 involved MOOCs (in one case, charting their fade from prominence).

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Educator Innovator

JULY 3, 2018

From Connected Learning to Connected Teaching , a special issue of CITE Journal , examines the need to bring the transformative principles of connected learning into teacher education, and explores some of the work already underway. Give teachers and students laptops and Google Classroom accounts and magic will ensue.

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Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The articles in these categories tend to be too narrow in scope either because they focus too narrowly on a contemporary issue or technology (and thus quickly fall out-of-date) or because they neglect much or all of the scholarship that lies outside of higher education and student affairs. higher education. Technology in U.S.

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Technology MOOC Industry Social Media 71

Educator Innovator

JULY 3, 2018

From Connected Learning to Connected Teaching , a special issue of CITE Journal , examines the need to bring the transformative principles of connected learning into teacher education, and explores some of the work already underway. Give teachers and students laptops and Google Classroom accounts and magic will ensue.

Education 36

Education Learning MOOC Laptops 36

Learning with 'e's

MAY 2, 2019

Photo by Vladimer Shioshvili on Flickr Educators have been using video for decades. My fellow students and I watched avidly - I can't recall what the topic was, but I do remember the thrill of the experience - it was fresh and new to be able to watch television in a formal education setting. The future?

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EdTechTeacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Menschel HarvardX Research Fellow, a Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and a lecturer in the Scheller Teacher Education Program at MIT. Much of his thinking has helped to shape our educational philosophy at EdTechTeacher. As a researcher, Justin has been carrying this concept into his work with MOOCs.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 27, 2015

Ed note: This post is promoted by SEU’s Master of Education program, who asked to write about how learning is changing, and let you know about their Master of Education and Educational Leadership program, which can you read more about here. Lecture likely has a place in education. Self-guided MOOC.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2016

As schools begin to invest in competency-based education (CBE) and higher ed institutions set up competency-based programs, two of the big questions often unanswered become “is their focus on education or on learning ?” How often are educational business decisions made with clear consideration of learners’ perspectives?

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Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

The articles in these categories tend to be too narrow in scope either because they focus too narrowly on a contemporary issue or technology (and thus quickly fall out-of-date) or because they neglect much or all of the scholarship that lies outside of higher education and student affairs. higher education. Technology in U.S.

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Technology MOOC Industry Social Media 49

Wired Campus

APRIL 23, 2015

Experimental Evidence From a Massive Open Online Course,” was published by the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute this month. He examined the online behavior of 657 students who participated in a nine-week MOOC on statistics offered by Stanford University. MOOCs Online Courses'

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

When the AP United States history students at Aragon High School in San Mateo California, scanned the professionally designed pages of www.minimumwage.com , most concluded that it was a solid, unbiased source of facts and analysis. Sam Wineburg, Stanford University education professor. Janis Schachter, Northport (N.Y.)

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