ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 1, 2019

In order to reduce the amount of new content a teacher needs to make, YouTube videos, MOOC s, multiple choice questions and web-based resources can be combined. It is more than just working with a computer on self-assessed activities. These need to be carefully selected and modified to ensure they are appropriate for pupils.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 5, 2021

Because of the unique demands of asynchronous learning, curriculum, assessment, and instruction all have to be designed to make this not just possible, but likely. Diagnostic assessment (of competencies, knowledge, standards-based content, etc.) If these distinctions confuse you, maybe stick with the above definition for now.

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Mark Smithers

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Thanks to Kate Bowles ( @KateMfD ) for sending me a link to an open Coursesites web site (free registration) that has been created for the MOOC discussion at the forthcoming Universities Australia 2014 conference. There are six questions in the discussion area; these are: What have been the most significant impacts of MOOCs?

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2016

When Massive Open Online Courses (or MOOCs) were first introduced, people quickly realized these platforms could help students learn more effectively at their own pace on their own schedule. Formal” education was no longer constrained to traditional classroom hours, if it ever was.

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Learning with 'e's

APRIL 6, 2013

A short article appearing in the Independent newspaper on April 6th highlights the tensions brewing because of the use of marking software. What he doesn''t say is that it''s an essential part of the management of MOOC s, especially if they are regularly enrolling upwards of 100,000 students for each course. Unported License.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Fortunately, there is a vast amount of content already available, such as YouTube videos, MOOCs, multiple choice questions and web-based resources. Applications such as EdPuzzle or Nearpod have become a valuable addition of self-paced learning with interaction and tracking student’s assessment within video based material.

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

In my last post, “Common Assessments” vs “Common Understandings” , I was reminded of how powerful comments are on a blog, and why blogging is a hugely powerful tool for not only sharing your learning, but learning from others. 2 What I think we mean is that we are looking for “common understandings”, not “common assessments”.

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The Principal of Change

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

I saw the title of this article, “ Are Parent-Teacher Conferences Becoming Obsolete? I was expecting the article to talk about moving away from the “traditional parent conference” (sitting around for 10-20 minutes talking about a child’s experience in school) to something more student-led.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 3, 2013

This is due to the rapid proliferation of mobile technology, the disintermediation of traditional teacher and student roles, new trends such as MOOCs and the upsurge of user generated content on social media sites - all of which take learning away from previously familiar territory.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 2, 2019

But how do they compete with resources like MOOCs and OERs that have made high quality course content from respected university professors available for free? When students started migrating towards used textbooks, rentals, MOOCs and OER due to the high prices of printed textbooks, it affected the revenues of traditional book publishers.

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Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

” Some of these experimental sites included MOOCs and coding bootcamps. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Assessing the Travel Ban : What New Data on Overseas Recruitment Does – and Doesn’t – Tell Us.” More on certifications in the MOOC section above. ” Education in the Courts.

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The Principal of Change

DECEMBER 13, 2018

In the article, “What Straight-A Students Get Wrong,” by Adam Grant, he discusses the idea that academic success is not always an indicator of future success: The evidence is clear: Academic excellence is not a strong predictor of career excellence. That is not what I took from the article at all.

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Testpress

JANUARY 18, 2018

Summative Assessments are long tests and are usually used to evaluate students. Formative Assessments are short tests which are usually provided as practice tests. of MOOC completion rates. Let us know your thoughts about this article in the comment box. Short Tests. This is extraordinary compared to 5.5% Motivation.

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Bryan Alexander

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

The Washington Post offered a taste of it with an overview article, “ One vision of tomorrow’s college: Cheap, and you get an education, not a degree “, which I’ll summarize here. Assessment will involve increasingly strong AI, open credentialing, and open badging, relying on a mix of texts and digital projects.

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The Principal of Change

JULY 13, 2017

From the article, “ 5 Unusual Facts About Google’s Odd (and Wildly Successful) Management Practices “(read the whole thing ): 5. Don’t get this mixed up with the idea that I do not believe we shouldn’t teach students content or have some type of standardized assessments.

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MOOC Google Assessment Strategy 42

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In the original article, I gave a list of what computing skills mathematics majors should learn and when they should learn them. The person emailing me was wondering if I had any updates on that list or any new ideas, seven years on from writing the article. But it's limited. For example Foundational Skill LA.1

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Hack Education

MAY 6, 2020

" But the answers to that question are, of course, bound up in our beliefs and practices and expectations, in our assessments of what "preparedness" even means. Like a MOOC, but in the school gym. I think that many people might be inclined to ask then, "Why were we so unprepared?"

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Education Report Khan Academy Examples 142

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2014

Conference strands include Game-Based Learning: How to Use Games in Educational Settings, Games & Assessment, Connecting Educators With Game Developers: Make Your Voices Heard, Students as Content Creators & Game Designers, Research on Game-Based Learning, and Professional Development. A recent article by T.

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Bryan Alexander

MARCH 25, 2016

Indeed, Anya stated they educators are “fumbling” on qualitative assessment so far. She cited the recent Google artificial intelligence success AlphaGo ; I recommended this Wired article. Anya offered an anecdote, that some district-level benchmark tests are starting to get cut back by using software-based assessments.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

The Wired article editorializes, “Unless every family homeschools their children—a prospect that even homeschooling advocates say is untenable—it will remain an individualized solution to a social need.” Same with a school or curriculum or assessment. I can see that happening with school. Adaptive learning apps.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

As an instructional designer who has been building MOOCs for the past five years, I’ve been asked this question more times than I count. MOOCs have been called abysmal , disappointing failures. The average completion rate for MOOCs (including the ones I design) hovers between 5-15 percent. This skepticism is not unwarranted.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 28, 2017

Check out their article, How to Create an Infographic Syllabus. I actually did this for one of my Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). Start with this free Google Syllabus Template , then include links to resources, tools, and assessments related to the assignment. Piktochart is a free infographic tool. Gamify your syllabus!

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

Has the MOOC revolution come and gone? Or will the principles of the MOOC movement continue to influence higher ed? On Tuesday, April 10 the #DLNchat community got together to discuss and debate: How Have MOOCs Impacted Approaches to Student Learning? How many MOOCs have you signed up for and how many have you taken?”

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MOOC Learning Course Social Media 103

Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2018

We’ve rounded up our 10 most popular articles from 2017, as picked by our readers. He writes: “Higher-education institutions have a major opportunity to play a role in the new corporate L&D landscape beyond simply course delivery, assessment and credentialing.” So what were some of the most popular themes?

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Using everyday digital content, the COR paper and online assessments directly connect to the questions posed in SHEG’s study and engage learners in credibility decision-making around three COR Competencies: Who’s behind the information? The free assessments include Google Docs assessments to copy and digital rubrics to download.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

As this article was being written, the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world, forcing a global experiment in online education as schools and colleges closed their doors and moved teaching to online formats. Newkirk calls his company Acuitus , in hopes of encouraging sharpness of thought.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 63

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” The race for the California State Superintendent is still undecided – at least as I type up this article, it is. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Education in the Courts. on Coursera.”

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 4, 2017

For successful outcomes, plan teacher PD sessions avoiding holidays, weekends, extended school days and reporting/ assessment cycles. In this age of digital transformation, educators may choose from the plethora of online MOOCs which are a convenient and no-travel option.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. I’m starting on that project soon, and my god, this all looks so grim.

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Education Company Report IXL Learning 55

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

The stories that I write about the “Top Ed-Tech Trends” are the antithesis of most articles you’ll see about education technology that invoke “top” and “trends.” The quotation is from 2012. But the claim starts to fall apart under scrutiny. But that’s the story that people tell nevertheless.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). But here are some education-related stories: Via Education Week : “Privacy Experts Assess Potential K–12 Fallout From Facebook ’s Crisis of Trust.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). It’s Computer Science Education Week , which means everyone had to crank out articles on why, to prepare for the future of work, “everyone should learn to code” (or not): Edsurge. Instructure has acquired the video-based assessment platform Practice.

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

Every year since 2010, I’ve undertaken a fairly massive project in which I’ve reviewed the previous twelve months’ education and technology news in order to write ten articles covering “the top ed-tech trends.” This is part of the push for MOOCs, we must be honest.). ” Despite raising some $87.5

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

And then there were MOOCs , of course, and all those predictions and all those promises about the end of college as we know it: “MOOCs make education borderless, gender-blind, race-blind, class-blind and bank account-blind” and similar fables. Vive la MOOC Révolution. Adam Medros became edX’s president and COO.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Gotta keep hyping that MOOC thing. Via Edsurge : “ MOOCs Are No Longer Massive. Writing assessment company Writable has raised $3.2

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. There’s an article in the venture philanthropy section below about how private student loans are being pitched as “impact investing.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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