EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Article Written By: Hossein Rahnama. Famous billionaire college dropouts like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and the late Steve Jobs are prominent examples of successes who never completed undergraduate degrees. 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

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

At the height of the buzz around MOOCs and flipped classrooms three years ago, Bridget Ford worried that administrators might try to replace her introductory history course with a batch of videos. The Cal State system hopes that the portfolios it’s requiring could turn out to be a rough draft for articles in peer-reviewed journals.

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the credential section below. ” Via Chalkbeat : “Do suspensions lead to higher dropout rates and other academic problems?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2014

Prasanna Bharti shared this Ed Tech Review article on project based learning. The article lists the "do''s and don''ts" of designing a project based learning experience for students, from redefining "group" work, to remembering basic teaching principles. Check out the article here. Thanks for sharing, Prasanna! Learn more here.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In.” In the future, you might want to look for most MOOC-related news in the “business of job training” section below. ” This story looks at EdisonLearning , formerly Edison Schools. More potential markets!

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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. despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.”

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Lots of MOOC PR appeared in the news this week. ” “What if MOOCs Revolutionize Education After All?” “Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” And more on MOOCs in the credentialing section below as well.

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