Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

From the very start of digital education, the big question has always been: ”How can students learn effectively, if they’re not face-to-face with their instructors?” Most authoring software also integrates assessment tools, testing learning outcomes.

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EdTechSandyK

JULY 27, 2014

Image Source Used Under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND License Week 4 of the Foundations of Virtual Instruction MOOC I started on June 30th is wrapping up today. By this time next week, I will hopefully have successfully completed my first MOOC. I was especially interested/distressed to find out that even in MOOCs, people try to cheat !

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Linways Technologies

APRIL 28, 2020

The Discuss Education BarCamp was a gathering of educators, academicians, and education enthusiasts to discuss about teaching-learning, learning theories, and ways to improve learning. He spoke on assessment strategies in the Outcome-Based Education (OBE) framework. Maybe it’s time we rethink our assessment methods.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 9, 2013

After seemingly stalling for a short time, MOOCs ( Massive Open Online Courses ) seem to be graining ground again. First there were the cMOOCs, free and open online courses that focused more on learning than they did on accreditation. Learning was fun and informal, and learning was often self or peer assessed.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In early 2017, organizations that have focused on digital learning came together to better leverage their strengths and capacities for a common goal: improving student success. The first goal was to create an environmental scan of the digital learning environment in higher education with a focus on adaptive technology.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 7, 2018

E-learning has seen a broad positive shift in the last couple of years. The new E-learning technologies keep on evolving, and a lot of companies are investing in it to yield efficient employees. Let’s take a look at the some of the innovation in E-learning industry in the last 10 years: The Usage of Smartphones.

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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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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 3, 2016

A recent move by a leading United Kingdom learning platform to issue academic credits toward a degree for students who complete open online courses could signal a forthcoming trend in the U.S. Typically MOOCs are known for providing free open content to anyone, often from well-respected universities. It’s a freemium model,” he said.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 5, 2021

What Is An Asynchronous Learning Community? What Is Asynchronous Learning? An Asynchronous Learning Community is one where students learn together bound by some component–often a goal, topic, or learning space–rather than time (i.e., The Requirements Of An Effective Asynchronous Learning Community.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

YouthBuild USA , a Digital Promise Adult Learning Beacon , is an international intermediary for a network of 250 community-based YouthBuild programs and schools around the country. UDL’s guiding principles are: All people learn differently; The emotion behind learning is as important as the learning; and.

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eSpark

APRIL 7, 2022

Think of it as a cheat sheet to help you learn all you need to know about technology in the classroom! Blended learning combines traditional, in-person learning with digital learning, so that students can experience both forms. MOOC refers to a massive online open course, a type of distance learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

With advancements in machine learning and deep learning, automation threatens forty-seven percent of the jobs in the U.S. Proponents of the liberal arts love to explain how an excellent general education will teach students to learn how to learn for a lifetime. Talk of lifelong learning doesn’t translate into action.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Could the rise in MOOC-based and other certificates affect how traditional college degree paths are designed? What role should employers have in the design or execution of digital learning opportunities? Several #DLNchat-ters described the importance of project-based learning opportunities through employee partnerships.

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Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2017

EdSurge talked with Rick Levin, CEO of Coursera (and former president of one of those big-name universities, Yale) about how the mega-courses known as MOOCs have changed in the five years since the start of their hype-filled debut. And he shares what lessons he’s learned working at a startup. Even short descriptive sentences.

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Digital Promise

MAY 20, 2016

We at Designers for Learning responded to this call by inviting instructional designers, developers, and adult educators to join a crowdsourcing effort to develop free open educational resources (OER) for adults with low math and literacy skills. Department of Education that establish learning achievement goals for math and literacy.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2017

Why was the fitness app so “sticky” as opposed to the online learning platforms? I realized that I was recording hours of deliberate practice (my early morning runs), formative assessments (the occasional speed workout on the track) and even a few summative assessments (races) on the app. I could hardly blame them.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Marie Cini is the president of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning. I define education technology as any tool that supports learning, digital or not. So with these guidelines in mind, I’ve chosen six areas where edtech has made an impact this decade: Learning Management Systems. Learning analytics.

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Educator Innovator

MAY 12, 2014

By Matt Williams, Educational Technologist, KQED #TeachDoNow is a free, collaborative learning experience offered by KQED this summer in partnership with Educator Innovator and the National Writing Project. Use a collaborative, challenge-based approach to learning and employing new tools to promote digital conversation and civic engagement.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 31, 2016

Possibly one of the most important shifts needed in schools is to provide individualized and personalized learning experiences to students. Learning has fundamentally changed with the evolution of the Internet and other technologies that allow for ubiquitous access to information and knowledge.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

There’s a budding field called the science of teaching and learning, where scholars are figuring out what works when it comes to educating students. A new book, “ Learning Innovation and the Future of Higher Education ,” looks at how to create systems that apply the science of learning into actual teaching.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

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. Five years ago, the application of data and algorithms to the HR function—as well the use of pre-hire assessment—were in a fledgling stage.

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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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Educator Innovator

MAY 12, 2014

TeachDoNow is a free, collaborative learning experience offered by KQED this summer in partnership with Educator Innovator and the National Writing Project. All are welcome to participate at the level and to the extent that make sense for their own individual learning goals, but we encourage a deep dive.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 15, 2015

Quantified Learners: Moving Beyond Assessment. New applications and technologies are now embedded into practically every aspect of the learning experience. As assessment becomes more data-driven, however, it’s important that we remember what the real goal of this data should be. By Andrew Smith Lewis.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 11, 2017

James Stewart , marketing director of 51Talk, spoke at the summit about personalized learning’s role in enhancing the quality of education for millions of students across China. This investment has enabled 51Talk to better assess student proficiency, and then match each assessed student with the proper level of coursework.

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eSpark

APRIL 7, 2022

Think of it as a cheat sheet to help you learn all you need to know about technology in the classroom! Blended learning combines traditional, in-person learning with digital learning, so that students can experience both forms. MOOC refers to a massive online open course, a type of distance learning.

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Trends MOOC Differentiated Instruction BYOD 52

EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 23, 2017

Assessment Over Evaluation in Helping New Initiatives Thrive was originally posted on his EdTechResearcher blog on EdWeek. Separating assessment from evaluation is one way that schools and educators can start having healthier conversations about change and improvement. In my mind, you cannot learn anything without assessment.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

Competency-Based Learning. The definition of asynchronous learning helps us understand the need for asynchronous access to this content, especially when this access is not through a dated university learning management system, but something more authentic to the student, maybe even accessed on their own mobile devices.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2018

MOOCs are No Longer Massive. Once upon a time, free online courses known as MOOCs made national headlines. So we talked with Dhawal Shah, founder and CEO of Class Central, who has been tracking MOOCs closely ever since he was a student in one of those first Stanford open courses, about how MOOCs have evolved.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 17, 2017

Looking to learn something new this summer? Maybe you want to develop your personal learning network on social media, read a few new books , or take a course alongside other educators. Thanks to technology, we can take learning online and collaborate with educators around the country and the world. Increase Your Math Knowledge.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Charles Severance was one of the first professors at the University of Michigan to give the massive open online courses (MOOC) platform Coursera a try. But while Severance—who’s better known by some as Dr. Chuck—says his first MOOC was a success, there was one thing about his in-person classes he missed: seeing his students.

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Linways Technologies

APRIL 22, 2020

Here we are talking about virtual campus management solutions or online learning management solutions that can essentially digitize the teaching-learning. Learning is no more institutionalized, and people still take courses and grow their skillset beyond colleges or universities. Tools For Testing And Assessment.

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Edsurge

JULY 17, 2020

Previous investors Kleiner Perkins, SEEK Group, Learn Capital, SuRo Capital Corp, and G Squared also participated. Founded in 2012 by two Stanford University professors, Coursera was one of a trio of startups that spearheaded the hype around massive open online courses, or MOOCs, for short. based company an estimated $2.5

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2021

These include “a huge change in assessments and how people demonstrate mastery” in ways other than through standardized testing, she notes. Its portfolio includes “unicorns” like Coursera, one of the original MOOCs that is reportedly exploring options to go public. There’s even an MBA program. billion in 2017.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

We find no one with a professional knowledge in the laws of learning, or the techniques for applying them,” he wrote. There are widespread beliefs about the best way to teach and learn that have been proven wrong by science, yet they persist. But at a university? “We Teaching at colleges is often done without any formal training.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2022

Blockchain could be used to manage student records and certificates; to track lifelong learning progress; to preserve educational data; or to administer verifiable academic credits. The time to assess the benefits and drawbacks of blockchain technology is right now, before adoption in schools and universities is widespread.

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EdTechTeacher

AUGUST 26, 2015

Check out this new video from EDUCAUSE with four experts, including EdTechTeacher co-founder and iPad Summit Boston Keynote Speaker, Justin Reich addressing the question, “Why is measuring learning difficult?” ” Join Justin and the rest of EdTechTeacher in Boston November 16-18th, 2015. ettipad.

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