The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Updates Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings Conversations Submit a Video or Quote Kudos Updates GlobalEdCon Celebration and Meetup Reminder. Following recent conversations about the assessment capacity of MOOCs, this is a great topic! Submit a Video or Quote We''d like to feature a user submitted video each week.

Libraries 47

Libraries Google Common Core Conference 47

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 11, 2014

Updates Partner Spotlight Partner Announcements Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings NMC Navigator Top Ten Conversations Submit a Video or Quote Updates Next week: CoSN Conference in Washington DC. First up: 3D prosthetic hands Scientists work on backing up human brain with computers A MOOC MYSTERY: WHERE DO ONLINE STUDENTS GO?

Conference 60

Conference Digital Citizenship Maker Movement Common Core 60

Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 7, 2015

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) stress the importance of communication, and challenge students to engage in conversation by using evidence to support an argument, while evaluating and listening to others’ perspectives. is a platform that allows students to take notes synchronized with video. VideoNot.es

Tools 52

Tools Edcamps Social Media Video 52

TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

Netflix took a more radical move, switching away from its old business model (sending out rental DVDs by post) to a new one (streaming on-demand video to its customers). Common Core standards (this one’s not sexy, but few factors impact education more than this index of academic content). MOOCs, nanodegrees, etc.

Examples 40

Examples Classroom Maker Movement Social Media 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

Updates Partner Spotlight Partner Announcements Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings NMC Navigator Top Ten Conversations Submit a Video or Quote Kudos Updates School Leadership Summit Dates Expanded! link] Digital Wish : Two new videos - The Importance of Technology in American Schools and The Need for a Shift to Mobile.

Conference 46

Conference Education Learning Common Core 46

Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 7, 2015

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) stress the importance of communication, and challenge students to engage in conversation by using evidence to support an argument, while evaluating and listening to others’ perspectives. is a platform that allows students to take notes synchronized with video. VideoNot.es

Tools 36

Tools Edcamps Social Media Video 36

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2014

Wednesday, April 23rd at 7pm ISTE - ISTE Standards and the Common Core Integration in Action , Are you daunted by the prospect of implementing the Common Core State Standards? The Common Core opens the door for innovative teaching techniques to ensure students are college and career ready.

Conference 46

Conference Digital Citizenship Libraries Learning 46

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2015

In todays episode, we will walk you through the process of uploading a video and turning it into a dynamic lesson plan using the YouTube Creative Suite of Tools found FREE on your Google Powered Device. Sunday, April 19th at 7pm TechEducator Podcast: YouTube Creative Studio , Learn how to harness the power of the FREE YouTube creative studio.

Conference 28

Conference Libraries Facebook Twitter 28

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Claims on YouTube: Students watch a short video and explain why they might not trust a video that makes a contentious claim. . YouTube Evaluation : Students evaluate a YouTube video and identify reasons why it may be unreliable. Social Media Video : Students watch an online video and identify its strengths and weaknesses.

Assessment 60

Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The Gates Foundation has backed a variety of education reform initiatives : charter schools, the Common Core State Standards, “small schools,” inBloom, teacher evaluations, and yes, “personalized learning.” Kaltura (video) – $166.1 Age of Learning (educational apps) – $181.5

Trends 57

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 57

TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Stated simply, a flipped classroom is one where students are introduced to content at home through digital tools (usually video), and then practice it at school under the guidance of a teacher. Common Core) for individual students. Learning expressly through online courses and related digital resources. Flipped Classroom.

Technology 40

Technology Learning BYOD Digital Citizenship 40

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

Here’s what they said: 2016 was The Year of Video. They can be something everybody uses; that’s how 2012 became the year of the MOOC, and why virtual reality will no doubt be widely cited as the trend of 2016. As that sort of trend video has come and gone. YouTube and Netflix are old hat; everybody’s watching video online today.

Trends 111

Trends EdTech MOOC Smartphone 111

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

According to the conservative news site The Daily Caller , “Bailing On Common Core Tests Is Costing States Millions.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Here’s The Chronicle headline from then : “Professor Leaves a MOOC in Mid-Course in Dispute Over Teaching.”)

Education 49

Education MOOC Company Report 49

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

.” “Make MOOCs great again.” “ ESSA Would Handcuff a Trump Education Secretary on Common Core And More,” says Education Week , even though ditching Common Core was one of Trump’s campaign promises. . More on the future of Common Core from NPR. Is that possible?

Education 56

Education Common Core Company Facebook 56

Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Education Dive makes claims about “ MOOCs as tools for equity in under-resourced high schools.” ” Elsewhere, more claims about “the global poor” and MOOCs (and other ed-tech companies) in Edsurge. .” ” Oh look.

Education 40

Education MOOC Facebook Company 40

Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

Via Politico : Stolen “emails from the Democratic National Committee show DNC Deputy Communications Director Eric Walker telling his colleagues to avoid mentioning the Common Core in a video. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Get rid of it.’” From MIT President L.

Education 40

Education Company Report Data 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

According to excerpts of speeches published by Wikileaks – stolen data – Clinton called the Common Core a “political failure” in a speech she gave to Knewton. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Microsoft -Branded MOOCs for K–12 Leaders.”

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ MOOCs : A Postmortem” by Jonathan Rees. Meanwhile, Campus Technology offers “7 Tips for Listing MOOCs on Your Résumé.” ” Story says “could be.” ” Tech PR gonna PR. Once I get over this flu…). ” JFC.

Education 40

Education MOOC E-rate Robotics 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

” Despite all the Common Core-aligned revisions and all the headlines to the contrary, “ The New SAT Won’t Close the Achievement Gap.” ” The material involved MOOCs that it had produced with edX as well as videos posted to iTunes and YouTube. ” and “are you white?”

Technology 40

Technology Education Pearson Company 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Testing, Testing… Via Education Week : “After seven years of tumult and transition fueled by the common core, state testing is settling down, with most states rejecting the federally funded PARCC and Smarter Balanced assessments, and nearly one-quarter embracing the SAT or the ACT as their official high school test.”

Education 46

Education Company MOOC Khan Academy 46

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via The Washington Post : “ School offers ‘incentives’ to get kids to take Common Core standardized test.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” An op-ed in Forbes by University Ventures’ Ryan Craig : “Make Online Education Great (For The First Time).”

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

” I’m a little surprised that either of these women – both Democrats, both Common Core supporters, if nothing else – would be under serious consideration. is disappointed in Common Core. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” The book was racist.

Education 40

Education Company Data Pearson 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 26, 2016

Testing, Testing… Common Core test scores released and California ’s scores were up a little bit, Connecticut ’s were up a little bit more, and Maryland ’s were better in math. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ MOOCs Are Dead. million total.

Education 40

Education Khan Academy MOOC Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

It was probably Sal Khan’s 2011 TED Talk “Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education” and the flurry of media he received over the course of the following year or so that introduced the idea of the “flipped classroom” to most people. Why are video-taped lectures so “revolutionary” if lectures themselves are supposedly not? (As

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

“Trump Taps Common-Core Foe Mick Zais for No. In the future, you might want to look for most MOOC-related news in the “business of job training” section below. ” Via Edsurge : “Watch That Hand: Why Videos May Not Be the Best Medium for Knowledge Retention.” 2 Post at Ed.

Education 50

Education Robotics Company MOOC 50

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Brown University joins edX. “ Y Combinator MOOC for Tech Startups Attracts Thousands of Views,” says Campus Technology. Not sure why this is called a MOOC. The Business of Job Training. ” This Week in Betteridge’s Law of Headlines.

Kaplan 46

Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” Via Chalkbeat : “They rejected multi-state Common Core exams. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). In related MOOC news, there's more on “ nanodegrees ” in the “credentialing” section below. – this time in science. “How Hard Is the New SAT ?”

Education 53

Education Pearson Report MOOC 53

Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

Via Education Week : “New Test Pitched As Alternative to Common Core-Focused High School Exams.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “The Future of MOOCs Might Not Be Free ,” suggests Education Week’s Market Brief with an observation that many of us made back in 2012.

Education 45

Education Sakai Udemy Report 45