The Web20Classroom

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Folks from over 100 countries are gathered to talk about what is working in education, examine current trends and discuss how countries can work better together, to provide kids everywhere a solid education. The conference is full of some of the brightest minds and best conversations. WISE Polls: [link] The polls are simple.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

” e The post 5 Essential Practices for Designated and Integrated ELD appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 16, 2020

Education technology tools and solutions are becoming commonplace and widespread. As a result, educators must stay on top of trends and pursue ongoing learning in technology. When it comes to professional development for educators, it’s vital to learn about the edtech options available. Take a degree course.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 18, 2020

As always, education is changing. Unsurprisingly, technology is also impacting the world of education. In fact, a study on Forbes found that global education technology (EdTech) is one of the fastest-growing segments today, and is expected to be worth $252 billion by the end of this year. 3D Printing.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The modern massive open online course movement, which began when the first “MOOCs” were offered by Stanford professors in late 2011, is now half a decade old. In that time, MOOC providers have raised over $400 million and now employ more than a thousand staff. Class Central. million Udacity - 4 million. And it seems to be working.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2019

Coursera, a company that hosts massive online courses and degrees, is the latest entrant among a growing number of online education providers that are entering the medical space. But this field has recently grabbed the attention of an array of online education providers and program managers. Today, the Mountain View, Calif.-based

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

“A key to growing as an educator is to keep company mainly with educators who uplift You, whose presence inspire You and whose dedication drives You.” q=Education%20podcasts&src=typed_query&f=user. Connect with educators online! q=education. Virtual conferences, summits and events.

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2018

You could call extension schools the original MOOCs. Extension schools were the original attempt by higher education to offer a low-cost version for the non-elite. Well, unless you count the students in MOOCs, those free online courses, which are offered through a different division of the university.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JANUARY 23, 2017

Over the years, LearnLaunch's Across Boundaries conference has engendered conversations on everything from STEM learning to augmented reality. The 2017 conference in Boston is coming up. The post Ed-Tech Startup Conference Pushes Boundaries appeared first on Market Brief.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

With the two last directors of the federal Office of Education Technology, Richard Culatta and Joseph South, at the helms of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), it is no surprise that the organization is seeking to expand and rebrand. South continues.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2019

But you might not realize how many educational podcasts are out there. By educational, we mean shows that focus on some super-focused topic, like a specific period of history or an academic discipline. You’re not getting really wealthy or even famous through educational audio. It's well-known that podcasting is huge these days.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2019

MOOCs, shorthand for massive open online courses, have been widely critiqued for their miniscule completion rates. This does not necessarily make MOOCs a failure. That’s a far cry from five years ago, when only 5 percent of the students were finishing the MOOCs I was designing. Make students put skin in the game.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2020

More than 70 efforts are underway around the world to use blockchain technology in education, and most set their sights on better connecting people with job opportunities, according to a new report published by the American Council on Education. Department of Education. These include: the costs of setting up ledger systems.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

Typically, that results in a rush of people looking to higher education for new skills and credentials. Before joining JFF, Lexi spent nearly a decade in public service at the federal level, including working on Capitol Hill for six years, and serving as a policy advisor to the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education at the U.S.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2020

When the Sloan Foundation had the bright idea to stimulate digital education at the nation’s colleges and universities a quarter of a century ago, it christened online learning as “asynchronous learning networks,” an eccentric name for what is now known simply as online learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Coursera was a pioneer in offering MOOCs, or massive open online courses, in partnership with hundreds of top colleges. While attention around MOOCs has died down, the company seems to have found a business model for free courses with something it calls Specializations.

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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

APRIL 8, 2019

That’s how 2U co-founder and CEO, Chip Paucek, framed its latest deal : acquiring Trilogy Education Services , an education company that helps set up and run short-term coding programs at university extension schools, for $750 million. The deal is expected to close in two months. To date, 2U runs 58 such programs at 36 universities.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2016

“We’re standing under a waterfall, feasting on information that’s never existed before,” said Mitchell Stevens, a sociologist and associate professor at Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE). All of this data has the power to redefine higher education.”. To Stevens and others, this massive data is full of promise—but also peril.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Today the fifth annual Global Education Conference kicks off. This is our free, five-day, online event that brings together educators and innovators from around the world, with sessions held around the clock to accommodate participant time zones. Follow the conference through Twitter using the hashtag #globaled14.

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Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

We’ll see big growth in higher education services from outside of the university sector, a continued gnashing of teeth from established providers. Some new services and platforms will emerge to cater for different forms of learning, MOOCs will evolve and improve and open badges will be hot. The focus is on tertiary education.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2021

With an investment fund, a conference and a constellation of advisory services, GSV may be the closest thing to an omnipresent brand in education investing. We think those markets have a lot of raw talent of entrepreneurs, and a rising middle class that makes for a strong underpinning” for education and economic growth.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 25, 2012

We have three great world-wide virtual conferences coming up in the next few months. Labs projects, designed to provide spaces for great conversations around education. This conference has a short lead time (right around the corner!), The conference will also include an all-day virtual unconference (SocialEdCon online!)

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Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2018

Microcredentials, and controversial moves and pivots by edtech companies hoping to disrupt the higher education landscape. Students Say They Are Not as Tech Savvy as Educators Assume A love for avocado lattes and Snapchat filters are just a few of the stereotypes following Millennials these days.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2017

EdSurge sat down with Cottom this week at the Education Writers Association’s annual conference in Washington D.C. to talk about the rattling deal and other blurring lines that exists between for- and non-profit institutions, and whether or not the “disruptors” are shaking up traditional higher education as we know it.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 10, 2012

virtual conference is just around the corner (August 20 - 24 [link] ). is a free conference and is held online, in multiple time zones, over the course of five days. The conference includes an all-day virtual unconference (SocialEdCon online!) as well as a special educational start-up "pitchfire" event. The Learning 2.0

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The 21st Century Principal

JANUARY 25, 2014

There are plenty of opportunities to learn more about ed tech at this year''s Ohio Educational Technology Conference beginning this Monday January 27. Here''s the Keynote Speaker lineup for this year''s conference. Monday, January 27 9:30 a.m.- I challenge teachers to become the always-on learners that we need our kids to be.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

A red carpet and a self-driving car were just a few of the things attendees saw on Tuesday at Intersect, the third annual conference put on by online learning provider Udacity. Conference attendees wait in line on a red carpet to ride in Udacity's self-driving car.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2018

At the time they were not alone in their efforts; Coursera, Udacity (both of which were also co-founded by Stanford professors) and edX had launched MOOC platforms a year earlier. The company also still works with about a dozen universities that use NovoEd to deliver online continuing-education programs.

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The Shake Up Learning Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Discuss with the decision-makers at your school and/or your Google for Education administrator. It seems like educators are always doing book studies, whether that is a study within our own district or cross-collaborating with educators in other areas. Outside Conferences and Workshops. Google Educator Groups (GEGs).

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2018

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos made a last-minute appearance at SXSW EDU on Tuesday, calling for a “rethink” of American higher education. Photo Credit: Jenny Abamu “How do you have a panel without an educator on there,” asked Kathleen Goerner, science coordinator at a school district in Kingwood, Texas.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Every year in March the edtech world descends on Austin for SXSW EDU, a conference that’s become as much about classroom practice and implementation as entrepreneurship and tech innovation. The Evolution of MOOCs: Six Years Later : Are MOOCs still around? SXSW EDU sessions are separated into 25 different tracks. 3:30 p.m. (Un)Affordability

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

From the 2012 GlobalEdCon attendees: "This conference is a great example on what global means. Speakers, presenters and public from all over the world talking, showing and listening about education. Effie Kyrikakis "An awesome gathering of educators from all over the world with valuable contributions to improve education as a whole.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Collaboration in higher education is nothing new. The most common of alliances, of course, are athletic conferences. Now, a new type of alliance is emerging in higher education that is centered around the need to solve common problems rather than to simply bond around mission or geography. Enter the idea of airline alliances.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2016

It’s time once again for The Hulk of edtech conferences— Educause , which kicks off fully on Wednesday in Anaheim, Calif. When he first started the account in 2010, he told no one, and he snuck to corners of the conference center so no one would catch him in the 140-character act. It’s big, expecting some 7,000 attendees.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 10, 2013

This is an update of the worldwide virtual conferences from Web 2.0 We''ve been calling them "Conference 2.0," but I''m thinking instead of calling them SMOOChes --Synchronous and Massive Open Online Collaborations. We are also looking for global advisory board members who can help publicize the conference in their local areas.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

When it comes to their children’s education, parents are like drug-sniffing dogs. Their changed view — and that of others who shunned Rogers and now want in — is driven by what seems to be a magic educational elixir: personalized learning. But personalized learning raises big questions about educational equity.

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