The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Join me today, Wednesday, September 26th, for a one-hour live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar on the "true history" of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) with Dave Cormier, Alec Couros, Stephen Downes, Rita Kop, Inge de Waard, and Carol Yeager. His educational journey started in 1998 teaching little children to speak English.

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MOOC Blackboard Digital Citizenship Course 72

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

The LINK Lab is a hub international scholars exploring the digitization of knowledge and learning and how this process impacts education. Siemens also serves on the advisory board of learning analytics company Civitas Learning and is a mentor to startups in Intel’s Education Accelerator.

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Digital Learning Technology MOOC Learning Analytics 60

Hack Education

JUNE 14, 2016

As part of the course, students are engaging in a “Great Ed-Tech Debate,” arguing one side or another of a variety of topics: that technology enhances learning, that technology is a force for equity, that social media is ruining childhood, and so on. But it’s actually quite an old one.

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Company Industry Assessment Examples 68

Marketplace K-12

JULY 25, 2016

GreatSchools said it plans to analyze the new Schoolie data to identify how many students gain exposure to high level courses vs. basic courses. The purchase follows a collaboration this past June between GreatSchools and the U.S. Department of Education on the Civil Rights Data Collection. Franklin, Tenn.-based

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Software Learning Analytics Company Mobility 40

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 16, 2015

I chaired the OU''s first big elearning course in 1999 with 12,000 students which really demonstrated the potential for elearning. blogs, social media, learning objects, OERs, MOOCs, etc in this period. social media developments of the late 00s this was quite small scale. So, it''s a mixed picture.

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MOOC Dropout OER Social Media 28

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Read more: Why blended learning will become an educational norm. Demand for shorter, more focused courses is growing, and universities are finding themselves “unbundling” their core offerings in order to keep up. It seems that technical training is less relevant here than e-learning course design.

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Secondary LMS E-rate Dropout 300

Shake Up Learning

MARCH 14, 2023

Of course, AI is not new to our world. AI in Schools and Classrooms Edweek shared in a 2020 article , In education, AI can be found in learning analytic platforms, online courseware, voice assistants, and support structures within other apps. Providing personalized student learning is wonderful, but at what cost?

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Robotics Technology Learning Analytics Policies 101

Hack Education

APRIL 7, 2017

Few would care, of course, except those of us struggling to make money in this “new economy.” Students often find themselves uploading their content – their creative work – into the learning management system (the VLE). Of course, none of us are Prince. We’d stream singles instead.

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Technology Education VLE Industry 73

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Platforms provide the substructure for the “gig economy” and the “sharing economy”; they’re the economic engine of social media; they’re the architecture of the “attention economy” and the inspiration for claims about the “end of ownership.” Education’s Proto-Platforms.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 63

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Then there was the infamous anti-diversity memo distributed by Google engineer James Damore and leaked to the press this summer that charged that efforts the company (and the industry more broadly) had taken to address diversity were misguided as women are biologically ill-suited to computer science – which is, of course, totally b t.

Technology 60

Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 60

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

Via The Guardian : “ Open University plans major cuts to number of staff and courses.” Speaking of blockchain scamminess, David Gerard writes about the latest application of blockchain to education: “ Woolf University : college courses literally on the Ethereum blockchain.” That’s d.tech.

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Education Robotics iPad Company 45

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

was named in an investigation by The Associated Press last year for sharing racially charged content on social media.” Via The Guardian : “ Trump bans agencies from ‘providing updates on social media or to reporters’ ” This ban has been targeted at scientists at the EPA and USDA in particular.

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Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Ever wonder how stories promoted by ‘thought leaders’ on social media get selected? "This sort of pie-in-the-sky belief that simply getting more computers in kids' hands and more app-development elective courses in schools will make the future bright is an oversimplification of a complex issue."

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EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

More data collection will improve course design. More data collection will improve student learning and student outcomes. ” “The Higher Ed Learning Revolution,” as NPR put it: Tracking Each Student’s Every Move.“ I delete all my old social media now on a regular and ongoing basis.

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Data Education Software Social Media 81

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

” The scheme involved Ed4Mil , “an online correspondence course provider,” and a former dean of Caldwell University. ” The survey was conducted by learning analytics company Civitas Learning. ” The Pew Research Center on “ Activism in the Social Media Age.”

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Of course, Dick DeVos also works for Trump in a way – or at least, he’s now on an FAA civilian panel. The Australian company provides courses for schools that decide to outsource their educational services. ” Of course he did. Educators Discuss Pros and Cons of Learning Analytics.”

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Education Facebook Company Robotics 49

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. In 2011, Ning was acquired by “lifestyle” site Glam Media for around $150 million. By 2016, Glam Media, rebranded as Mode Media, shut its doors , transferring ownership of Ning to Cyndx.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” “Frustrated with how colleges have handled their claims of sexual abuse , more students are turning to social media to publicize their cases,” Inside Higher Ed reports. “ Blackboard Partners with Fishtree for Personalized Learning,” says Campus Technology. charter school.” Or something.

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Education Pearson Report MOOC 53

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

For those keeping score at home, here are Peter Thiel’s ed-tech investments (in addition to his “I’ll pay you to drop out of college” fellowship program, of course): Clever, Lore, Thinkful, Declara, and SoFi. ” (That giant: Pearson , of course.). Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Education MOOC Common Core Trends 53

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

Bob Thorpe, is proposing a far-reaching law in Arizona, House Bill 2120, banning virtually every college event, activity or course which discusses social justice , skin privilege, or racial equality. “ The growth of online learning : How universities must adjust to the new norm” is sponsored content on Education Dive. .”

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MOOC Education Robotics Report 40