Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Somewhere between our collective obsession with predictive analytics and infatuation with adaptive learning, higher education wonks and practitioners are making time to deconstruct the quality attributes of online courses. It’s a collaborative process that engages faculty in the design and improvement of online courses.

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MOOC Course Online Learning Adaptive Learning 162

Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2017

From Khan Academy to massive open online courses (better known as MOOCs), digital instructional content is often delivered as videos. His general chemistry courses have online homework, and his inorganic chemistry courses have online materials. Take her fish biology course, which involves memorizing hard facts.

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Video Khan Academy STEM MOOC 132

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

Video, of course, enables other innovations. MOOCs are great ideas, but assessment and feedback loops and certification are among the many issues holding them back. Comparing an unsupported MOOC from 2008 to an in-person college experience isn’t apples to apples. An example? As does–or should–YouTube.

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Examples MOOC Education Competency Based Learning 143

Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

I enrolled in my first online course in 1998—an awful Frankenstein of assignments and web-based textbook chapters—and never finished it. Of course these recent corrections aren’t unique to the education market. MOOCs topped the cycle in 2012. Chegg (NYSE: CHGG) is down 43.8 Duolingo (NASDAQ: DUOL) is down 42.0

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EdTech Chegg Udemy Company 195

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

We know from the rise in free massive open online courses, better known as MOOCs, that a scholar on a screen can and already has replaced the sage on the stage. We know from the rise in free massive open online courses, better known as MOOCs, that a scholar on a screen can and already has replaced the sage on the stage.

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Robotics MOOC STEM Broadband 111

Graphite Blog

JULY 16, 2020

Many summer webinar topics are directly related to teaching during the coronavirus pandemic, including "How to Mix STEM and Play with Hybrid Learning," "Using Focus Skills to Close COVID-19 Learning Gaps," and "Remote Learning for Early Learners with Autism." The time commitment for the course is 20 hours.

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Resources MOOC Digital Citizenship Learning 86

Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2018

This means that the educators who spend time designing the curriculum and building the course earn pennies on the dollar compared to the profits now earned by the Silicon Valley platforms where the courses are hosted. Today, few higher-ed institutions are able to sustain the ongoing costs associated with producing and running MOOCs.

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Online Learning MOOC lynda.com Industry 78

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

MOOC uses new AP Physics curriculum, could aid both students and teachers. A free online course from Rice University uses attention-grabbing videos, interactive lab activities, dramatic physics demonstrations, engaging instructors and a free online textbook to help high school students prepare for the Advanced Placement (AP) Physics 1 Exam.

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Course MOOC Secondary STEM 40

ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 1, 2019

In order to reduce the amount of new content a teacher needs to make, YouTube videos, MOOC s, multiple choice questions and web-based resources can be combined. The very flipped learning approach stems from blended learning and has already made a name for itself within new pedagogical practices. not having to attend classes).

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Blended Learning Learning Khan Academy MOOC 170

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 9, 2015

An Index Of Online Courses For Teachers: Summer 2015. INQ101x: Teaching With Technology and Inquiry: An Open Course For Teachers. Tinkering Fundamentals: A Constructionist Approach to STEM Learning. Self-Paced Online Courses For Teacher. Designing an Exemplary Course. IOC Athlete MOOC via Independent.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 3, 2013

This is due to the rapid proliferation of mobile technology, the disintermediation of traditional teacher and student roles, new trends such as MOOCs and the upsurge of user generated content on social media sites - all of which take learning away from previously familiar territory.

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Classroom MOOC Trends Social Media 62

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

JANUARY 27, 2013

STEM on Google+ - "Feel free to post into the appropriate section by selecting from the drop-down ''share'' menu." MOOC - Massive Open Online Courses. "A A place to talk, share, and discover the best free online courses." (771, You, of course, will have your own choices. 8399 members as of 1/25/13) 2.

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Google MOOC Robotics STEM 53

The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2018

Technology has limitations, of course. Of course, we receive even more cues when we communicate in-person. That logic might also explain why online-only courses, including much-vaunted MOOCs, struggle to retain students. But could video technology enhance these courses by adding more human elements?

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Video Course MOOC Study 102

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

.; Paloma Garcia-Lopez - Executive Director, Maker Education Initiative - "Maker Movement: Making More Makers" Jeanne Century - Director of Research and Evaluation and Science Education, Outlier Research and Evaluation, CEMSE, University of Chicago - "Is it STEM or Just Good Practice?"

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STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 45

EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

These are online representations of an earned skill, often through taking small credit courses aimed toward working and non-degree-seeking individuals. Another is the rise of the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) or online instructional platforms like edX, Coursera, or Udacity.

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Dropout Digital Badges Coursera MOOC 80

EdTechTeacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

As a researcher, Justin has been carrying this concept into his work with MOOCs. In all of the interviews that he conducted, what became evident was that the course did not serve as the central point of knowledge. In reality, a course is just one node in the network of possibilities for how to make sense of the content.

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EdTech Robotics MOOC Course 60

Perry Hewitt

APRIL 15, 2018

A critical part of this learning stems from transparency : organizations used to sweeping failed projects under the rug are now sharing them via processes like blameless post-mortems to capture lessons and encourage experimentation. In the end he concluded that these courses were well worth the investment?—?he

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Industry MOOC Software STEM 60

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Code Studio offers a 20 hour-long coding course for elementary school students. Bootstrap offers a nine unit course that teaches math concepts through computer programming. Amplify is a free College Board-approved AP Computer Science massive open online course (MOOC). Other coding resources for younger students.

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Resources MOOC Classroom iPad 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Susan Hildreth will reflect on how the DIY and maker movements—particularly as they relate to STEM education (with badges to certify skill development)—place libraries as central learning hubs for their communities. Samantha Adams Becker taught the first online course ever to take place in Facebook.

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Libraries Maker Movement Conference Learning 49

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Jensen Integration of Global Outdoors Learning Blogs, TED Ed Lessons and Global Goals in Management Courses - Dr. Jose G. Allen Witten Immerse Yourself in the German Culture For Free by Volunteering in Germany or Austria - Birgit A. Dr. Whitney Sherman Invitation to World Literature - Arthur R.

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Conference Education Case Study Mobility 4

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Robotics and Virtual Reality: While the panel still agrees these technologies are two to three years from widespread adoption in K-12 learning spaces, experts predict more schools will be teaching with robots and asking students to design and build them as part of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) courses.

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Trends Technology Robotics Report 28

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Today, students frequently work in digital environments to read course materials, take tests and complete assignments. More than 4 out of 10 college students wind up in remedial math or English courses, and those that do are even less likely than other students to finish college.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, doctoral student research, library and information center "tours," and more! We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses.

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Libraries Conference MOOC E-rate 48

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

The big ed-tech news this week is, of course, that Betsy DeVos is considering allowing schools to use federal funds to arm teachers and staff. ” CPS is, of course, the Chicago Public Schools. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Gotta keep hyping that MOOC thing. ” This is in Alabama.

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Education MOOC Kaplan Robotics 46

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.

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Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 60

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Headline changed from “ Coursera ’s Update Will Eliminate Hundreds of Courses” to “Coursera’s Update Will Migrate Hundreds of Courses to a New Platform.” “Should for-profit crash courses get federal funds?

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Education Coursera Microsoft Company 50

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

Education Department said this week it will make Pell Grants available to 10,000 high school students who are enrolled in courses at 44 colleges.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” (Teachers, of course, have long been exempted from overtime.). ” Via NPR : “The U.S.

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Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

” “Two Wisconsin Republican legislators have threatened to withhold state funds from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in relation to a planned course on racism called The Problem of Whiteness,” Inside Higher Ed reports , hence demonstrating the problem of whiteness. ” “Figures Simmons provided U.S. .”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

” But of course, that’s not quite true: my first introduction to Papert's work was actually a decade earlier, when I sat at an Apple II and taught a Turtle how to move about the screen. ” This argument is, of course, ridiculously daft, as “the liberal arts” has historically included math and science.

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 89

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

And one for-profit story is in the Betteridge’s Law of Headlines section because of course. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ TU Delft Students Can Earn Credit For MOOCs From Other Universities.” Christakis (@NAChristakis) February 4, 2018. Contests and Awards.

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Lenovo Education Facebook MOOC 52

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). It’s baaaaack: “Return of the MOOC ,” The City Journal tells us. There’s some (sorta) MOOC-related news in the venture funding section below. Because MOOCs on an airplane proved to be such an effective mode of instruction.

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Education MOOC Company Pearson 45

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” " It’s lovely to see the big innovation from the MOOC startups in 2017 involves the learning management system. ” Udacity has updated its online "classroom."

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Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” From the Department of Education press release : “Secretary DeVos Accepts President Trump’s Q2 Salary as a Donation for STEM-Focused Camp.” Trump’s budget, of course, cuts $9.2 Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.” ” $100,000.

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Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

” This stems from a protest at the University of Connecticut. ” Apparently it’s all Audre Lorde ’s fault, because of course it is. MOOCs are out. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “In Reversal, College Adviser Who Was Grabbed by Far-Right Speaker Is Criminally Charged.”

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Education Kaplan Robotics E-rate 51

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Big HR news about Coursera in the HR section below. Here’s the headline from Inside Higher Ed : “For-Credit MOOC: Best of Both Worlds at MIT ?” ” But if you look closer, it’s not a MOOC; it’s just an online class at MIT.

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Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Not just the loss of Seymour Papert and Prince and David Bowie and Phife Dawg and Harper Lee and Gwen Ifill and Alan Rickman and Gene Wilder and Ursula Franklin and Scott Erik Kaufman and Jerome Bruner and Elie Wiesel and Alvin Toffler and Leonard Cohen (and many more), but the grief and the pain that stems from these and so many other losses.

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