Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2019

Nelson says the biggest benefit of Minerva’s Forum is that it collects rich data on every interaction taking place within the platform. Early MOOC experiments had more than 100,000 students per course. “You may need to have so many TAs that the cost of TAs may exceed the cost of the professor,” he says.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

Now that we’ve assembled international crowds of motivated, smart people online in MOOCs, it’s time to think about harnessing their collective intelligence to tackle these urgent cross-boundary issues. We invite up to 1,000 students who have previously completed two or more of our free MOOCs to apply to participate in these challenges.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2018

Agarwal said at the event that edX and its partner universities have together developed 45 MicroMasters degrees, low-cost online programs that cover about 25 to 50 percent of the material from a typical Master’s program. It’s not going to happen by itself, we’re going to make it happen.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Komarny, formerly the Chief Digital Office at the University of Texas, kicked off the event explaining why some higher-ed leaders are thinking of applying blockchain technology to credentialing. Stored certification data could become unusable in the future, she warned. What’s the hype?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2014

There has been a real excitement for this years event, and our conference network reached over 20,000 registered members this past week! Thank you in advance for your support--you help keep these types of events free! Mara Cabrera, SLIS Graduate Student, Research Assistant Taming the Quantitative Data Monster with LibPAS: What?

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

More than $1 billion in headline-grabbing transactions are likely to be announced at the event. The overarching theme of this year’s ASU GSV event is “ED on the EDGE” seizing on the excitement and potential around Web3, the Metaverse, AR/VR, AI and other emerging tech, not to mention civilization on the edge. million in 2019 to 18.6

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Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2018

Students should also be involved in decision-making efforts around what data is used and how that data is used, said Megan Raymond. There is a lot of data to sort, and Fendley, our special guest reminded us there’s only more to come. As Patrice Torcivia tweeted, it’s “critical to combine this data with human interaction.

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techieMusings

MAY 19, 2016

Sophomores have the opportunity to spend a period of their day learning through a MOOC of their choosing. Their MOOC worktime is an assigned period within their school day. When students are in their MOOC course, they all report to the open learning space, as in the pictures below. Math Rotation Model.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The Evolution of MOOCs: Six Years Later : Are MOOCs still around? Lightning Talks on Teaching : EdSurge senior writer Jeff Young will facilitate a series of lightning talks on how college teaching is being transformed by trends in big data, flipped classrooms and learning sciences. Higher Ed 11:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2016

Here are some of our biggest takeaways from the marathon event: INNOVATION OR TRANSFORMATION IN EDUCATION? Stephen Downes , senior researcher at the National Research Council of Canada and co-creator of the MOOC, began with an overview of the predictive process, saying it “isn’t magic, but it’s not mechanical either.”

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

When Public Education Data Isn’t Really Public : The U.S. government’s data center, Dava.gov, is a goldmine of open student and school data. But as Lindsey Cook (Data Editor at US News & World Report) points out in this 20 minute talk, that data isn’t always accessible. EdSurge 9:30 a.m.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2016

This project – something I’ve done every year since 2010 – aims to serve as an in-depth analysis of the noteworthy events and products and politics and financing and tries to piece together the narratives and ideologies that drive ed-tech. Education Technology and Data Insecurity. Who’s Funding MOOCs in 2016?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2015

April 20th - May 4th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Learning Revolution Blog | Partner Spotlight To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. All events are listed in US-Eastern Time. For a full calendar of all upcoming events and conferences, click here.

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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

Yes, I went to ASU+GSV – my first time at the event in the event’s nine year history. ” Investors go to the event for private meetings. I heard the CEO of edX claim the phrase “data science” didn’t exist a decade ago. ” I wanted to do a lot of screaming at the event, I confess.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2017

But Charles Severance , a University of Michigan professor who also teaches massive open online courses (MOOCs) on Coursera , doesn’t think higher education will be terribly affected, he tells EdSurge. He points out that higher education institutions don’t have the large amount of traffic that, say, a company like Netflix has.

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ProfHacker

APRIL 24, 2015

Jonathan Rees has described the offering of MOOCs for credit as “weaponized” education technology,” and I’m not sure he’s wrong. And I find MOOCs pretty interesting!) That said, I expect we are going to have a lot of interesting data to interpret and argue about over the next several years!

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techieMusings

MAY 19, 2016

Sophomores have the opportunity to spend a period of their day learning through a MOOC of their choosing. Their MOOC worktime is an assigned period within their school day. When students are in their MOOC course, they all report to the open learning space, as in the pictures below. Math Rotation Model.

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ProfHacker

APRIL 26, 2017

The conference may be over, but there have been several virtual events continuing the conversation, such as the Virtually Connecting Missed Conversation Towards Openness , led by Christian Friedrich and Kate Green and an OpenEdSIG follow-up webinar organized by Teresa MacKinnon. Upcoming events you may find of interest include: 1.

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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. but is he right?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 19, 2017

This event is being organized in partnership with Heather Moorefield-Lang , who will serve as moderator for the opening panel and as the closing keynote speaker. We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to provide input and participate this event. This is a free event, being held online.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 25, 2012

as well as a special educational start-up "pitchfire" event. A full strand list is available ? The conference will also include an all-day virtual unconference (SocialEdCon online!) The conference general information page is HERE and call for presentation proposals and instructions for Learning 2.0 can be found ?

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2017

MOOCs, technology infusion projects, online masters or pathways to credit, research. Also, have events with best practice sharing. It's difficult to assess overall efficacy when data is not transparent. Palmer: Make sure all initiatives map to the cornerstone plan at their institution. Make yourself available.

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Educator Innovator

MAY 18, 2015

On the eve of its third iteration, CLMOOC has expanded, but the idea remains the same: the free informal event engages educators in making and sharing, online and off. It served as critical commentary as well as a useful collection of data. So who is the MOOC designed for? Beyond that, there are few requirements.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Many companies – and certainly these two in particular – also have a long history of data collection and data analysis. MOOCs were going to change everything. These companies and their league of marketers and advocates have long argued that their products will augment what teachers can do. And on and on and on.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 17, 2014

Please forward to your friends and colleagues - this event is free! Online Faculty- Educational Technology Revolutionize Data Reporting to Revolutionize Data Use - Jenny Grant Rankin, Ph.D. The schedule is below. Former Teacher, Site Admin, & District Admin) Teaching Another Country''s Culture With Mobile Devices - Harry G.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 10, 2012

as well as a special educational start-up "pitchfire" event. It is organized in conjunction with Connected Educator Month , and the conference is based on a highly inclusive model for participation and designed to encourage peer professional development--which means we want you to come and learn from each other!

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Analysis of Georgia Tech ’s MOOC-inspired online master’s in computer science suggests that institutions can successfully deliver high-quality, low-cost degrees to students at scale.” “Many are never the same.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs.

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Perry Hewitt

APRIL 15, 2018

Media interest in formalized online learning, or “peak MOOC,” occurred in about 2012, and with it the mandate that everyone must learn to code. And don’t let top-down lead: work with employees tackling these problems head on to generate that list of topics. Enable and reward cross-disciplinary learning.

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

The event became much more dramatic than expected, once the hosting city, Washington DC, was clobbered by the great snowpocalyspe of 2016. There were discussions of using MOOCs on liberal arts campuses and developing distance learning programs for outreach or to make up for enrollment shortfalls. Online learning is on the rise.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The report is always a big deal in technology circles – “a tech industry event in its own right,” as Wired’s Steven Levy put it in 2012 – and many publications and pundits dutifully cover Meeker’s observations, often adding very little analysis of their own. .” How accurate is her data? (I’d

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

And thank you too for the theme of this event – your willingness to talk about failures and struggles with education technology rather than, what’s almost always the case, this strange dogma the field demands – that we only offer praise and thanks for the glory of education technology. You invoke history, sure.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2020

This is already evident in the latest national job-market data, which shows a 15 percent unemployment rate for high school graduates with no college and 13 percent for those with some college or an associate degree—compared to 7 percent for individuals with a bachelor’s or higher.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

The event brought more than a hundred people to Seattle, Wash., 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. to discuss how public education will adapt to a rapidly changing world.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2016

Students like Battushig who used free online courses to achieve world-class education motivated players like Coursera and the State Department to launch initiatives like Learning Hubs and MOOC camps from Vietnam to Bolivia. However, contract negotiations often are stifled by sluggish bureaucracy or derailed by graft.

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Wired Campus

MARCH 13, 2015

The event brings together a mix of participants from different parts of education — teachers, administrators, and publishers in elementary, secondary, and higher education. As we look through our notebooks of other sessions at the event, here are some highlights: Student Privacy. In the 20th century we called that tracking,” he said.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

This series is meant to serve in-depth exploration of the events of the past year and an analysis of how these events shape the way in which we imagine and prepare for the future of teaching and learning. Data Insecurity. Beyond the MOOC. The Compulsion for Data. Data and Privacy. MOOCs and Anti-MOOCs.

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