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14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education

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The definition of asynchronous learning helps us understand the need for asynchronous access to this content, especially when this access is not through a dated university learning management system, but something more authentic to the student, maybe even accessed on their own mobile devices. Open Curriculum.

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How Virtual IT Labs Prepare Students for Real-Life Work

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When I joined Ashford, the MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) had just started and it was quite an interesting movement. They are definitely more prepared for a real-life work setting. Later, I found a way and connections which guided me to my current profession. Ashford was one of the leading schools in that area.

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In Evolving World of Microcredentials, Students, Colleges and Employers Want Different Things

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Nicola Soares: It definitely depends on the industry. And I definitely agree with the point that there’s a faster rate of adoption [for microcredentials by] workers who are already in the job market. From an employer's perspective in terms of having it funded by employers, we definitely see that in more-traditional employment settings.

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Higher education technology predictions for 2014

Mark Smithers

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 MOOC backlash. Of course I have to start with MOOCs. The MOOC backlash started in earnest in 2013. MOOC providers will keep on refining them. Introduction.

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?A Starter Kit for Instructional Designers

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Designing online learning experiences is essential to training employees, mobilizing customers, serving students, building marketing channels, and sustaining business models. The field is so new that there are no definitive ways to do it “right” and lots of approaches are worth learning from.

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3 Misconceptions About Innovation in Education

The Principal of Change

It is definitely convenient, but does this lead to better learning in the classroom? Someone had to have a vision of what a “phone” could be, but when you look at the innovation of mobile technology, this has led to other innovations. But innovation is a way of thinking, not simply the way we use technology.

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School Work and Surveillance

Hack Education

Many of these companies were launched circa 2013 — that is, in the tailwinds of "the Year of the MOOC," with the belief that an increasing number of students would be learning online and that professors would demand some sort of mechanism to verify their identity and their integrity. Schools using iris-scanners in the lunchroom.

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