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He’s credited with co-teaching the first MOOC in 2008, introduced the theory of “connectivism”—the idea that knowledge is distributed across digital networks—and spearheaded research projects about the role of data and analytics in education. That’s his explanation for how he thinks about the role of education in the 21st century.
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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. Reduce the college dropout rate to closer to 10% (than the current 40%+). Which is dumb.
Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). How a College Dropout Plans to Replace the SAT and ACT.” ” Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” George Veletsianos on the “ ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2018.”
Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Gotta keep hyping that MOOC thing. Via Edsurge : “ MOOCs Are No Longer Massive. ” Via Class Central : “Class Central’s Top 50 MOOCs of All Time (2018 edition).” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.”
And then there were MOOCs , of course, and all those predictions and all those promises about the end of college as we know it: “MOOCs make education borderless, gender-blind, race-blind, class-blind and bank account-blind” and similar fables. Vive la MOOC Révolution. Adam Medros became edX’s president and COO.
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.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Iowa City Press-Citizen : “ Iowa families foregoing classroom for virtual school.” Acumen “senior innovation associate” writes about +Acumen in Edsurge : “The Flip Side of Abysmal MOOC Completion Rates ?
” Via The Economic Times : “Startups in student-lending sector see dropouts, but some score too.” MOOCs are out. Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security. “ Big data could solve the college-dropout problem ,” says The Washington Post. ” The Business of Job Training. Or something.
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Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Inside Higher Ed on online education at Simmons College. More on MOOC and online education research in the research section below. Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security. “ EdX To Retire Foundational 6.002x Platform,” Class Central reports.
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Inside Higher Ed on the “Return of the College Scoreboard” : “The Department of Education published updated information on the College Scorecard Thursday, including a new feature that allows students to compare data from up to 10 institutions at once.” ” Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security.
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