TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

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. That’s good.

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Examples MOOC Education Competency Based Learning 143

ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 1, 2019

Neil Rickus ; EdTech Consultant & Former Teacher. 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. There is a great future for blended learning as part of an EdTech strategy. What is blended learning? ” ?

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Blended Learning Learning Khan Academy MOOC 170

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

When there’s a need for information or new skills, employees today are increasingly turning to instantly accessible sources such as search engines and online course libraries available on their mobile devices. Pluralsight—an online IT training provider—has scaled to become an edtech “unicorn,” with a valuation over $1 billion.

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Coursera lynda.com Training MOOC 163

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

These developments will have important implications for colleges and universities, training and skills providers, edtech firms and investors and other stakeholders in the education ecosystem. The changing market also sets the stage for the emergence of new types of technology solutions and partnerships.

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Learning Training Digital Badges Coursera 183

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

Designing online learning experiences is essential to training employees, mobilizing customers, serving students, building marketing channels, and sustaining business models. As online course platforms proliferate, institutions of all shapes and sizes realize that they’ll need to translate content into digital forms.

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Udemy Course Coursera MOOC 163

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Phil Hill, a prominent edtech consultant, told me that because Africans are forced to introduce mobile, not as an add-on, but as a priority, “from day one, Africans optimize digital learning for mobile. Some observers predict that mobile learning will be the principal mode in Africa in this decade.

Online Learning 158

Online Learning Learning Mobility Blackboard 158

Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

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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MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 89

GoConqr

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

But that hasn’t stopped us from asking a number of experts in education and technology to gaze into their crystal balls and share their thoughts on one major EdTech trend we can expect to see lighting up learning and one major challenge that education will face in 2016. Mobile learning. GoConqr Click To Tweet. GoConqr Click To Tweet.

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Technology Trends Education Gamification 75

Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2019

Here’s a look at the latest edtech crop. Everyone is trying to make education online, but we’ve seen the rise and fall of MOOCs,” says Payne, 32. ScholarMe is still fundraising to hire on engineers to build a mobile app. The accelerator provides companies with $150,000 in seed funding for 7 percent of the company.

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Company Education MOOC Course 149

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Edtech companies use these buzzwords to describe the next generation of learning tools. Without imposed schedules, proximity to peers, or physical classrooms, even the best-intentioned students never make it through a MOOC or fail to reengage with the educational app they downloaded. “Self-paced.” Harness the power of social proof.

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MOOC Learning EdTech Course 60

Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 2, 2019

But how do they compete with resources like MOOCs and OERs that have made high quality course content from respected university professors available for free? When students started migrating towards used textbooks, rentals, MOOCs and OER due to the high prices of printed textbooks, it affected the revenues of traditional book publishers.

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OER Education MOOC Adaptive Learning 16

Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

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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MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 32

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary? Carmona, Lead Contract English Instructor Student-Generated Apps for Mobile Devices – can they enhance higher levels of understanding? Derek Barkalow, Ph.D.

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STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 43

TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

Planned obsolescence of mobile technology. Falling cost of mobile devices, which impacts what’s affordable, who shows up to school with what on their own, school budgets, etc. MOOCs, nanodegrees, etc. The ubiquity of Google search and its impact on curriculum knowledge demands. 1:1 as a standard rather than a luxury.

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Examples Classroom Maker Movement Social Media 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Magda Galloway Global Education Discourses in International Student Mobility - Uttam Gaulee, Krishna Bista Global Learning Collaboration in a Less Tech World - Dr. Reynaldo L. Jack Haskell How to Globally Mobilize High School Students to Actualize the United Nations SDGs. Ping Gao, Ph.D.,

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Conference Education Case Study Mobility 4

Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 28, 2017

I actually did this for one of my Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). Find out more about mission minded learning in my new book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions in Your Classroom. Find several syllabus infographics for various subjects here. Gamify your syllabus!

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Digital Badges MOOC Exercises Digital Learning 343

Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2016

It was an edtech entrepreneur’s dream on Wednesday at Intel’s Education Accelerator Demo Day. Currently in beta testing, KiraKira plans to begin raising a $2 million seed round in January—the same time it’s planning to launch a mobile app. It’s the eighth startup project for CEO Cy Megnin, who’s raised $500,000 for the company so far.

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EdTech Meeting Education Company 60

Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2017

They were incredibly hardworking people, but the ones creating the most significant social impact in the world were also often too busy to finish a MOOC. An anesthesiologist trainee in Somalia could use a mobile phone to record himself setting up an operating tray and then submit it for assessment to trained experts.

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Online Learning Course MOOC Udemy 144

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 26, 2015

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. MOOCs are great ideas, but assessment and feedback loops and certification are among the many issues holding them back.

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Examples MOOC E-rate Dropout 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Aftermath of the MOOC wars: Can commercial vendors support creative higher education ? Via Edsurge : “ Salesforce Announces Mobile App for Advising at Dreamforce.” A Techcrunch op-ed : “Why edtech can’t grow as much as healthtech.”

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Education MOOC Report Facebook 66

Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2017

Dreamit Edtech network to get their “lemon lists” of concepts, statements, and business models that edtech entrepreneurs may want to think twice—or thrice—about. Hint: “It’s mobile,” “We have a better UI,” and “It’s for millennials” are not the answers. Student engagement and retention mobile apps. Graveyard Ideas.

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EdTech LMS Facebook Chegg 118

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

To get a glimpse into what the next 12 months will hold for everything from professional development to digital learning, and from communication to virtual reality, 15 ed tech luminaries looked back on 2016 edtech trends to help predict what’s in store for 2017. MOOCs continued to increase in number and attendance.

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Trends EdTech MOOC Smartphone 111

Hack Education

AUGUST 17, 2018

Via The Washington Post : “Going mobile: The government’s most crucial financial aid form.” ” One huge problem with the new mobile version of the FAFSA : you can’t use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool on it. And that makes the mobile app pretty useless, IMHO. .” The Business of Financial Aid.

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Education Robotics Facebook Moodle 49

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Here’s The Chronicle headline from then : “Professor Leaves a MOOC in Mid-Course in Dispute Over Teaching.”) Good thing I never did anything in those MOOCs, otherwise I'd be losing my work. Remember Richard McKenzie?

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Education MOOC Company Report 49

Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via WCTI12.com ” “ MOOCs Started Out Completely Free. Via the Udacity blog : “ Udacity Launches Mobile Developer Education with Facebook at F8.” “Can a District Disrupt the Edtech Industry ?” Where Are They Now?”

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Education MOOC Facebook Report 45

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

.” 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 ? Upgrades and Downgrades.

Education 47

Education Khan Academy Robotics MOOC 47

Hack Education

JULY 22, 2016

Via Edsurge : “ Republican Party Platform Addresses Education, Nods to Edtech.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). The company, which helps universities build mobile apps, has raised $17.4 (More on private student loans in the “upgrades and downgrades” section below.).

Education 40

Education Report Company Software 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2016

’” Online Education, Beyond “MOOCs” Via Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill : “The Remarkable Transformation at UF Online.” Via Edsurge : “Overcoming Hacking and Cybercrimes – The Next Obstacle to Edtech.”

Education 40

Education Report Android Libraries 40

Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via EdScoop : “Edtech and industry leaders say they’re stuck if they can’t scale.” Via Education Week : “Thousands of Android Mobile Apps Improperly Track Children, Study Says.”

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Education Pearson Edmentum lynda.com 43

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. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Hack Education

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the HR section below. ” Even more depressing, this look at behavioral modification to do corporations’ bidding offered by Edsurge : “What Do Edtech and IKEA Have in Common? ” Contests and Awards.

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Education MOOC Company Chegg 50

Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

” Apparently the FAFSA will soon be available on mobile devices. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” These headlines just kill me. ” More MOOC data in the “research” section below. .” Also from the Department of Education’s press office : “U.S.

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Education Knewton Company MOOC 47

Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Why Haven’t MOOCs Eliminated Any Professors?” ” “ Zynga and USC enter social and mobile game design partnership,” says Education Dive. “​ Intel Hits Pause on Edtech Accelerator,” says Edsurge.

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Edmodo Education Knewton Pearson 46

Hack Education

AUGUST 26, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “Why America’s MOOC pioneers have abandoned ship” by Jonathan Rees. “ MOOCs Are Dead. Via Edsurge : “Why Your Financial Advisor Doesn’t Recommend Edtech Stocks.” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.

Education 40

Education Khan Academy MOOC Company 40

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The LA Times asks , “ In this digital self-help age, just how effective are MasterClass ’s A-list celebrity workshops?” Via KQED’s Mindshift : “ MIT’s Scratch Program Is Evolving For Greater, More Mobile Creativity.”

Education 46

Education LMS Robotics Coursera 46

Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs are back in the headlines again. Via Edsurge : “The Second Wave of MOOC Hype Is Here, and It’s Online Degrees.” Via Common Sense Media : “2018 State of EdTech Privacy Report.” ” asks NJ.com. Shrug emoji.

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Education MOOC Social Media Report 46

Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

Where Is the Office of EdTech ?” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). To borrow from Jello Biaffra, “MOOCs aren’t dead, they just deserve to die.” ” From Edsurge : “How Blockbuster MOOCs Could Shape the Future of Teaching.” “The Dept.

Education 45

Education Microsoft MOOC Coursera 45