Bryan Alexander

MAY 18, 2022

So I started asking around, bugging individuals and querying social media. Here are the suggestions which rolled in via Twitter , LinkedIn, Facebook, email, etc. Udemy – the MOOC provider may let users create classes there. The results fascinated me. This is research and a prompt for further conversation. .”

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

Check out our growing list of MOOCs and Courses on the EdSurge Index. As for your social profiles such as Facebook and Instagram, previous wisdom used to to be to hide any trace that a hiring manager could find. Post articles and media on Facebook, Twitter, etc that is useful and interesting to your followers.

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Hack Education

APRIL 30, 2020

More personalized means more surveilled — we know this from Facebook and Amazon, don't we. This online monitoring includes tracking students' social media accounts, "listening" for menacing keywords and phrases. And this is key: the fear that students are going to cheat is constitutive of much of education technology.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 10, 2012

Just look at her profile: She is a teacher trainer, author, and international speaker, is the host of American TESOL’s Free Friday Webinars and the Social Media Community Manager for The Consultants-E. What does social media mean to you? It is basically a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course).

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Bryan Alexander

MARCH 19, 2016

Technology topics included social media, video, 3d printing, VR, internet of things, automation, and privacy. Educational technology : I noted stories about MOOCs growing, social media, 3d printing stretching across the curriculum, brainstorming about VR and automation.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 20, 2014

I’m especially interested in social media that can be used to go beyond the often institutional centric LMS systems. However, I’m not so thrilled about moving directly to commercial systems like Facebook or LinkedIn, due to privacy and ownership concerns. What are your views on MOOCs?

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ProfHacker

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Instead, we are looking at the following (not mutually-exclusive) categories: Social networks – as in tools like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and God knows what else lies in the future. We also do not want to ignore the early history of networked learning from the early days of eLearning, pre-social media and MOOCs.

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Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Friedman and the rest of the uncritical MOOC cheerleaders) or dystopian views. Rob Kling was a powerful voice in this conversation and his 1994 article “Reading ‘All About’ Computerization: How Genre Conventions Shape Non-Fiction Social Analysis” in The Information Society 10 (3) is a classic article on this topic.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

High School seniors (left to right) Hayley Striegel, Olivia Poplawski, Cheri Zheng-Fredericks and Julie Pignataro look for ways to verify information they’ve encountered on social media. My students are all about social media. Can high-school kids check the authenticity of an alarming image posted on Facebook?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Two school districts in two states are scaling back their use of the Facebook -built Summit Public Schools ’ learning management system. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). A call to rebrand MOOCs , from Edsurge. More on the news in the HR section below. ” More via Inside Higher Ed.

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ProfHacker

OCTOBER 25, 2016

But you should also offer help when you can, and if able, ask for help in community spaces such as discussion forums or Facebook groups for the course. Having informal relationships with fellow online learners is what got me through my master’s degree and every MOOC I ever participated in. Check in often.

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Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Friedman and the rest of the uncritical MOOC cheerleaders) or dystopian views. Rob Kling was a powerful voice in this conversation and his 1994 article “Reading ‘All About’ Computerization: How Genre Conventions Shape Non-Fiction Social Analysis” in The Information Society 10 (3) is a classic article on this topic.

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EdTechTeacher

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

To kick off this event, Alec Couros ( @courosa ), Associate Professor of educational technology and media at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina is giving the opening keynote. One day, Alec says that he tweeted out that he was thinking of starting a MOOC. Within a short time, he had over 2000 participants from 75 countries.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 27, 2015

The Spring Summit has been inspired by and orchestrated in partnership with Library 2.0 founding sponsor, the San Jose State University School of Information ( [link] ).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2014

See graphics for social media and follow the event to join the campaign! Tag your questions #eduquestion or post them on our Facebook page or Google+ community. Social Media for the Art & Design Classroom. She writes, Can anyone recommend a social media platform that would be suitable to use?

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2016

One mentioned that their institution used to host WordPress locally, but is now exploring externally hosted social media (Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc). He criticized the allure of universal solutions and totalizing narratives (the LMS, the MOOC). The rest of the Forum was devoted to… III. A: Jim hoped so.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2016

One mentioned that their institution used to host WordPress locally, but is now exploring externally hosted social media (Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc). He criticized the allure of universal solutions and totalizing narratives (the LMS, the MOOC). The rest of the Forum was devoted to… III. A: Jim hoped so.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

. “ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. Schools should consider the ways in which their own social media surveillance re-inscribes these sorts of violent, nationalist policies.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Claims on Social Media : Students consider the sources of a tweet and the information contained in it in order to describe what makes it both a useful and not useful source of information. Social Media Video : Students watch an online video and identify its strengths and weaknesses.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 7, 2013

Social media sites such as Twitter span huge distances to connect people around the world. My own father, now 84 years old, started a Facebook account so he could keep in touch with distant relatives in such places as New Zealand and Australia. Distance Education social media relationships MOOCs Twitter FaceBook'

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I was inspired, I think, to select that topic because talk of “platforms” was incredibly popular in Silicon Valley – it had been for a while – as companies strove to become “the next Facebook.” ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. Think Facebook.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Via The Independent : “13-year-old girl arrested after contacting clown on social media and asking him to kill her teacher.” It’s not really “free Internet,” of course – it’s Facebook as Internet. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Raise $146.1

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Nor has it stopped Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg from making “personalized learning” a centerpiece of his venture philanthropy firm’s education work or from vowing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on it. Whatever “it” is. So is “personalized learning” really a “trend”?

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). University of Nebraska political science professor Ari Kohen “liked” a photo on Facebook depicting a defaced campaign sign for Congressman Jeff Fortenberry. “Life Is Complicated: Distance Learning Helps,” says The New York Times. Thanks in advance.

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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

APRIL 3, 2017

(Turns out that “free” might not be the best business model for a for-profit company, particularly one that cannot rely on advertising the same way that other “free” products like Facebook and Google can. This is part of the push for MOOCs, we must be honest.). ” Despite raising some $87.5

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Beyond the MOOC. Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech. School and “Skills” MOOCS, Outsourcing, and Online Education. MOOCs and Anti-MOOCs. Social Media: Adoption and Crackdown. The Collapse of For-Profit Higher Education (Or Not). The Compulsion for Data. Indie Ed-Tech.

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress this week about privacy, data, monopoly power, and regulations. And there’s more Facebook-related news in several of the sections below. ” Via The Verge : “ Facebook -backed lawmakers are pushing to gut privacy law.” (National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Here we are with a President-Elect – a reality TV star – who has been supported by white nationalists, the KKK, Wikileaks, trolls, and Peter Thiel, who election was facilitated through a massive misinformation campaign spread virally through Facebook. Beyond the MOOC. Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech.

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the credential section below. Via Class Central : “Analysis of 450 MOOC -Based Microcredentials Reveals Many Options But Little Consistency.” ” That’s Westchester Square Academy in the Bronx. Because of course.

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Anil Dash and Gina Trapani announced they’re closing down their social media analytics product ThinkUp. That is, major social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter increasingly made it difficult for ThinkUp to work with their APIs.

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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.” ” I didn’t pay close attention to Facebook ’s developer event this week.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 5, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ CSU signs deal to record, broadcast classroom lectures,” says the San Francisco Examiner. Via The New York Times : “ Facebook Hires Campbell Brown to Lead News Partnerships Team.” Facebook’s contempt for public education continues.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

” “Make MOOCs great again.” ” Speaking of Peter Thiel, “ Mark Zuckerberg : Facebook fake news didn’t sway election,” USA Today reports from the Techonomy conference. ” “ Facebook ’s ‘Free’ Internet Will Harm Low-Income Consumers,” says Wired.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Buzzfeed : “ Online Charter Schools Prepare For A Trump-Era Boom.” Inside Higher Ed covers Billy Willson’s viral “I’m quitting school” rant on Facebook, in which he claimed he was leaving Kansas State University with a 4.0

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “A judge will allow Ohio ’s education department to review attendance records that could force Ohio’s largest online charter to return millions of its funding,” says the AP. .” “What does a high school diploma prove?” Go, School Sports Team!

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

“Hardly Anyone Wants to Take a Liberal Arts MOOC,” Edsurge informed its readers in February. ” The technology revolution has delivered Google searches, Facebook friends, iPhone apps, Twitter rants and shopping for almost anything on Amazon, all in the past decade and a half. and Facebook Inc. and Facebook Inc.

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