Perry Hewitt

JULY 3, 2015

The first few years of widespread access to MOOCs have created a data trove for researchers. The first one: MOOC students are diverse, but trend toward autodidacts. Google released a real-time trends feature to provide live data on the 100 billion searches conducted each month.

MOOC 60

MOOC Trends Facebook Data 60

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.

Udemy 163

Udemy Course Coursera MOOC 163

Perry Hewitt

MAY 22, 2015

For those of you already planning your Memorial Day driving routes, Google Maps has released useful, new features alerting users to delays and detours as you enter your destination. Related trivia: Google Maps also released the top destinations from Memorial Day 2014. Now you can search for topics and hashtags directly within Google.

MOOC 60

MOOC Twitter Trends Google 60

ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 1, 2019

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. MOOC-style lessons, webinars and using open-access tools like Google’s G-Suite or Microsoft’s Learning Tools are all options.

Blended Learning 170

Blended Learning Learning Khan Academy MOOC 170

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. But instead of using a tool like WebEx or GoToWebinar, we use Slack , a mobile messaging platform. Sourcing a Challenge.

Meeting 74

Meeting MOOC Course Examples 74

EdTechSandyK

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Example: WeVideo for Google Drive.) Are you designing for mobile? Ex: Google Apps accounts). Standford MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence - 180,00 enrolled; 6,000 have completed mobiMOOC - Course where participants self-organize based on their interests in mobile learning.

Technology 69

Technology Learning Mobility Tablets 69

EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Another is the rise of the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) or online instructional platforms like edX, Coursera, or Udacity. Although we may make much of college dropout successes, remember this: The biggest Internet Age success of all — Google — was started within a graduate program, as a Ph.D. Or must they take a leave of absence?

Dropout 80

Dropout Digital Badges Coursera MOOC 80

The Principal of Change

APRIL 30, 2017

There are a million ways that you can use google forms, but the ability to use “google forms” is not innovative’; it is what you do with it that creates the innovative practice in the classroom. I am not about absolutes, so if you do a multiple choice exam here and there, I am fine with it, but it is not innovative.

Education 75

Education iPhone Edcamps MOOC 75

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2014

Updates Partner Spotlight Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings NMC Navigator Top Ten Conversations Final Notes Updates Did you miss the annoucement of our Online Summit Featuring Google for Education? We’re taking Google education summits online! Is your library mobile friendly? September 6th + 7th!

Google 45

Google Game-Based Learning Conference Libraries 45

The Principal of Change

DECEMBER 13, 2018

If you’re thinking you don’t have the time, remember that your technology is mobile. For example, at Google, once employees are two or three years out of college, their grades have no bearing on their performance. (Of Of course, it must be said that if you got D’s, you probably didn’t end up at Google.).

Education 70

Education MOOC Tablets Laptops 70

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 23, 2011

He also mixed in constructivism, ZPD, Macbooks, cell phones, Google Apps and more. link] INTRODUCTION TO THE EPCOP MOOC ( Australia Series ) Wed 27 Jul 06:00AM New York / Wed 27 Jul 10:00AM GMT / Wed 27 Jul 08:00PM Sydney Coach Carole. How do you create a MOOC? Join us online to unpack the EpCoP MOOC. Why not?”

Blackboard 40

Blackboard MOOC BYOD Groups 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Saturday, March 1st at 12pm CR20 LIVE Weekly Show - Google Forms in the Classrooms , Classroom 2.0 Monday, March 3rd at 8pm TL Virtual Cafe: Breaking Down Library Walls , Learn how to use Google Hangout and Edmodo and more to break down the library walls and connect with other people from around the world. Learn more here. Thanks, Ted!

Libraries 47

Libraries Google Common Core Conference 47

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2011

Meet the ATLAST Explore participants and start networking using Google+. Session will also include a brief how-to on Google+ and a brainstorming activity of ways to implement Google+ with students. In this presentation, I will guide participants step by step on sign up and download Mendeley to their computer/mobile devices.

Blackboard 48

Blackboard MOOC Digital Citizenship Secondary 48

Bryan Alexander

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Mobile , n. MOOC , n. It seems to include little start-up companies like Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and others. A strange new technology, the reality of which can be fended off or ignored through the LMS, proprietary databases, non-linking mobile apps, and judicious use of login requirements.

Technology 40

Technology LMS Education MOOC 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

But as successive refinements improve them to the point that they start to steal customers, they may end up reshaping entire industries: classified ads (Craigslist), long distance calls (Skype), record stores (iTunes), research libraries (Google), local stores (eBay), taxis (Uber) and newspapers (Twitter).” MOOCs, nanodegrees, etc.

Examples 40

Examples Classroom Maker Movement Social Media 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2014

4:00pm Do you have what it takes to manage an eBook library?

Libraries 57

Libraries Conference eBook Mobility 57

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.

MOOC 32

MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 32

Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 7, 2015

isn’t simply limited to YouTube either (though it does work seamlessly there); Khan, Vimeo, and several MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) platforms work as well. Additionally, the tool connects with a person’s Google Drive account, so it’s perfect for Google Apps For Education districts around the world. About the Authors.

Tools 52

Tools Edcamps Social Media Video 52

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.

STEM 43

STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 43

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Participatory, hyperlinked library services; DIY and maker movements; emerging technology in academic and research libraries; Google Glass—our Library 2.014 conference covered a broad range of topics and these were among the most notable. Join this free Library Journal webcast covering the highlights of each one and offering key takeaways.

Libraries 46

Libraries Maker Movement Conference Learning 46

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2014

Tag your questions #eduquestion or post them on our Facebook page or Google+ community. Is your library mobile friendly? asks educators/teachers to show how they are using Internet software or sites and mobile apps in innovative and creative ways in their teaching. How does your library manage digital collections?

Conference 46

Conference Digital Citizenship Learning Libraries 46

Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 7, 2015

isn’t simply limited to YouTube either (though it does work seamlessly there); Khan, Vimeo, and several MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) platforms work as well. Additionally, the tool connects with a person’s Google Drive account, so it’s perfect for Google Apps For Education districts around the world.

Tools 36

Tools Edcamps Social Media Video 36

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

link] Digital Wish : Two new videos - The Importance of Technology in American Schools and The Need for a Shift to Mobile. Education Revolution Google+ Community 2014 MoonBots Challenge. Global Education Conference Reminder: Google Science Fair. Check them out! One Week Calendar All events are listed in US-Eastern Standard Time.

Conference 46

Conference Education Learning Common Core 46

TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

So self-guided inquiry-based and mobile learning. Google Earth. I can see that happening with school. So much of that stuff is just up for grabs.” Adaptive learning apps. Smarter Every Day on YouTube. Learning simulations. Dosomething.org. Khan Academy. Learning here becomes less about curriculum and more about possibility.

Khan Academy 40

Khan Academy Libraries MOOC eBook 40

Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 28, 2017

I actually did this for one of my Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). Start with this free Google Syllabus Template , then include links to resources, tools, and assessments related to the assignment. Read a step by step approach from an instructor with lots of examples here. Gamify your syllabus! Transform activities into missions.

Digital Badges 343

Digital Badges MOOC Exercises Digital Learning 343

Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2016

raised more than $9 million in a recent Series A round , and handheld wireless sensor company PocketLab is now teaming up with Google to bring the pocket-sized lab equipment to the Google Science Journal. Using a patented scanner technology, the tool allows teachers to grade assignments in seconds using a mobile device or tablet.

EdTech 60

EdTech Meeting Education Company 60

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Aftermath of the MOOC wars: Can commercial vendors support creative higher education ? Google had a big press event this week too, unveiling shiny stuff to a cheering crowd of stenographers. Raise $146.1 A Wi-Fi system.

Education 66

Education MOOC Report Facebook 66

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.

Examples 40

Examples MOOC E-rate Dropout 40

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

The free assessments include Google Docs assessments to copy and digital rubrics to download. Using everyday digital content, the COR paper and online assessments directly connect to the questions posed in SHEG’s study and engage learners in credibility decision-making around three COR Competencies: Who’s behind the information?

Assessment 60

Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Google Apps for Education. A collection of software bundled by Google that is available on a subscription model for schools and classroom. Services include Google Drive, Google Docs, Gmail, and more. Google Classroom. Mobile Learning. ” Heautagogy. ” (11). ” (12). ” (12).

Technology 40

Technology Learning BYOD Digital Citizenship 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Also via The New York Times : “ Google Faces Internal Backlash Over Handling of Sexual Harassment.” ” Also via The New York Times : “ Google Employees Stage Worldwide Walkout.” president to retire in wake of football death.”

Education 55

Education Company Report IXL Learning 55

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. But Martin Cooper, a Motorola exec, made the first mobile telephone call in 1973, not 1983. The quotation is from 2012. And the Internet?

Trends 40

Trends Report iPhone Software 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Curious if students are allowed to use any tech products made by Oracle’s arch-nemesis, Google. “Should Teachers Get $100 For Steering Kids To Google ‘s ’ Hour of Code ’ Lesson?” Via The Chicago Tribune : Google gave $1.5

Education 48

Education Robotics Company Report 48

Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2017

Hint: “It’s mobile,” “We have a better UI,” and “It’s for millennials” are not the answers. Student engagement and retention mobile apps. But as with tutoring networks, the customer acquisition costs are much, much higher than you think, especially the ones that, like Google Adwords, can scale with you are you grow. Facebook is.

EdTech 118

EdTech LMS Facebook Chegg 118

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

They can be something everybody uses; that’s how 2012 became the year of the MOOC, and why virtual reality will no doubt be widely cited as the trend of 2016. MOOCs continued to increase in number and attendance. By Stephen Downes, National Research Council. Now there are different ways things can be a ‘trend of the year’.

Trends 111

Trends EdTech MOOC Smartphone 111

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Then there was the infamous anti-diversity memo distributed by Google engineer James Damore and leaked to the press this summer that charged that efforts the company (and the industry more broadly) had taken to address diversity were misguided as women are biologically ill-suited to computer science – which is, of course, totally b t.

Technology 60

Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 60

Hack Education

AUGUST 17, 2018

” Via the AP : “ Mississippi ’s Supreme Court says a state lawsuit against Google alleging violations of student privacy should stay in a northeast Mississippi court.” Via The Washington Post : “Going mobile: The government’s most crucial financial aid form.”

Education 49

Education Robotics Facebook Moodle 49