Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2016

Our experiences with our students have helped us to validate and prioritize new capabilities needed to grow our model, including UX design, software development in the MOOC space, and software development aligned with gameful learning. Design a model for agile development that leverages opportunities for discovery and scale.

Advocacy 60

Advocacy Software MOOC Learning Analytics 60

Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Skepticism about the quality of online learning could migrate to the general population. And the MOOC numbers look like they’re rising. Unless the worm turns globally, I’d expect planet MOOC to keep growing in 2016. Big data and data analytics : interest in this is widespread and has some hefty power behind it.

Trends 40

Trends Technology MOOC Education 40

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

So with these guidelines in mind, I’ve chosen six areas where edtech has made an impact this decade: Learning Management Systems. Learning analytics. Adaptive learning systems. Three types of edtech joined the “filmstrip” category in this decade: Learning Management Systems , MOOC s, and digital badges.

Digital Badges 105

Digital Badges MOOC Technology OER 105

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). I mean, one of its founders celebrated. Not sure anyone else did.)

Technology 63

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 63

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.”

Education 47

Education Robotics OER MOOC 47

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

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2017

The fact that you can carry around, in your pocket, a device that gives you access to all the information in the whole world, that must change what and how we teach. A few years ago, there was all this attention to MOOCs, and Michigan was a leader in that. Where do you see MOOCs fitting in now? You're trained as a physician.

MOOC 60

MOOC Data Training Learning Analytics 60

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

As concerns about “fake news” make clear, Silicon Valley’s influence also extends to how we access information and build knowledge; it extends to the stories we hear and share. Beyond the MOOC. School and “Skills” MOOCS, Outsourcing, and Online Education. MOOCs and Anti-MOOCs.

Technology 60

Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 60

Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). So much MOOC news! (Or “ MOOCs Are Global. Also via Edsurge : “How Harvard Is Trying to Update the Extension School for the MOOC Age.” Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

MOOC 43

MOOC Education Robotics Company 43

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “Examining ethical and privacy issues surrounding learning analytics ” by Tony Bates. .” “ Northwest Evaluation Association To Enter State Assessment Market,” says Education Week. “Is Estonia the new Finland ?”

Coursera 61

Coursera Education E-rate Company 61

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” There’s more MOOC-related research in the research section below. Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security. Most certainly food for thought touting the power of “ learning analytics.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Higher Ed and the Wall.”

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Via Politico : “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said on Wednesday that the Education Department is stonewalling its attempts to gather information about Navient as part of the CFPB’s lawsuit against the student loan giant.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Chalkbeat investigates the Indiana Virtual School : “As students signed up, online school hired barely any teachers – but founder’s company charged it millions.” ” From Edsurge : “​Invasive or Informative? For-Profit Colleges.”

Education 49

Education Facebook Company Robotics 49

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Course Signals, a software product developed by Purdue University, was designed to boost “student success” by using learning analytics to inform teachers, students, and staff to potential problems, labeling students with a red/yellow/green scheme to indicate their danger in failing a course. Course Signals.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

I was recently informed that my pointing out the relationships between politics, tech investors, and their investment portfolio constitutes an “ad hominem” attack. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs for credit ! For more on MOOCs for credit, see the “MOOCs” section above.

Education 53

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 53

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). In related MOOC news, there's more on “ nanodegrees ” in the “credentialing” section below. ” [Insert Course Signals learning analytics joke here.]. Because up ’til now, MOOCs were the most brilliant data mining app ever.).

Education 53

Education Pearson Report MOOC 53

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

A bill in Missouri would end tenure for all new faculty hires starting in 2018 and require more student access to information about the job market for majors. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” edX is offering an online master’s degree with Georgia Tech : an OMS (online master’s in science) in Analytics.

MOOC 40

MOOC Education Robotics Report 40