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A Proposal to Put the ‘M’ Back in MOOCs

Edsurge

MOOCs have evolved over the past five years from a virtual version of a classroom course to an experience that feels more like a Netflix library of teaching videos. These days, most MOOC providers let learners start courses whenever they like (or on a bi-weekly or monthly basis, as Coursera does).

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. Instead of being limited to my teaching and our textbook, we’d have access to an entire planet of experts.

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Credential Blockchains Could Help Student Mobility. These 4 Efforts Explore How.

Edsurge

San Jose State Puts Blockchain on the Books How can libraries use ledgers? The San Jose State University School of Information is finding out. The institution has hosted a national forum and virtual conference and produced a MOOC and a book exploring the potential uses of blockchain technology in the field of information systems.

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Technology in Schools – Future Changes in the Classroom.

EdTech4Beginners

The appearance of massive open online courses (MOOCs) mean that it’s possible to study film-making online among other niche topics. Trips to the library, although still important, can often be seen as a barrier to keen students who want to jump into things and instantly scan through more information. Open Ended Education.

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As Corporate World Moves Toward Curated ‘Microlearning,’ Higher Ed Must Adapt

Edsurge

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. Information today is pushed so quickly at people that the landscape has fundamentally changed.”

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OPINION: When it comes to liberal-arts education, online learning changes only the tools

The Hechinger Report

For me, it was pretty easy to imagine how I’d supplement the online pre-recorded lectures from my MOOC with discussions with Wesleyan students on the Zoom platform. I never found the right way to do that in my MOOCs because there were so many students enrolled and they were not moving through the material together.

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How One Coding School Hopes to Teach Thousands of Students, Without Professors

Edsurge

Even MOOCs have a professor, even if it might be one for 100,000 people. There are many students who learn much more effectively by being able to digest the information and then teach each other. One of the first projects that students do would be to recode parts of the C library. How do you take the professor out?

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