Educator Innovator

MAY 12, 2014

using social media tools. In #TeachDoNow, participants will engage in weekly discussions designed to promote deep discussions among formal and informal educators. The goals of this MOOC are to: Engage participants in relevant and important conversation around issues critical to 21st century learning.

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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. There are many stories of people developing and sustaining friendship, or even romance and eventual marriage, after ''meeting'' on a social media site. Distance Education social media relationships MOOCs Twitter FaceBook'

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Educator Innovator

MAY 12, 2014

using social media tools. In #TeachDoNow, participants will engage in weekly discussions designed to promote deep discussions among formal and informal educators. The goals of this MOOC are to: Engage participants in relevant and important conversation around issues critical to 21st century learning. MOOC Ends August 17.

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MOOC Digital Citizenship Social Media Common Core 34

EdTechnocation.com

APRIL 2, 2014

Here is my Unit 2 reflection for the MOOC-Ed, Coaching Digital Learning: Cultivating a Culture of Change. What do you see as the most important advantages of adding social media tools to your personal learning network? Each social media tool provides its own advantages to any PLN.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

And he thinks that the writing students do for their Instagram accounts and social media is actually great. Because there's no information I can give students about writing that will help them write better. Watch a live taping of the podcast on April 8 and 9 at the ASU GSV Summit (or online). Check out details and RSVP here.

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Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2018

Or, as Aneesa Davenport, Social Media & Analytics Manager for EdSurge, suggested, perhaps give them a periodic “check-up?” We don't want a student to see the are on track to get a C and quit, rather than use the information about how to change track.” How do we keep algorithms in check?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 25, 2012

The conference general information page is HERE and call for presentation proposals and instructions for Learning 2.0 Huge thank to the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at San José State University, the founding conference sponsor! Learning 2.0 as well as a special educational start-up "pitchfire" event. can be found ?

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 9, 2013

From individual students learning informally by browsing on their handhelds, to small flipped classrooms, to vast groups of learners following a programme of study on massive online open courses ( MOOCs ), education is changing to become learner driven. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2017

I could see that my students were distracted by social media during the lecture. For independent learners, platforms like MEDSKL and MRU present free course opportunities similar to those of MOOCs, but with a few distinctions.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Informal and self regulated learning are defining characteristics of 21 st Century education. Hase and Kenyon’s (2007) conceptualisation of self determined learning - or heutagogy - places the emphasis on non-linear, self-directed forms of learning, and embraces both formal and informal education contexts.

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Bryan Alexander

MAY 18, 2022

So I started asking around, bugging individuals and querying social media. Udemy – the MOOC provider may let users create classes there. A client asked me this question last week, and I really didn’t have a solid answer ready to hand, since most of my work to date has involved institutions.

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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. They’re not supposed to ask you for that information! Figure out where they live on and offline.

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EdTech Company Facebook Course 108

Tom Murray

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

When I got connected on social media, my lens was expanded and I became aware additional organizations, as well as their supporting tools and resources. During my time as a public school employee, I’d occasionally hear about educational organizations that were working to support schools in some capacity.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 30, 2011

One of the best ideas in the book is where Kamenetz suggests that ideas travel faster over informal networks than they ever could within the closed silo of an organisation or department. Kamenetz eulogises over blogs which she describes as nodes in a vast, informal network of learning and opportunity.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 27, 2012

For Alec, the end goals of open teaching are "social, collaborative, self-determined, and sustained, life-long learning." Alec Couros is an Associate Professor of educational technology and media at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina.

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Blackboard MOOC Digital Citizenship Social Media 52

Hack Education

APRIL 30, 2020

Many of these companies were launched circa 2013 — that is, in the tailwinds of "the Year of the MOOC," with the belief that an increasing number of students would be learning online and that professors would demand some sort of mechanism to verify their identity and their integrity. Who's cheating the time-clock, that is.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

edX - www.edex.org - MOOC site, courses are all free, people who teach the courses are from Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, University of Texas, etc. Coursera is another option for higher ed MOOCS. Close to 10% of students got into MIT by excelling in a MOOC. Use every bit of social media that you can.

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The Principal of Change

JULY 5, 2017

“Critical thinking” in 1970 might look significantly different to today in a world of information overload, as do the others. Thanks for your time to look over my information; it would be a true pleasure to work for your organization. I am blogging to learn here, not to necessarily share learning. Bear with me.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 10, 2012

To receive more information about volunteering, please join the volunteer group HERE. PRESENTING: The Learning 2.0 Conference is a unique chance to participate in a global conversation on rethinking teaching and learning in the age of the Internet. Special volunteer training is provided!

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2016

We can hope that a long list of courses in a drop down menu format will be shelved in favor of a user-friendly interface full of video, engaging content and search engines that allow learners to find the most relevant information they need in the online space.

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Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Historical origins of the information age : I think it’s important to ground our understanding of technology by beginning…well, in the beginning. Friedman and the rest of the uncritical MOOC cheerleaders) or dystopian views. This is a large and rapidly growing body of research with many summaries and literature reviews.

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Technology MOOC Industry Social Media 71

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 20, 2014

Education always has been more than information dissemination or publishing, but now we have the tools, at low costs and globally available to make participatory learning possible. I’m especially interested in social media that can be used to go beyond the often institutional centric LMS systems. What are your views on MOOCs?

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E-rate Conference Social Media Study 73

Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

” Some of these experimental sites included MOOCs and coding bootcamps. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Class Central’s Dhawal Shah, writing in Edsurge : “ MOOCs Find Their Audience: Professional Learners and Universities.” State and Local) Education Politics.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Everyone is invited to participate in this FREE forum designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide. To be kept informed of the latest conference news and updates, please ?join We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses. join the Library 2.0

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 27, 2016

3) How are MOOCs and other massive open study opportunities changing or influencing out thinking as educators? Are we in danger of being left behind if our organisation/institution is not involved in MOOCs? What can we learn from the open and free social media tools we use? 4) Is open content truly 'free'?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

PROJECT: Student Visits-Exchanges-Collaborations PROJECT: MOOCs PROJECT: Google Helpouts PROJECT: Uniting Around One Social Cause PROJECT: International Co-Teaching A summary of today''s sessions is shown below in US-Eastern Standard Time (GMT/UTC-5). General conference information is posted here.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

He’s credited with co-teaching the first MOOC in 2008, introduced the theory of “connectivism”—the idea that knowledge is distributed across digital networks—and spearheaded research projects about the role of data and analytics in education. Blogs, wikis and social media, on the other hand, are distributed across networks.

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Digital Learning Technology MOOC Learning Analytics 60

Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

And the MOOC numbers look like they’re rising. Unless the worm turns globally, I’d expect planet MOOC to keep growing in 2016. Another is that we see libraries fighting hard for new information habits , especially as tv news descends even further into the muck. Social media is something higher ed is ambivalent about.

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Trends Technology MOOC Education 40

Educator Innovator

JUNE 27, 2014

If you’re interested in transforming your own community into a citywide campus for learning, you can find out more information on how to do that at the Cities of Learning website. The MOOC is nonsequential, so anyone can join at any time. But the kids don’t get to have all the fun. Your learning will be directed by you.”

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Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Historical origins of the information age : I think it’s important to ground our understanding of technology by beginning…well, in the beginning. Friedman and the rest of the uncritical MOOC cheerleaders) or dystopian views. This is a large and rapidly growing body of research with many summaries and literature reviews.

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Technology MOOC Industry Social Media 49

Educator Innovator

JUNE 27, 2014

If you’re interested in transforming your own community into a citywide campus for learning, you can find out more information on how to do that at the Cities of Learning website. The MOOC is nonsequential, so anyone can join at any time. But the kids don’t get to have all the fun. Your learning will be directed by you.”

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MOOC Digital Badges Maker Movement Education 34

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 12, 2015

With technology changing so rapidly, how can libraries, organizations, and individuals stay abreast of the economic, social, and ethical ramifications of innovations and prepare successfully for the future? The MOOC had a massive global reach, but “there is a need to continue to prepare for the emerging future,” stated Alman.

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Libraries MOOC Technology Blackboard 28

ProfHacker

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Important, in my view, is to not only connect with them in formal course spaces, but to find a small number of people you are willing to communicate with privately and informally (this could still be within course spaces, or you may choose to go elsewhere like email or social media – it’s up to you). Check in often.

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Online Learning Learning Social Media MOOC 40

Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 7, 2015

The majority of the tools mentioned in this post and the four earlier posts in our series, transform the student experience from passive consumers of information to active creators of content, employing multiple English Language Arts standards and skills along the way. We firmly believe this ought to be the new norm in the modern classroom.

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

From the University of South Africa and the British Open University in the sixties to modern mega-universities, virtual universities and even Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs), the massification of education at a distance has progressively advanced as technology gives the impetus. We can look back and take stock. Far from it.

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Learning Technology Support Course MOOC 57

Learning with 'e's

MAY 20, 2015

There were posts about the Anatomy of PLEs , their functionality , their role as a counterpoint to the institutional Learning Management System, and also their relationship to MOOCs and Connectivism. We were all excited about the potential of PLEs, their subversive nature and their inherent informality.

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PLE MOOC Social Media Personal Learning Network 28

Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I kicked things off with a survey of major technological developments in a very top level way, then dived into specific, currently used digital tools (the LMS, ePortfolios, video, robotics, big data, social media, 3d printing, etc.). But participants were very, very engaged from the start. Rebecca Davis , J.

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