Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

With advancements in machine learning and deep learning, automation threatens forty-seven percent of the jobs in the U.S. As an example, in 2014, LinkedIn’s top ten jobs were jobs that hadn’t existed five years prior: social media intern, iOS/Android developer, cloud manager, big data architect, or UI/UX designer as examples.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

While not quite the “Year of the MOOC,” 2018 saw a resurgence in interest around the ways these massive open online courses are delivering free (and more often these days, not free) online education around the world, and how these providers are increasingly turning to traditional institutions of learning. Are You Still There?

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

A red carpet and a self-driving car were just a few of the things attendees saw on Tuesday at Intersect, the third annual conference put on by online learning provider Udacity. The new Nanodegrees also emphasize Udacity’s increasing jobs-centric approach to learning and recruiting students and clients.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Join me today, Wednesday, September 26th, for a one-hour live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar on the "true history" of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) with Dave Cormier, Alec Couros, Stephen Downes, Rita Kop, Inge de Waard, and Carol Yeager. His educational journey started in 1998 teaching little children to speak English.

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Doug Levin

MAY 12, 2015

I don’t fret much at all over some of what Clark raises: the acceptance and/or lack of broader cheer-leading for Wikipedia, MOOCs, or Khan Academy as success stories. I’m aware of some nascent efforts along these lines, but would love to learn more if others are pursuing a related path in the U.S. K-12 context.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2018

And we also mulled over thorny emerging issues, such as the role social media plays in designing our lives, and concerns about the corporatization of education. MOOCs are No Longer Massive. Once upon a time, free online courses known as MOOCs made national headlines. And They Serve Different Audiences Than First Imagined.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2022

Second, social-emotional learning. Where we haven’t spent as much time—or seen as many home run success stories—is translating social learning to online formats. If anything, we’ve gone backwards, with all the emerging mental-health challenges young people are facing due to social media usage.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Learn more at ed.unc.edu/meite, on IG @UNCmeite , and Twitter @unc_Meite. Some of the podcasters got their start making educational videos or or producing MOOCs, those free online classes that were all the rage a few years ago, but ended up not living up to the hype.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

Plus, it sounded a lot like a MOOC (short for “massive open online courses”)—free courses designed for thousands of students that were all the rage a few years ago, but which today are seen as having fallen far short of the hype. It’s a new kind of MOOC, and it’s a new kind of philosophy,” he says.

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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Notes from MOOCs for Professional Development Presentation at TCEA 2015 Dr. Kay Abernathy, Lamar University [link] Lamar University sponsored the MOOC on Social Media Communication Tools for Educators which Dr. Abernathy facilitated. You can build up to five MOOCs for free on this platform. link] What is a MOOC?

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 17, 2017

Looking to learn something new this summer? Maybe you want to develop your personal learning network on social media, read a few new books , or take a course alongside other educators. Thanks to technology, we can take learning online and collaborate with educators around the country and the world. Summer 2017.

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

We have previously explored a number of learning theories, new learning technologies, concepts around crowdsourcing, wisdom of crowds, folksonomies and user generated content, Web 2.0, mobile learning and a whole host of other themes during the course. The group wiki is here if anyone wishes to view some of their content.

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MOOC Wiki Learning Social Media 55

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

Competency-Based Learning. The definition of asynchronous learning helps us understand the need for 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.

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Examples MOOC Education Competency Based Learning 143

ProfHacker

JANUARY 19, 2016

Jargon: Someone uses the term MOOC. Most people I communicate with on Twitter are fully aware of what a MOOC is. Poor soul gets 10 different replies because everyone else knows what a MOOC is and is trying to be helpful. Of course, context matters (heavily) outside of social media. It could get embarrassing.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 9, 2013

I only provide them with the conditions in which they can learn." - Albert Einstein The social web is replete with self-organising spaces. Us and an army of similar minded volunteers who love learning, and want to share their knowledge. Yet many academics and teachers struggle with the concept of self-organised learning.

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eSpark

APRIL 7, 2022

Think of it as a cheat sheet to help you learn all you need to know about technology in the classroom! Blended learning combines traditional, in-person learning with digital learning, so that students can experience both forms. MOOC refers to a massive online open course, a type of distance learning.

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EdTechnocation.com

APRIL 2, 2014

Here is my Unit 2 reflection for the MOOC-Ed, Coaching Digital Learning: Cultivating a Culture of Change. Unit 2 focuses on the development of your PLN (Professional Learning Network) and becoming a "Connected Educator". Each social media tool provides its own advantages to any PLN.

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Educator Innovator

MAY 12, 2014

By Matt Williams, Educational Technologist, KQED #TeachDoNow is a free, collaborative learning experience offered by KQED this summer in partnership with Educator Innovator and the National Writing Project. using social media tools. To participate, please sign up at the #TeachDoNow blog and join the #TeachDoNow G+ community.

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Educator Innovator

MAY 12, 2014

TeachDoNow is a free, collaborative learning experience offered by KQED this summer in partnership with Educator Innovator and the National Writing Project. using social media tools. 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

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Informal and self regulated learning are defining characteristics of 21 st Century education. Various commentators suggest that as much as seventy percent of learning occurs outside of formal educational settings (Cofer, 2000; Dobbs, 2000; Cross, 2006). The central tenet of heutagogy is that people inherently know how to learn.

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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. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s. Unported License.

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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. A lot of it is based on my reflection of my experience learning to write as a young person sort of before the era of standardized assessments and accountability. Check out details and RSVP here.

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Software Assessment MOOC Social Media 167

Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 3, 2013

This is the fourth blog post in my series on the future of learning and technology. Automated assessment of learning through computer adaptive testing is another trend he predicts, where students are given grades based on their performance on multiple choice questions. What will be the future of school classrooms? Is he right?

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Classroom MOOC Trends Social Media 62

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 10, 2012

The Learning 2.0 Learning 2.0 It is a unique chance to participate in a global conversation on rethinking teaching and learning in the age of the Internet. Subject strands include changes in the classroom, in student learning, in teacher personal and professional growth, in schools, and in pedagogy.

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2017

I could see that my students were distracted by social media during the lecture. At the time, I’d been hearing about what Khan was doing and suddenly I realized there’s a fundamental divide between how we’ve traditionally taught medical school and how the next generation is wired to learn.”

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Bryan Alexander

MAY 18, 2022

So I started asking around, bugging individuals and querying social media. They want to create a learning experience to introduce people to a topic they’re passionate about. Learning Experience Canvas – a pdf worksheet which nicely guides you in course design. The results fascinated me.

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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?” Join the Digital Learning Network to stay up to date on all events and the latest news for highered digital learning leaders! How do we keep algorithms in check?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 25, 2012

Learning 2.0 ( [link] ) August 20 - 24, 2012 Just announced! Learning 2.0 is a unique chance to participate in a global conversation on rethinking teaching and learning in the age of the Internet. Learning 2.0 Everyone is encouraged to participate--you can present, attend, and/or volunteer to help! can be found ?

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The Principal of Change

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The first question is the following: How many of you in this room go onto your personal social media while you are working? So what does this all mean for education and learning? I remember having a conversation with a school district administrator about rethinking a professional learning opportunity for staff.

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Learning MOOC Professional Learning Social Media 57

Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2016

The corporate learning environment has been experiencing a great deal of development over recent years. Gone are the days when the organization dictated what should be learned and how. Here are some of the trends that you'll start to notice in corporate learning in the near future.

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Trends Training MOOC Learning 60

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. This is the third post in a short series meant to highlight the great work of many nonprofit organizations that are working diligently to support students’ learning on a daily basis.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

We’ve asked 3 Bett show speakers about their views on the tried-and-tested flipped classroom approach, which has been used to boost learning results from K-12 all the way through higher education for over 25 years. Dr. Neelam Parmar; Teacher & Director of E-learning for Primary & Secondary Schools. So what does this mean?

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

In the wider educational sense, autonomy has connotations of choice, including decisions about what one learns, where one learns it, and at what pace it is learnt. If the current trends continue, we can expect to see personalised learning finally realised, and any time, any place learning becoming a reality for millions.

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Flipped Classroom MOOC Trends Social Media 62

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

A researcher, theorist, educator, Siemens is the digital learning guy. 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.

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Digital Learning Technology MOOC Learning Analytics 60

Hack Education

APRIL 30, 2020

Ed-tech is not a tool that exists only in the service of improving teaching and learning, although that's very much how it gets talked about. This online monitoring includes tracking students' social media accounts, "listening" for menacing keywords and phrases. Are they logging into the learning management system?

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

that allow adults to pursue lifelong learning. Make sure to carve out time to invest in learning new things in a more focused way than you would be able to do while working hard at your day job. Check out our growing list of MOOCs and Courses on the EdSurge Index.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

Notes from the Discussion We no longer have to go to school if we want to learn. 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. Click here to see all of them.)

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