Mark Smithers

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Thanks to Kate Bowles ( @KateMfD ) for sending me a link to an open Coursesites web site (free registration) that has been created for the MOOC discussion at the forthcoming Universities Australia 2014 conference. There are six questions in the discussion area; these are: What have been the most significant impacts of MOOCs?

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MOOC Course Assessment LMS 62

Neo LMS

JUNE 16, 2020

Online courses, including certificates and degree programs, make it easy to learn on any schedule. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are also excellent resources, offering free classes from world-renowned universities. What areas of edtech learning should teachers focus on. Take a degree course.

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Technology Education Laptops EdTech 230

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. Look out for rhizomatic learning. The MOOC backlash. Of course I have to start with MOOCs. The MOOC backlash started in earnest in 2013. Introduction.

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MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 89

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

As online course platforms proliferate, institutions of all shapes and sizes realize that they’ll need to translate content into digital forms. Designing online learning experiences is essential to training employees, mobilizing customers, serving students, building marketing channels, and sustaining business models.

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Udemy Course Coursera MOOC 164

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

AllLearn wasn't the only online education failure of the early 2000s, of course. Columbia University invested $30 million into its own online learning initiative, Fathom, that opened in 2000 and closed in 2003. There, you can learn that this initiative was headed by one Michael M. We can debate which one. Unfathomable.

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Blackboard Coursera LMS ProctorU 98

Connecting 2 the World

JANUARY 20, 2014

There has been a lot of discussion lately about the possibility of all classes going online and MOOC''s (Massive online courses)replacing the traditional classroom. Add to this that many of the online faculty are adjunct and their is a second layer of challenges online learning adjunct faculty have.

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Strategy LMS Online Learning Blackboard 63

Mark Smithers

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Thanks to Kate Bowles ( @KateMfD ) for sending me a link to an open Coursesites web site (free registration) that has been created for the MOOC discussion at the forthcoming Universities Australia 2014 conference. There are six questions in the discussion area; these are: What have been the most significant impacts of MOOCs?

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MOOC Course Assessment LMS 32

ProfHacker

OCTOBER 25, 2016

I am working on a project (outside my institution, targeting adult learners), and was asked to provide tips for effective online learning. Some sites talk about setting up an appropriate workspace for your online learning. The best learning I have experienced online was when I wasn’t expecting it.

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Online Learning Learning Social Media MOOC 40

Bryan Alexander

MAY 27, 2016

Curt began by describing the use of MOOCs for faculty and staff development, with examples such as a University of London effort. In fact, open MOOCs can work for any population, esp. I asked how open learning works for non-professionals, citing research showing many MOOC users are already professionals and/or academics.

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Trends MOOC Coursera Education 42

Bryan Alexander

MARCH 5, 2016

We then dove into the learning management system ( LMS in the US; VLE in Europe ). Casey sees it not as a tool for learning, nor much of an administrative tool, but a content dissemination platform, “like a supermarket scanner” (cites Cat Finnegan’s research in the Virginia community college system).

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Trends LMS VLE Technology 40

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. Look out for rhizomatic learning. The MOOC backlash. Of course I have to start with MOOCs. The MOOC backlash started in earnest in 2013. Introduction.

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MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 32

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 20, 2014

When did you first become involved with research into distance education and online learning? 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. What are your views on MOOCs?

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E-rate Conference Social Media Study 73

Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

A quick round of introductions revealed some interesting trends: a growing number of liberal arts institutions are launched or growing online learning programs; many sought to find the distinct ways liberal arts institutions, and campuses pursuing liberal education, can use technology. Online learning is on the rise.

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Conference ePortfolio LMS Education 40

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2016

In education self-hosting maybe an alternative to the LMS, or a very basic, fundamental element of literacy. One participant observed that self-hosting barriers are actually not their IT department but campus administration, some faculty members, and even some e-learning staff. Hosting is now about alternatives and independence.

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Trends LMS Data MOOC 41

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2016

In education self-hosting maybe an alternative to the LMS, or a very basic, fundamental element of literacy. One participant observed that self-hosting barriers are actually not their IT department but campus administration, some faculty members, and even some e-learning staff. Hosting is now about alternatives and independence.

Trends 40

Trends LMS Data MOOC 40

Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Online learning, or the teaching formerly knows as “distance learning” Will this keep growing? Skepticism about the quality of online learning could migrate to the general population. And the MOOC numbers look like they’re rising. Educational technology trends. post-2001) web.

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Trends Technology MOOC Education 40

IT Bill

JUNE 2, 2016

For the past several years, online learning in higher education has focused on delivering a highly structured learning environment. Kozlow et al (2015) suggests that in order for autonomous learners to be successful they must possess self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies. CC-BY by Oliver Clark on Flickr.

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Digital Badges E-rate MOOC LMS 28

Learning with 'e's

APRIL 16, 2015

Don''t get me wrong, it wasn''t like MOOCs or anything, but it was a pretty strong response from a simple blog post. None of this happens in an LMS (or VLE), in fact, that systematic design of that system is anathema to all of these crucial elements of educating in the digital era. What is the secret behind the success of MOOCs?

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MOOC LMS EdTech VLE 28

Mark Smithers

AUGUST 24, 2015

In the late 90’s, learning management systems came along and universities said great, now academics don’t need to know any of that technical stuff, they can just use the web interface in the LMS. Originally I thought the academic staff member should be the creator and designer of online learning for their subjects.

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E-rate Learning LMS Course 32

Mark Smithers

AUGUST 24, 2015

In the late 90’s, learning management systems came along and universities said great, now academics don’t need to know any of that technical stuff, they can just use the web interface in the LMS. Originally I thought the academic staff member should be the creator and designer of online learning for their subjects.

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E-rate Learning LMS Course 32

Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2017

Why was the fitness app so “sticky” as opposed to the online learning platforms? How could we apply the same practices to learning? I’ve come to believe that one of the biggest misunderstandings about online learning is that it has to be limited to things that can be done in front of a computer screen.

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Online Learning Course MOOC Udemy 144

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.”) It’s not even an LMS, quite frankly – something Edmodo tried to use as a selling point for a little while. Arguably, one of the best candidates is the learning management system.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 63

Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

For some time, educators have been subverting established methods and turning their backs on institutional tools and technologies such as the managed learning environment (also known as LMS or VLE). Fast forward to today, and we see signs that the early dynamic MOOCs and other punk learning approaches are being adulterated.

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MOOC VLE Learning Social Media 28

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). From Phil Hill : “Update on UC Davis LMS Fiasco: Finishing the term with two partial systems.” ” e-Literate also posted a student’s take on the school’s LMS outage.

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Education Coursera Microsoft Company 50

Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 29, 2017

MOOCs… ah, this is fascinating. Once more I saw how the MOOC hype crash is limited to the United States. Presenter after presenter showed MOOC projects under way. Anthony Camilleri described publicly funded European higher ed’s MOOC use as “the real use case” for those classes.

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MOOC Technology Education Conference 40

Hack Education

MARCH 17, 2017

.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “A Corporate Learning Revolution” – a Coursera webinar. Are MOOCs webinars? Are webinars now MOOCs?). ” Also via Class Central : “ MéxicoX : Meet the MOOC Platform Funded by the Mexican Government.”

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Education MOOC Company Report 47

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). The New York Times on The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow , an online charter school: “Online School Enriches Affiliated Companies if Not Its Students.” ” Werner Herzog Teaches Filmmaking on the Masterclass online platform.

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Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

” “Make MOOCs great again.” ” Some of New Markets Venture Partner’s investments include BetterLesson, Credly, Civitas Learning, and Mashable. The Chinese online learning company has raised $40.14 Indonesian online education company HarukaEdu has raised $2.2 Is that possible?

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Education Common Core Company Facebook 56

Hack Education

JULY 15, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Are MOOCs Forever ?” Reasons Pokemon Go will Replace the LMS ” by Tom Woodward. Is anyone anywhere happy with their LMS?! ” asks The Chronicle of Higher Education in an interview with Coursera’s Daphne Koller.

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Education Blackboard Common Core MOOC 40

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Lots of MOOC PR appeared in the news this week. ” “What if MOOCs Revolutionize Education After All?” “Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” ” asks Edsurge.

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Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Big HR news about Coursera in the HR section below. Here’s the headline from Inside Higher Ed : “For-Credit MOOC: Best of Both Worlds at MIT ?” ” But if you look closer, it’s not a MOOC; it’s just an online class at MIT.

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Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” An op-ed in Forbes by University Ventures’ Ryan Craig : “Make Online Education Great (For The First Time).” ” Via The Financial Times : “ Coursera chief on the future of online learning and the Trump era.” Seriously?!

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Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The LA Times asks , “ In this digital self-help age, just how effective are MasterClass ’s A-list celebrity workshops?” It’s about 50 years old if you recognize some of PLATO’s functionality is LMS-like.)

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Education LMS Robotics Coursera 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Chalkbeat : “After flying under the radar, school districts’ online programs attract attention – and scrutiny.” ” Via Techcrunch : “ Amazon opens its internal machine learning courses to all for free.”

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Education MOOC Social Media E-rate 61

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” ” From the press release : “ MOOCs and books initiative launched by Springer and Federica Weblearning.” ” (Wow.

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Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Can We Design Online Learning Platforms That Feel More Intimate Than Massive? Via The Washington Post : “Former executives of defunct for-profit college firm ITT settle fraud charges with SEC.” “School shooters leave clues.

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Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43