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STEMxCon - Today Is the Final Deadline for Proposals; Great Keynotes + Sessions; Need Volunteers!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary? Rivers, Executive Director Online Communities of Practice - Are They Worth it? Cantwell, Instructional Services Librarian (Asst. Torrey Trust, Ph.D.

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The Trends and Challenges Shaping Technology Adoption In Schools

MindShift

An increasing number of educators are finding that collaborative, hands-on learning requires a different type of space than most traditional classrooms offer, and that the learning environment greatly impacts both pedagogy and student engagement.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education. As the decade went on, the arguments for surveilling students’ social media have changed several times. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). UC Berkeley says it will remove online course content in response to a Department of Justice assertion that the materials violate the ADA as they are not fully accessible to those with disabilities. .” Meanwhile on Campus. OpenClassrooms has raised $6.74

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The New York Times : “ Udacity , an Online Learning Start-Up, Offers Tech Job Trials.” And I’m not sure if Udacity now better fits here in this for-profit higher ed section, but there’s news about it in the MOOC section above.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette : “Former Pitt student, key figure in Chinese-U.S. ” Via Edsurge : “ Online Learning Consortium Releases New Scorecards to Evaluate Digital Classes.” ” Via Edsurge : “ Online Learning Consortium Releases New Scorecards to Evaluate Digital Classes.”