EdTech4Beginners

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

More class time can be spent on the craft of editing – especially when film editing software can now be found on the same tablet or smartphone device that the footage was shot on. Many teachers are using virtual learning environments to teach film-making online. Open Ended Education.

Technology 202

Technology Flipped Classroom Classroom MOOC 202

Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2020

A Need for More Strategic Online-Learning Capacity Following the sudden move to online and remote learning across all of American higher education last spring, many community colleges will be operating online this fall. One example is Calbright , the new online community college in California.

Digital Badges 216

Digital Badges MOOC Trends Industry 216

Edsurge

JULY 17, 2020

On Wednesday, CampusLogic, a provider of financial aid software to colleges and universities, raised $120 million. Founded in 2012 by two Stanford University professors, Coursera was one of a trio of startups that spearheaded the hype around massive open online courses, or MOOCs, for short. education technology company in 2020.

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Coursera Course Company MOOC 162

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

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

“Before, our only options were to send people to a training, sit in a course, and learn the material–whether from a university or a week-long certification,” says Shelly Holt, vice president of global learning for SAP, a leading enterprise-software company. According to the Association for Talent Development, U.S.

Coursera 162

Coursera lynda.com Training MOOC 162

ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 1, 2019

When implementing blended learning within the classroom, teachers may have to produce additional materials for the pupils to use. In order to reduce the amount of new content a teacher needs to make, YouTube videos, MOOC s, multiple choice questions and web-based resources can be combined. What is a blended learning approach?

Blended Learning 162

Blended Learning Learning Khan Academy MOOC 162

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Before the invasion of the internet, the university comprised a secure, single identity; now—with about a third of college students online —the American college is bifurcated. Just the other day, Purdue University, in partnership with Kaplan and edX, announced three new MOOC-based engineering degrees for under $25,000.

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MOOC Kaplan Coursera Report 121

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

based online learning platform provider, raised $103 million in a Series E round. Last year, Great Hill also put in $110 million in Connexeo , a provider of school administration and payment software. Trilogy Education, which provides software-training bootcamps for universities, was acquired for $750 million by 2U.

EdTech 162

EdTech Coursera Knewton Analysis 162

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

One article reported that Udacity, a company that creates large-scale online courses, budgeted $200,000 per course, while edX charged $250,000 for its design and consulting services. With reports citing such whopping numbers to go online, it’s no wonder some senior academic officers are anxious to jump in.

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Course Software Company Online Learning 161

TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 5, 2021

Members of a social forum or learning community online (e.g., ’ Students learning (independently) to play chess using the same chess program/software to learn, then playing one another randomly is a kind of asynchronous learning community. ” The post What Is An Asynchronous Learning Community?

Learning 144

Learning Groups Course MOOC 144

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Smart tools like lesson software that adjusts to students’ responses (and automatically provides more practice when they stumble) can enable increasingly specific levels of independence. Software can also integrate student data into teacher programs to help them track progress in ways unthinkable several years ago.

Personalized Learning 106

Personalized Learning Education Khan Academy Elementary 106

Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2017

Discovering MOOCs in 2012 lit a fire under me. But the article that resonated the most was Amy Ahearn’s: The Future of Online Learning Is Offline: What Strava Can Teach Digital Course Designers. Try building a MOOC to meet that challenge—I’d love to read about it! The interview, “ Why U.

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MOOC Learning Trends EdTech 75

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. TurnItIn was founded at UC Berkeley.)

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Blackboard Coursera LMS ProctorU 98

Marketplace K-12

JUNE 27, 2016

The three biggest reasons pre-K-12 educators took online professional development courses in the past year were to learn how to use digital devices, how to use the educational software that goes on them, or to find out more about classroom behavior or management, according to a new study. Looking to Land a District PD Contract?

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Course Study Survey Digital Badges 53

Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2017

This isn’t like the argument over whether “Course Management System” is a more accurate description than “Learning Management System,” or whether “distance learning” conveys a misleading sense of the learning experience while “online learning” is more neutral. Learning interventions can, though.

Personalized Learning 60

Personalized Learning Adaptive Learning Learning MOOC 60

Perry Hewitt

APRIL 15, 2018

Enable and reward cross-disciplinary learning. Media interest in formalized online learning, or “peak MOOC,” occurred in about 2012, and with it the mandate that everyone must learn to code.

Industry 60

Industry MOOC Software STEM 60

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

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 may be the hardware or the operating system (OS), even a web browser or other underlying software, as long as the program code is executed in it. It’s now an LMS too.

Technology 63

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 63

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 22, 2019

She is currently working on her upcoming book Libraries Supporting Online Learning: Digital Literacy, Open Access and Local Connectivity from ABC-CLIO. Her research interests include online instructional design, discovery and digital literacy. Spring Summit, The Emerging Future: Technology and Learning.

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Libraries Conference Elsevier Technology 31

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2014

- Jason LeDuc The influence of the Learning Commons on the university libraries’ missions - Estelle Beck, Librarian, LIS Master Student 3:00pm 3D printing at the Reference Desk - Rachel Collier, Adult Services Librarian Conceptions of Research: Implications for Information Literacy Instruction - Andrea Baer, Undergraduate Education Librarian Harvesting (..)

Libraries 64

Libraries Conference eBook Mobility 64

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

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Similarly, while the term “personalized learning” has been used among educators for a long time, its presence in this report as a “thorny challenge” indicates that merely adapting the pace of a student’s learning with software doesn’t achieve the full potential of what it means to make learning personal.

Trends 28

Trends Technology Robotics Report 28

TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Blended learning is a learning model that combines digital and face-to-face learning experiences. ” It is generally accepted that there are four models of blended learning: Rotation, Flex, A La Carte, and Enriched Virtual. Mobile Learning. Genius Hour. Google Apps for Education. Google Classroom.

Technology 40

Technology Learning BYOD Digital Citizenship 40

Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Many punk educators are finding viable and for them, more acceptable alternatives to proprietary software, structured courses and closed journals, and instead are devoting their energy to creating new approaches including open software, open courses (including the original C-MOOCs) and open publishing with free tools.

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MOOC VLE Learning Social Media 28

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2019

He’s the guy who coined the term MOOC, short for Massive Open Online Course, which then was a reference to multiplayer video games. Yeah, I quite disagree,” added Maria Andersen, CEO and co-founder of Coursetune, a company that makes software designed to help colleges redesign their curriculum.

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MOOC Course Meeting Company 167

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2014

Thursday, April 24th at 7am Learning Revolution Keynotes , Don''t miss Pat Farenga on "What is the role of the teacher when children learn on their own?" Teacher-librarian, Selena Jensen, is looking for a comprehensive fashion design software program to help high school baseball players design their own uniforms.

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Conference Digital Citizenship Libraries Learning 51

Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2016

It’s simple to talk in the abstract about badges and blockchains, software and scale, Moocs and their manifest destiny. But it’s hard to discuss the ethics of online learning when one of our own can’t get wifi in Eastern Europe. Since every conversation was student-driven, our differences drove the conversation.

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Adaptive Learning Facebook Conference MOOC 60

Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

“Free College” Via Edsurge : “For Free Community College , Online Learning Isn’t Always Part of the Recipe for Success.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” ECOT is the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, a failed online charter school.

Education 50

Education Company MOOC Report 50

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” The Online Learning Consortium finds students prefer online learning (contrary to other surveys that find they do not. ” Via the AP : “2 ex- El Paso schools administrators guilty in testing scam.”

Education 50

Education Coursera Microsoft Company 50

Hack Education

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). A glimpse : “In China ’s Silicon Valley, Edtech Starts at the ‘MOOC Times Building’ ” Via Class Central : “By The Numbers: MOOCs in 2018.” “ Can Online Learning Help Higher Ed Reverse Its Tuition Spiral?

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MOOC Education Elsevier Report 80

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via Education Week : “ FUNecole : Social-Emotional Learning Meets Computer Science and Digital Literacy.” ” Any piece of education software or curriculum that puts “fun” in its name is not. on Coursera.”

Education 55

Education Coursera Facebook MOOC 55

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Tony Bates looks at “Brexit and online learning in Europe.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). From the edX blog : “How to be a Better Learner: Determine Your Learning Style.” ” Try learning styles, maybe. MOOCs losing their mojo? Priorities.

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

JULY 15, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Are MOOCs Forever ?” Via Education Week : “Ed-Tech Software Group Objects to Messages in Feds’ #GoOpen Campaign.” ” asks The Chronicle of Higher Education in an interview with Coursera’s Daphne Koller.

Education 40

Education Blackboard Common Core MOOC 40

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Brown University joins edX. “ Y Combinator MOOC for Tech Startups Attracts Thousands of Views,” says Campus Technology. Not sure why this is called a MOOC. I wrote about social-emotional learning (algorithms) as a “trend to watch.”

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

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.

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Although sometimes talked about as a “movement,” Mozilla’s Open Badges Project was really more of a technical specification, one that was transferred from Mozilla to IMS Global Learning Consortium in 2017. And “free” doesn’t last. Without revenue the company will go away.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

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