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There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalizedlearning.” “Personalizedlearning” has powerful advocates, least of which US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos who talks about it as part of her broader initiative to “rethink school.” Manufacturing Trends.
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Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Analysis of Georgia Tech ’s MOOC-inspired online master’s in computer science suggests that institutions can successfully deliver high-quality, low-cost degrees to students at scale.” ” “ Robot abuse ”?!
Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the credential section below. Via Class Central : “Analysis of 450 MOOC -Based Microcredentials Reveals Many Options But Little Consistency.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Because of course.
Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). A call to rebrand MOOCs , from Edsurge. ” “Personalizedlearning,” I believe Zuck calls this. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via NPR : “Hi, Robot : Adults, Children And The Uncanny Valley.”
” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” (So instead of “testing” we’ll have ubiquitous, non-stop surveillance / assessment via “personalizedlearning.” “What Does PersonalizedLearning Mean? Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.
“The Year of the MOOC” – I was summoned to Palo Alto, California for a small gathering to discuss the future of teaching, learning, and technology. Perhaps with this data, the MOOC providers can build a map of professional if not cognitive pathways. “Robots are coming for your job.”
Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ TU Delft Students Can Earn Credit For MOOCs From Other Universities.” ” Well, this will be useful to “personalizelearning,” won’t it. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.
The Hechinger Report on personalizedlearning : “The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The Diplomat : “ Online Learning in North Korea.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.
” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via WCTI12.com com : “Boy, 8, drives to McDonald’s after learning how online.” ” “ MOOCs Started Out Completely Free. ” Via Edsurge : “Why Language Learning Apps Haven’t Helped Struggling ELL Students.”
Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “ Personalizedlearning gives students a sense of control over chaotic lives,” says The Hechinger Report , in a very glowing look at the Summit Public Schools ’ ( Facebook -built) learning management system. Private city.
Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” If you can’t create revenue, raise venture capital. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ Gates , Zuckerberg Philanthropies Team Up on PersonalizedLearning ,” Education Week reports. The MOOC provider has now raised $210 million total.
” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” Larry Cuban on personalizedlearning : part 1 and part 2. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. .” Via Reuters : “Some U.S.
Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The Post and Courier : “ South Carolina ’s online charter schools: A $350 million investment with disappointing returns.” Via The 74 : “ Montessori Was the Original PersonalizedLearning. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.
Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “Life Is Complicated: Distance Learning Helps,” says The New York Times. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Edsurge : “ Robots Won’t Replace Instructors , 2 Penn State Educators Argue. .
Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ California Should Watch Arkansas Process for Creating New Online Institution,” says Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill. ” According to WCET , “Developing Effective Courses Using Adaptive Learning Begins with Proper Alignment.”
” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The University of Iceland has joined edX. Via Education Week : “Why Neuroscience Should Drive PersonalizedLearning ” – because of “the propagation of myths and misinformation.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.
” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “Free MOOCs Face the Music,” writes Inside Higher Ed on edX ’s decision to start charging fees. More “MOOC” news under the job training section below. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. The company has raised $21.8
Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via The New York Times : “Meet Zora, the Robot Caregiver.” .” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. Via Class Central : “ Udacity Increases Prices for Nanodegrees.”
Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). In related MOOC news, there's more on “ nanodegrees ” in the “credentialing” section below. Via Techcrunch : “ Lilwil ’s personalizedlearning engine teaches teachers how to teach.” From the HR Department.
Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Politico : Western Governors University , “the nation’s leading provider of competency-based educatio n – which the Education Department’s independent watchdog last month said violated federal student aid rules – is expanding into North Carolina.”
Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” MOOCs. “Learning Creative Learning: It’s not a MOOC , it’s a community,” says the MIT Media Lab. “A Proposal to Put the ‘M’ Back in MOOCs ” – an op-ed by Class Central ’s Dhawal Shah in Edsurge.
Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalizedlearning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Brown University joins edX.
” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via The Washington Post : “Former executives of defunct for-profit college firm ITT settle fraud charges with SEC.” ” The virtual charter school in question: ECOT. .”
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. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness. See David Kernohan’s excellent keynote at OpenEd13 for more.) But the “spying” has continued.
Via Chalkbeat : “ Betsy DeVos ’s first Detroit visit featured Girl Scouts, robots, and talk of beluga whales.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). So much MOOC news! (Or “ MOOCs Are Global. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” asks Edsurge.
” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOC news is now much more often “job training” news, so there’s more on MOOCs in that section below. ” Via the Google blog : “Learn with Google AI: Making ML education available to everyone.”
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?” “ Can personalizedlearning prevail? .”
Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “The MOOC is not dead, but maybe it should be,” says Rolin Moe. “A Response to Larry Berger’s ‘Confession’ on PersonalizedLearning ” by New Classrooms’ Joel Rose.
Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Pearson today signaled an increased focus on artificial intelligence and personalizedlearning with the appointment of former Intel executive Milena Marinova.” other drivers?
Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). From the edX blog : “How to be a Better Learner: Determine Your Learning Style.” “ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” ” Try learning styles, maybe. MOOCs losing their mojo?
Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). The startup, which something something MOOC something something, has raised $9.69 Everest Education has raised $1 million from unnamed investors for its “personalizedlearning” platform. OpenClassrooms has raised $6.74 million total.
Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Gotta keep that MOOC hype alive. “ MOOCs Find a New Audience with On-Campus Students,” Edsurge claims. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “Culturally Sensitive Robots Are Here to Care for the Elderly ,” Futurism.com claims.
” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Ed Week’s Ben Herold is a sly one because here is a headline in the form of a question that most assuredly can be answered “yes”: “ Are Companies Overselling PersonalizedLearning? Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.
Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news from Edsurge in the “job training” section below. There’s more MOOC news from Edsurge in the “job training” section below. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” More via the AP.
” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Why Haven’t MOOCs Eliminated Any Professors?” He’s referring to “ personalizedlearning ,” but might as well be any buzzword when you frame the headline that way, bud.). ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.
Via The USA Today : “Kids on winning robotics team told, ‘Go back to Mexico’ ” The kids were from Pleasant Run Elementary School in Indianapolis. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ Coursera Removes Biometric Identity Verification Using Keystroke Matching,” Class Central reports.
.” 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.”
” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). I’ve got all the “learn-to-code” news in the job training section, because let’s be honest… Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. .” Of course. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Ashford U.
Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Should Children Form Emotional Bonds With Robots? Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ RobotLearning Improves Student Engagement ,” the Communications of the ACM claims. Kiwicampus : a robot delivery service on campus. “Huh?”
Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “That Hilarious Tweet About an Instructor’s Big Mistake? ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Parla.ai – “No need to spend money on teachers – I’ll help you learn English effectively and for free!”
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