Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2017

Alexandra Pickett Pickett is not alone, in a study conducted in 2014 by Ithaka S+R at University System of Maryland , researchers found that when students took new MOOC courses, they expressed extreme dissatisfaction with the programs, saying they felt they learned less than their peers in traditional classes.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2023

He has ChatGPT on his phone and his iPad, and our 45-minute conversation is peppered with references to Coursera’s newest personal learning assistant, “Coach.” But learning online remains a hard nut to crack. Today’s online courses are evolved cousins of the early MOOC, or massive open online course. It creates a cadence.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2017

Personalized learning is not a product you can buy — it’s a set of strategies that teachers can implement, sometimes with the help of products that are designed to support those strategies. Personalized learning, adaptive learning, potato, potahto. That’s an argument that my.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Digging Deeper: Learning and Re-learning with Student and Teacher Minecraft Communities. Language Learning and Minecraft. Learning English in Minecraft: a case study on language competences and classroom practices. Minecraft MOOC EVO Minecraft MOOC YouTube. Ideas for Using Minecraft in the Classroom.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Credential Engine hopes its database will eventually help people discern which credentials offer the most value for personal learning and employment opportunities. But the studies differ in their approaches to analyzing the myriad options. What may sound like a meditative exercise in patience does have a practical purpose.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Their changed view — and that of others who shunned Rogers and now want in — is driven by what seems to be a magic educational elixir: personalized learning. Philanthropists, state education officials, reform advocates — even charter school leaders — are examining personalized learning. What can that look like?

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 20, 2013

However, as we become increasingly connected to each other through technology, and our social ties strengthen, so there is greater scope for students to learn together, sharing their resources and ideas, and approaching their study collaboratively. Collaborative learning does not undermine or contradict personalised learning.

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eSchool News

JULY 22, 2024

The other way we were using it was for personalized learning experiences. If a student had an interest in learning about something, and we didn’t have a teacher qualified to teach that or who had experience teaching it, we were allowing students to self-design programs of study around an area of interest through a MOOC or Coursera.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

” Tutoring is the cornerstone of technological fantasies about “personalized learning.” ” You’ll often hear its advocates invoke Benjamin Bloom’s 1984 study on “ the 2 Sigma Problem ” and claim that one-on-one tutoring is radically effective at improving student outcomes.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Related: Apprenticeships could provide a path to the middle class for millions of workers, new study says. Meanwhile, PayPal, L’Oreal, AirFrance/KLM and a number of other companies are working with Coursera , a provider of massive open online courses (MOOCs), to give employees access to online instruction.

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Wired Campus

MAY 21, 2015

An education blog whose authors believe there’s too much hype around “personalized learning” technology has posted a series of video case studies about the trend, hoping to help get beyond overheated rhetoric. The case studies, divided into short segments covering different topics, together resemble a MOOC.

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ProfHacker

DECEMBER 7, 2015

( This post is co-authored with Mia Zamora, School of English Studies, Kean University ). We are thinking of artifacts such as the early connectivist MOOCs (cMOOCs) by Siemens and Downes, and more recent ones like #rhizo14/15, #ccourses, #clmooc and such. Have you had a chance to take a look and comment?

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Hack Education

MAY 6, 2020

With the help of six newspapers and seven radio stations, the district offered broadcasts in four subjects — math, English, science, and social studies — for grades 3 through 8. Grades 7A, 8A and 8B each have broadcasts in two studies daily, and grades 3 through 7B have one each." Like a MOOC, but in the school gym.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

One recent study found “widespread acceptance of alternative credentialing programs at American colleges and universities.” Panelists in this discussion will discuss the study’s findings and the evolving attitudes towards alternative credentials in the workforce. EdSurge 9:30 a.m.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

I’ve learned Python over the last three years along with some of its related systems like NumPy and SciPy , and I’ve successfully used Python as a tool in my research. The computer is a tool for studying mathematical ideas in the same sense that a microscope is for studying biology and a telescope is for studying astronomy.

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Educator Innovator

DECEMBER 13, 2016

New media educator Howard Rheingold interviews educator Kevin Hodgson about connected learning and how educators enact its principles with technology. If you are organizing a course, MOOC, or co-learning community, daily connects are one of the most powerful and yet simple tools at your disposal. The kids were so excited.

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Linways Technologies

JANUARY 6, 2023

Benefits of Formative assessments: Provides ongoing feedback: Formative assessments allow students to receive immediate feedback on their learning and performance throughout the course, helping them identify areas for improvement and focus their study efforts.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” “Personalized learning” 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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Educator Innovator

DECEMBER 13, 2016

New media educator Howard Rheingold interviews educator Kevin Hodgson about connected learning and how educators enact its principles with technology. If you are organizing a course, MOOC, or co-learning community, daily connects are one of the most powerful and yet simple tools at your disposal. The kids were so excited.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 11, 2014

Learn more or register here and see my notes at the bottom of this post! Walden University researcher, Rose Arnell, is looking for survey participants : I am a doctoral student at Walden University and am conducting a study called, Teacher Beliefs on Self-Learning, Collaboration, and Participation in Virtual Communities of Practice.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

ABL pedagogy aims to enrich students’ academic experience and learning outcomes by connecting theory with practice, and concepts with methods, using data and insight they obtain through engagement with the larger world.” The study of teaching adults. Inside-Out Learning Model. Individualized Learning. ” (1).

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

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.” “Many are never the same.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Aftermath of the MOOC wars: Can commercial vendors support creative higher education ? It includes all the buzzwords : competency-based education, personalized learning, and even blockchain! Raise $146.1 ” Investors seem to love that. .”

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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?" Giorgio Bertini shared this article with the community, which describes theoretical learning models that encourage creativity among learners of mathematics. Learn more here.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Via Motherboard : “ New York City Passes Bill to Study Biases in Algorithms Used by the City.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). A call to rebrand MOOCs , from Edsurge. ” “Personalized learning,” I believe Zuck calls this. ” More via Inside Higher Ed.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 14, 2015

In our own time, advocates of online learning promise to level the educational playing fields with massive open online courses, MOOCs. The most compelling evidence for the democratizing power of MOOCs comes from a new generation of Horatio Alger stories, where the video lecture replaces the bootblack’s cloth.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Via The Chicago Tribune : “Almost all student loan fraud claims involve for-profit colleges , study finds.” ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The University of Iceland has joined edX. ” Via Education Dive : “Study shows Bridge GED programs help students continue on to college.”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2020

Ted Dintersmith : There was a massive gush of enthusiasm for MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), with some conviction it would revolutionize higher education. Many colleges rushed to put in place their MOOC offerings, hoping to provide meaningful free or low-cost education to a “massive” number of students. What never panned out?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

They can be something everybody uses; that’s how 2012 became the year of the MOOC, and why virtual reality will no doubt be widely cited as the trend of 2016. MOOCs continued to increase in number and attendance. By Stephen Downes, National Research Council. Now there are different ways things can be a ‘trend of the year’.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Education Dive makes claims about “ MOOCs as tools for equity in under-resourced high schools.” ” Elsewhere, more claims about “the global poor” and MOOCs (and other ed-tech companies) in Edsurge. .”

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

“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. It’s the model of human learning by someone who claims expertise in machine learning, a field of study which has aspired to model if not surpass the human mind.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

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 “personalize learning,” won’t it. McCarthyism is back,” writes David Palumbo-Liu. .”

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Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

While most of the headlines this week about Puerto Rico addressed the fact that a Harvard study found the death toll from Hurricane Maria hit almost 5000, Edsurge runs with a happy story about the island : “Months After a Devastating Hurricane, Puerto Rican Schools Turn to the Sun.” ” (State and Local) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

Yet, according to this study, nearly half of the donors have chosen to supply educational technology, far more than are building schools, providing basic books and materials or employing teachers. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via WCTI12.com ” “ MOOCs Started Out Completely Free.

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Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” If you can’t create revenue, raise venture capital. “ Gates , Zuckerberg Philanthropies Team Up on Personalized Learning ,” Education Week reports. The MOOC provider has now raised $210 million total. Dubious Study by xkcd. million total.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “No College Kid Needs a Water Park to Study,” says James Koch in a NYT op-ed , criticizing schools spending money on lavish amenities. Subscription boxes for teachers are somehow “ personalized learning.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Microsoft -Branded MOOCs for K–12 Leaders.” Perhaps, instead of tying “ personalized learning ” to special ed policies of the 1970s, you could read some Rousseau? Education in the Courts. What could go wrong?!

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