The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Elizabeth Iwaszewicz’s Bio as Submitted Twenty years in the elementary school setting Current Position: Lead Coach, Curriculum and Instruction, Office of Professional Growth and Development San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco, CA National Board Certified Teacher Generalist, Early Childhood Instructional Leadership Corps Collaborate (..)

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MOOC Elementary Company Policies 294

The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 13, 2019

Finally, Alec is a passionate advocate of openness in education and demonstrates this commitment through his open access publications, considerable digital presence and contributions, and highly successful MOOCs and open boundary courses. Blog: [link] Twitter: @courosa Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “sponsored podcast episode.”

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Digital Citizenship MOOC Social Media Company 334

EdTechSandyK

JULY 27, 2014

Image Source Used Under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND License Week 4 of the Foundations of Virtual Instruction MOOC I started on June 30th is wrapping up today. By this time next week, I will hopefully have successfully completed my first MOOC. I was especially interested/distressed to find out that even in MOOCs, people try to cheat !

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MOOC Coursera Course Report 72

EdTechSandyK

JULY 3, 2014

Image Used With Permission Under a Creative Commons License Late last week I was innocently checking my Twitter feed, and I saw an announcement for a MOOC called Foundations of Virtual Instruction. Based on my experience thus far, I think Summer 2014 might see me complete my first MOOC. Have you had any experiences with MOOCs?

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MOOC Coursera Course Online Learning 67

Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2020

Community college has even risen to a key policy point in national and state politics, with politicians touting plans and creating models for “free college ,” which often mean tuition-free options for community college as a pathway to four-year degrees or other credentials. But are community colleges ready for this digital transformation?

Digital Badges 216

Digital Badges MOOC Trends Industry 216

EdTech4Beginners

APRIL 2, 2017

AUP – Acceptable Use Policy. MOOC – Massively Open Online Course (an online course which has video lectures, problem solving activities, texts and an online community of fellow learners). But have a look and get familiar with what they stand for: 1:1 – One to one (usually talking about the ratio of devices in a class per child).

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EdTech VLE CMS OER 189

Doug Levin

MAY 12, 2015

I don’t fret much at all over some of what Clark raises: the acceptance and/or lack of broader cheer-leading for Wikipedia, MOOCs, or Khan Academy as success stories. K-12 context, individual teacher’s choices about instructional materials are constrained by district and state policy anyway.

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OER Instructional Materials Khan Academy Outcomes 297

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 8, 2016

The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University recently scaled access to professional learning content for educators by taking advantage of the Massive Open Online Courses for Educators (MOOC-Eds) format. There are people literally from the other side of the world in our MOOC-Eds.

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MOOC Differentiated Instruction Course Policies 120

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Education policy leaders at the federal level and beyond were exploring the growing role of competency-based education and non-traditional providers —and calls were growing for stronger connections between universities and the world of employment. To start off, it’s worth thinking back to 2016.

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MOOC Coursera Trends Survey 210

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

Ajita previously served in the Obama Administration as Special Assistant to the President for Higher Education Policy at the White House Domestic Policy Council, where she led efforts to expand college opportunity, affordability, innovation and completion. Department of Education.

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Education Policies Coursera MOOC 179

Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2022

Users who follow Meta’s monetization policies can offer paid live events, allowing them to offer things like cooking classes or fundraisers. It aims to make it easier to instruct and discover a class on Facebook pic.twitter.com/L0BvBuTXkM — Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) January 21, 2021.

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Facebook Course EdTech Video 167

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

For many, what ISTE is doing with online courses may sound similar to MOOCs (massive open online courses), or other online certifications for educators offered by big companies such as Google, Apple and Microsoft. South says the group has run pilot versions of the courses and have received useful feedback from educators.

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Conference MOOC EdTech Digital Citizenship 117

Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2017

An example he points to is the way his university approaches MOOCs. Our investment in MOOCs has nothing to do with branding or trying to generate a pipeline of students. In addition, he underlined the importance of “quiet impact,” like small policy changes in an the institution that could have long term effects.

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Online Learning MOOC Learning Case Study 165

Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2017

What I’m really in favor of is all public institutions having this sort of aggressive, affirmative information policy—that you tell people who you are or what you do, why you’re different, why you matter. You also pointed out that MOOCs don’t receive much buzz today as three years ago. Do you agree? Then yep, we’re on board.”

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Data Kaplan MOOC Trends 152

EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Notes from MOOCs for Professional Development Presentation at TCEA 2015 Dr. Kay Abernathy, Lamar University [link] Lamar University sponsored the MOOC on Social Media Communication Tools for Educators which Dr. Abernathy facilitated. You can build up to five MOOCs for free on this platform. link] What is a MOOC?

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MOOC Social Media Coursera Facebook 40

Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2018

In an unusual move, DeVos spent the bulk of the session serving as moderator, asking questions and seeking policy advice from three panelists. Clayton said he was not a policy expert and passed, and Wallerstein hesitated and said that he had sympathy for the complexity of the secretary’s role.

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Policies MOOC Conference Company 113

Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2018

Still, he says the program is going well, and is just one of the university’s efforts at what he called “open-scale courseware,” the university’s attempt to rebrand a concept that was once known as MOOCs, or massive open online courses. He says ASU has no plans to create a MicroBachelors, however.

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MOOC Course Policies Data 158

EdNews Daily

APRIL 26, 2017

When they don’t lead to credit, the online courses may be available tuition-free as ‘MOOCs’ (Massive Open Online Courses), but they do not allow students to earn traditional college degrees. However, when these courses provide traditional college credit, they generally cost just as much as the same course at a college campus.

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Course MOOC Accessibility System 185

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Tracy Mitrano , an attorney who used to be the director information technology policy at Cornell University , holds an opinion on the issue that’s common among academics. Kentaro Toyama , another professor at the University of Michigan, thinks that large companies are “already eroding” net neutrality even under the current policy. “I

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Digital Learning Coursera Company Learning 147

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2020

One is to set clearly what your guiding principles are, principles like high quality, maximum equity, flexibility, community, and being super prescriptive about the broad policy decisions that need to be made. that the micro-credential market is mature enough and developed enough, or really driven by state or even federal policy.

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Education Policies Course Trends 190

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

Recently, Coursera announced a modular MOOC-based bachelor’s degree with the University of North Texas, and edX is experimenting with “ MicroBachelors ” programs as pathways to degrees. It is an exciting road ahead.

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Digital Badges Coursera Learning Industry 215

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

MOOCs are great ideas, but assessment and feedback loops and certification are among the many issues holding them back. Comparing an unsupported MOOC from 2008 to an in-person college experience isn’t apples to apples. They’ve recently updated the policy and why this doesn’t get more coverage, I’m not sure.

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Examples MOOC Education Competency Based Learning 143

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

Plus, it sounded a lot like a MOOC (short for “massive open online courses”)—free courses designed for thousands of students that were all the rage a few years ago, but which today are seen as having fallen far short of the hype. It’s a new kind of MOOC, and it’s a new kind of philosophy,” he says.

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Course Social Media MOOC Video 166

Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2016

The Chinese Ministry of Education is encouraging the growth of local MOOCs, with a policy that sets targets of 1,000 from Chinese universities by 2017 and 3,000 by 2020. When Coursera partnered with Guokr in 2013 , we were featured with only a few other partners. Now, Guokr lists over 45 platforms. And new platforms mean more content.

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Company Coursera EdTech E-rate 109

EdTechSandyK

OCTOBER 19, 2014

I''m taking a MOOC through Coursera and UC Irvine called Advanced Instructional Strategies in the Virtual Classroom. I got a slight discount as a member of the MOOC, so I went for it. Please see specifics on my re-use policy in the right-hand column of my blog before re-posting/re-using any of my blog content. But not so fast.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

In a report, the agency cited constrained revenue growth in tuition and uncertainty in federal policy. One early version of this new kind of partnership was used to build and deliver Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) through alliances like Coursera and edX.

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Coursera MOOC Industry Company 133

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 8, 2012

Recipient of the Pythagoras Prize, the Peano Prize, the Carl Sagan Award, and the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics Communications Award. Other research interests include: theory of information, models of reasoning, applications of mathematical techniques in the study of communication, and mathematical cognition.

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MOOC Blackboard Education Analysis 51

Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2016

In particular, continuing education programs are less regulated, more responsive to industry and consumer needs, have less restrictive budget policies and procurement systems, operate under lower political pressure, and are often infused with the “startup mentality” that is critical for responding to and pioneering disruptive innovations.

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Competency Based Learning Education Trends MOOC 138

Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

Once upon a time, she notes, “MOOCs were supposed to displace higher education. Now many MOOCs are embedded within these institutions. Furthermore, rising scrutiny over China’s data privacy and surveillance policies have raised questions over how foreign buyers would protect user data, especially that of children.

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EdTech Company Industry Edmodo 167

Tom Murray

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

As school leaders, AASA supports their members in setting the pace for academic achievement as they work to shape policy, oversee implementation, and represent school districts throughout the nation and worldwide. Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL). Connect: [link] , @IELconnects.

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Future Ready Secondary Advocacy Elementary 100

The Shake Up Learning Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). MOOC’s are usually free online courses offered by universities with no limit on enrollment. See: Copyright Policy. Inside Google Classroom, you can share study materials, ask questions, and support each other as you prepare to master your certification exams.

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Google Classroom MOOC Professional Learning 145

Edsurge

MAY 21, 2021

“They want to serve in their own locales, but their markets need to go farther,” says Holly Zanville, a research professor and co-director of the Program on Skills, Credentials, and Workforce Policy at George Washington University who recently published a commissioned report about Unmudl.

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Company Course Coursera Training 183

Digital Promise

JANUARY 25, 2016

Lauren Acree is the Policy and Personalized Learning Lead at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at NC State University. The Friday Institute is excited to continue our learning through our latest set of micro-credentials in the upcoming Fractions Foundations MOOC for Educators.

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Learning MOOC Survey Meeting 120

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

Wicked problem” is a technical term initially proposed in the context of public policy in the late 1970s. Some approaches to these problems may be policy-related, like funding or charter schools versus public schools, but it sounds like some of them are related to course design, or are technology-related?

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Education Learning Facebook Accessibility 193

Perry Hewitt

JULY 3, 2015

What does the White House’s new photography policy tell us about the opportunity for brand building? The first few years of widespread access to MOOCs have created a data trove for researchers. The first one: MOOC students are diverse, but trend toward autodidacts.

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MOOC Trends Facebook Data 60

Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The report divides these credentials into 18 categories across four types of providers: postsecondary educational institutions, MOOC organizations, secondary schools and non-academic entities. New to the research this year is a count of how many groups in the U.S. provide credentials: 59,692.

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Outcomes Training MOOC Data 170

Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2017

MOOC providers such as Coursera and edX have recognized this trend for years, with hundreds of organized MeetUps around the world where their learners are encouraged to join study and discussion groups related to their online-only courses. It is time to move beyond binary thinking and toward omnichannel thinking.

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Software Trends E-rate Coursera 147