Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2020

In it, it would say, “It will harden the education system against things like public national disasters, epidemics,” and so forth. I think from now on you will see much more awareness on the part of educational institutions that say, “Hey, you know, we do need to have our system hardened.” We need to be thinking about that.

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Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

” Some of these experimental sites included MOOCs and coding bootcamps. Via The Verge : “US denies visas to Afghanistan ’s all-girl robotics team.” Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill follows up on the Edsurge article with his own analysis : “ MOOCs Now Focused on Paid Certificates and OPM Market.”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

He’s credited with co-teaching the first MOOC in 2008, introduced the theory of “connectivism”—the idea that knowledge is distributed across digital networks—and spearheaded research projects about the role of data and analytics in education. He just doesn’t think our current university systems and edtech solutions will get us there.

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Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2018

DLNchat -ters voiced the need to create algorithms and other AI systems within carefully construed ethical frameworks. Sometimes an artificial persona (call it AI, virtual assistant, robot like ASIMO, whatever) can, in its failed attempt to be human, be truly tragic. How do we keep algorithms in check? The result can be jarring.”

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EdTechTeacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

As a researcher, Justin has been carrying this concept into his work with MOOCs. As educators, one of our most critical challenges is to develop students into these learners who can take advantage of both formal and informal education systems. This perspective is shaping formal learning as well. What Drives Our Challenges?

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RafranzDavis.com

MAY 22, 2016

I took courses online and I mean that I took everything from CS50 (an amazing MOOC taught by a Harvard Professor) to courses on web design, CSS and Python from Code Academy and General Assembly’s Dash platform. I also made wearables, an auto-tweeting bear and got involved with our high school’s First Robotics team.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

It’s not a perfect system, but keep in mind that it was designed to protect students and your G Suite for Education accounts. Or one for the Robotics Club, National Honor Society, Made with Code, Girls/Boys Scouts, etc. Badging Systems. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Two school districts in two states are scaling back their use of the Facebook -built Summit Public Schools ’ learning management system. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). A call to rebrand MOOCs , from Edsurge. McRaven is stepping down as chancellor of the University of Texas System.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Examples of cognitive technologies include computer vision , deep learning, natural language processing , speech recognition, and humanised robotics. Based on cognitive technology, it is a way of creating learning environments and support systems that mimic human tutors or teaching assistants. There is no cognitive component however.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2014

When done well, games can foster collaboration, strengthen critical and systems thinking, pose adaptive challenges, and spark inquiry. Harvard’s 1,000 Kilobot swarm demonstrates the future of robotics 50 apps for the new school year Using Design Thinking to Create a School from Scratch Is This The School Library Of The Future?

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

But I’d argue that, more importantly perhaps, we must recognize that there is no point in the history of the American public education system that we can point to as the golden age of high quality, equitable, commercial free schooling. MOOCs were going to change everything. So far at least these predictions have always been wrong.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary? Candidate VoiceThread for Digital Education - Kelli Stair- teacher/ writer An Example STEAM and Maker-Education Curriculum: From Puppets to Robots - Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D. Torrey Trust, Ph.D.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Her research focuses on emerging technologies such as drones, robotics, driverless vehicles, artificial intelligence, augmented/virtual reality, and their use in libraries and education. In Fall 2014 she led a MOOC, The Emerging Future: Technology Issues and Trends, that attracted over 1700 global participants.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

The adoption of blended learning approaches through learning management systems. Robotics in the classroom. MOOCs, nanodegrees, etc. Education documentaries on Netflix (such as “Waiting for Superman”), which brings the “Ed reform” conversation to a broader audience. New demands for digital citizenship.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

This panel tackles this challenge from a variety of perspectives ranging from educators, administrators, policymakers, and nonprofit leaders providing insight on how to effectively evaluate the learning potential of digital content, and how the educational system can best structure technology acquisition and implementation. Learn more here.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

It’s a major pain point in the education system: Between 40 percent to 60 percent of college students now need some form of remedial math, or English, or both, and the United States ranks 36th out of a comparison group of 79 countries in math proficiency, according to the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

I'm not an advocate for ed-tech; I'm not here to sell you on a new flashcard app or show you how to use the learning management system more effectively. That's not to say that the federal government couldn't and shouldn't step up to bail out the public education system.). Me, I write about education technology for a living.

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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. If so, what are they?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Absorb (learning management system) – $59 million. Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. AltSchool (private school; learning management system) – $40 million. AltSchool (private school; learning management system) – $172.9 D2L (learning management system) – $165 million.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

A bit of history: Around the turn of the twentieth century, folklorists – many most academics at the time – became particularly enthralled with creating classification systems. Not a list of titles; a classification system of tale types. The Clever Fox. The Quest for a Lost Bride. The Magic Ring. The Golden Goose.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. John Logie Baird demonstrated a working television system in 1926. I don’t believe that robots will take, let alone need take, all our jobs.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Edsurge : “ Robots Won’t Replace Instructors , 2 Penn State Educators Argue. . ” Via Futurism.com : “Schools Are Installing Bathroom Surveillance Systems to Bust Vapers.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Even if these publications fade away , the breathless stories about the possibilities of brainwave-reading mindfulness headbands and " mind-reading robot tutors in the sky " continue to be told. ASU ends its MOOC experiment , Global Freshman Academy. Dangerous practices and products are normalized. Udacity got a new CEO.

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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.” ” “ Robot abuse ”?!

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Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Gotta keep hyping that MOOC thing. Via Edsurge : “ MOOCs Are No Longer Massive. ” Via Class Central : “Class Central’s Top 50 MOOCs of All Time (2018 edition).” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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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. Perhaps with this data, the MOOC providers can build a map of professional if not cognitive pathways. “Robots are coming for your job.”

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Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

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.

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The nonprofit National University System announced today that it plans to acquire the for-profit Northcentral University , which specializes in online education in graduate and doctoral-level programs.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Robots in the classroom ?

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Hack Education

AUGUST 17, 2018

” ( Richard Carranza is the new head of the NYC school system.). Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “Children are susceptible to peer pressure from robots,” says The Verge. (So " But hey. PR gonna PR.

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” (Note: there’s a response to this article by Georgia Tech professor Ashok Goel, who builds teaching chat-bots, in the “robots” section below. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

of Texas System Apologizes for Revoking Nepali Students ’ Scholarships.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ UMass-Boston Faculty Votes No Confidence in System’s Leaders Over Purchase of Small College.” It has raised $69.7

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Hack Education

JANUARY 5, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Good thing is if this system gets breached, the school will just issue kids new fingerprints. For-profit colleges bought and sold in the “business of education” section below.

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Isn’t Liberia outsourcing its education system to a Gates and Zuckerberg-backed startup , Bridge International Academies ? ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). From Phil Hill : “Update on UC Davis LMS Fiasco: Finishing the term with two partial systems.” ” (Hmm.

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Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

Testing, Testing… Via Education Week : “ Rhode Island drops unpopular standardized test system.” ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via WCTI12.com ” “ MOOCs Started Out Completely Free. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Where Are They Now?”

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Hack Education

APRIL 7, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “ Coursera now offers free trials for most Specializations.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via Campus Technology : “Report: AI and Cognitive Systems Spending to Hit $12.5 Remember MOOCs?

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Hack Education

MARCH 17, 2017

.” 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.” million total.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Iowa City Press-Citizen : “ Iowa families foregoing classroom for virtual school.” Acumen “senior innovation associate” writes about +Acumen in Edsurge : “The Flip Side of Abysmal MOOC Completion Rates ?

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