Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Both reports note that most jobs available today require some education or training beyond a high school diploma, and that on average, workers who have post-secondary credentials earn more than those who don’t. Crunching Credentials Data Why expend all this effort researching credentials?

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Secondary Digital Badges MOOC Training 132

Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

And in the past ten years these colleges have been active in offering so-called MOOCs, or massive open online courses, which are free or low-cost courses, usually for no official credit. Ivy League colleges now offer more than 450 of these courses. And some Ivies offer graduate certificate programs online.

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MOOC Coursera Industry Course 188

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

For example, most of the enrolled students in fully asynchronous MOOCs are adults, and even in this context, completion can be challenging. By contrast, many secondary school students are capable of completing well-scaffolded asynchronous activities.

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Learning Online Learning Outcomes Groups 218

A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 31, 2016

One of the most cost-effective means to create a more personalized and individualized learning experience for students is through the use of OpenCourseWare (OCW) and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC's). Perhaps one day, the twenty-first century will be remembered as the time when knowledge became available to everyone for free.

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Personalized Learning Learning Secondary Course 150

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

Before joining JFF, Lexi spent nearly a decade in public service at the federal level, including working on Capitol Hill for six years, and serving as a policy advisor to the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education. Listen to the conversation below, or read highlights below.

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Education Policies Coursera MOOC 170

Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

Source: EdSurge Higher Education & Post-Secondary Post-secondary tools altogether saw a notable bump in funding. Once upon a time, she notes, “MOOCs were supposed to displace higher education. Now many MOOCs are embedded within these institutions.

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EdTech Company Industry Edmodo 166

Tom Murray

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

The Alliance focuses on America’s six million most at-risk secondary school students—those in the lowest achievement quartile—who are most likely to leave school without a diploma or to graduate unprepared for a productive future. National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP). Connect: www.nassp.org , @NASSP.

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Future Ready Secondary Advocacy Elementary 100

Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Avida is the husband of Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller, and one of the first board members of the company that helped put the spotlight on massive online open courses, or MOOCs. It was never secondary for me, as it is for some faculty,” she says. The couple is no longer with Coursera, which is now valued at $2.5

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Coursera Personalized Learning Learning Blackboard 149

ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Dr. Neelam Parmar; Teacher & Director of E-learning for Primary & Secondary Schools. Fortunately, there is a vast amount of content already available, such as YouTube videos, MOOCs, multiple choice questions and web-based resources. So what does this mean? We therefore prefer discipline to students owning their learning?

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Flipped Classroom Classroom VLE Secondary 170

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 159

ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 1, 2019

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. Dr. Neelam Parmar; Director of E-learning for Primary & Secondary Schools. These need to be carefully selected and modified to ensure they are appropriate for pupils.

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Blended Learning Learning Khan Academy MOOC 170

eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2021

Course development has also been supported by Jinghong Wang, author of more than ten Chinese textbooks, and a well-known Chinese course developer at MOOC, experts in Chinese online learning courses and teacher training. VHS Learning courses are designed from the start to be conducted using online best practices.

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Technology Course MOOC Learning 97

Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2018

That's an interesting dynamic where so much of this is at this intersection of not just higher ed or post-secondary education world, but it's also what's happening in terms of employer training. There's a lot more competition and the boundaries between academic credit and noncredit training are blurring.

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Coursera Trends MOOC Training 126

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2017

MOOC companies typically account for the bump in the “Post-Secondary” category, but aside from Coursera’s $64 million Series D round, few other companies focused in higher education scored a large deal. Source: EdSurge Fewer, but Bigger Seed Rounds.

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EdTech Pearson Company Knewton 127

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

I’ve been shouting this from the rooftops for months now (most recently in July ).

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OER Accessibility Pearson MOOC 249

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

higher ed responded swiftly by opening online in a few weeks , a feat made possible only because privileged American secondary intuitions long ago introduced digital access in nearly every college in the nation. Poor Internet Access Cripples Online Higher Ed When the pandemic careened across the globe in spring 2020, U.S.

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Online Learning Learning Mobility Blackboard 158

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2018

Sure, but the hype around MOOCs, or massive open online courses, said that people would start finding a cheap online replacement for college and that hasn’t happened. First of all in a faster and cheaper universe, you’re going to have to have career discovery at the secondary-school level. I don’t think it’s that slow.

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Secondary Outcomes Industry MOOC 83

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2011

link] EPCOP MOOC WEBINAR ( Australia Series ) Mon 22 Aug 09:00PM New York / Tue 23 Aug 01:00AM GMT / Tue 23 Aug 11:00AM Sydney Coach Carole. David Simpson ([link] will discuss the use of facebook and other social networking sites in education and the need for/issues around digital citizenship education in Secondary schools.

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Blackboard MOOC Digital Citizenship Secondary 48

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

MOOC uses new AP Physics curriculum, could aid both students and teachers. “The effective application of technology has enormous significance for the future of higher education, and it is important for Rice to push the boundaries of what is possible with a MOOC,” Levander said. “This isn’t a typical MOOC.

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Course MOOC Secondary STEM 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

EPCOP MOOC WEBINAR ( Australia Series ) Mon 5 Sep 09:00PM New York / Tue 6 Sep 01:00AM GMT / Tue 6 Sep 11:00AM Sydney Coach Carole. A free webinar about the E-portfolio Massive Open Online Course (EpCop MOOC), a free e-portfolio professional development activity. Thanks for your attention, and see you online! link] [link]'

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Blackboard MOOC Pearson Secondary 44

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Given that some of these traits lie at the heart of criticisms I''m inclined to make about the non-connectivist MOOC movement and many of the VC-funded ed tech ventures, I can''t wait to discuss this with Ray! From 2001-03, he served as Vermont''s education commissioner.

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Blackboard MOOC Education Secondary 49

Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2016

Students like Battushig who used free online courses to achieve world-class education motivated players like Coursera and the State Department to launch initiatives like Learning Hubs and MOOC camps from Vietnam to Bolivia. primary and secondary education. In recent years, Latin America has enrolled nearly all students in.

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EdTech Company Secondary Coursera 60

The Principal of Change

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Everything else is secondary. Making your own connection is crucial. I tweeted this recently: The best research any educator can do or tap into, is knowing and understanding the learners they serve. George Couros (@gcouros) September 26, 2017.

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MOOC Secondary Examples Conference 41

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 15, 2011

link] EPCOP MOOC WEBINAR ( Australia Series ) Mon 15 Aug 09:00PM New York / Tue 16 Aug 01:00AM GMT / Tue 16 Aug 11:00AM Sydney Coach Carole. EpCoP MOOC webinar [link] TECH TALK TUESDAYS: THE STUDENT VOICE ( Australia Series ) Tue 15 Aug 02:00AM New York / Tue 16 Aug 06:00AM GMT / Tue 16 Aug 04:00PM Sydney Anne Mirtschin.

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Blackboard Adobe MOOC Game-Based Learning 44

Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

And the MOOC numbers look like they’re rising. Unless the worm turns globally, I’d expect planet MOOC to keep growing in 2016. Primary and secondary schools are a battleground between iPads and Chromebooks, it seems. Skepticism about the quality of online learning could migrate to the general population.

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Trends Technology MOOC Education 40

Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I hoped to move on from there to what I called “approaches”, ways of using tech that didn’t depend on a specific platform – i.e., gaming and gamification, blended learning, distance learning, MOOCs, mobile, and digital literacy. Discussion went in some interesting angles, such as secondary education.

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Conference ePortfolio LMS Education 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary?

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STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 43

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

link] EPCOP MOOC WEBINAR ( Australia Series ) Mon 12 Sep 09:00PM New York / Tue 13 Sep 01:00AM GMT / Tue 13 Sep 11:00AM Sydney Coach Carole. Lizzie Chase, Australian educator, will share a series of free downloadable English lessons at [link] for upper primary and lower secondary students, integrating Web 2.0 link] CLASSROOM 2.0

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Blackboard Pearson MOOC Libraries 43

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 18, 2016

post-secondary education needs closer connections to K-12, especially given demographic and economic changes (126-8). The discussion of digital changes (76-82) touches on high points (cost, commodification, MOOCs), but comes to no conclusions or recommendations.

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Analysis Trends Strategy MOOC 40

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 18, 2016

post-secondary education needs closer connections to K-12, especially given demographic and economic changes (126-8). The discussion of digital changes (76-82) touches on high points (cost, commodification, MOOCs), but comes to no conclusions or recommendations.

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Analysis Trends Strategy MOOC 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The Center has run a course for undergraduates since 2007 and has since expanded into secondary schools by hosting summer teacher-training workshops and making course materials available online through its Digital Resource Center.

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Social Media Learning Facebook Analysis 40

iLearn Technology

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Hundreds of conferences, workshops, MOOCS, edcamps, professional journals, blogs, the list seriously goes on and on. There are a lot of options for professional development. If you’re like me, your inbox and mailbox have a pretty consistent stream of offerings.

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Conference Edcamps MOOC Education 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

Secondary teachers and YA librarians: this is a great opportunity for special programming. Engaging and Inspiring Leaders and Learners - Virtual Event. What an excellent way to learn to do something new, and make a real difference! Check out the resources available here. Calling multilingual families to participate.

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Conference Education Learning Common Core 46

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Many of these companies were launched circa 2013 — that is, in the tailwinds of "the Year of the MOOC" — with the belief that an increasing number of students would be learning online and that professors would demand some sort of mechanism to verify their identity and their integrity.

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Robotics Software Company ProctorU 87

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. Did you ever wonder how your own students might perform on those dozens of tasks? You can now find out.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Edsurge reprints a letter students at the Secondary School of Journalism sent to Mark Zuckerberg : “‘Dear Mr. Zuckerberg’: Students Take Summit Learning Protests Directly to Facebook Chief.” on Coursera.”

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Education Coursera Facebook MOOC 55

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.”) ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes. Instead, they’ve re-branded as job training sites.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 63