Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

While not quite the “Year of the MOOC,” 2018 saw a resurgence in interest around the ways these massive open online courses are delivering free (and more often these days, not free) online education around the world, and how these providers are increasingly turning to traditional institutions of learning. Without a University Involved.).

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2018

And we also mulled over thorny emerging issues, such as the role social media plays in designing our lives, and concerns about the corporatization of education. MOOCs are No Longer Massive. Once upon a time, free online courses known as MOOCs made national headlines. And They Serve Different Audiences Than First Imagined.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Join me today, Wednesday, September 26th, for a one-hour live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar on the "true history" of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) with Dave Cormier, Alec Couros, Stephen Downes, Rita Kop, Inge de Waard, and Carol Yeager. His educational journey started in 1998 teaching little children to speak English.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2019

This week’s podcast is brought to you by UNC Chapel Hill’s Master of Arts in Educational Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship Program, known as the MEITE Program : MEITE is for students pursuing careers in the educational technology industry. And they are in touch with many educational podcasters on social media.

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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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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2022

What exactly that means for the future technology in schools is still uncertain. Where we haven’t spent as much time—or seen as many home run success stories—is translating social learning to online formats. The pandemic forced lasting changes on the American education system.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Combine this idea with the velocity of technological change we are experiencing. As an example, in 2014, LinkedIn’s top ten jobs were jobs that hadn’t existed five years prior: social media intern, iOS/Android developer, cloud manager, big data architect, or UI/UX designer as examples. That is a long time to live—and work.

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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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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

For example, Udacity previously partnered with San Jose State University to offer MOOCs for credits , and the company offers an online Master’s degree in computer science with Georgia Tech. That statement may irk some traditional faculty from colleges and universities. This is an opportunity to reach a massive audience,” Makhijani said.

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eSpark

APRIL 7, 2022

Think of it as a cheat sheet to help you learn all you need to know about technology in the classroom! It is also often referred to as “hybrid learning” and can incorporate many different types of education technology. MOOC refers to a massive online open course, a type of distance learning.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

” Competency-Based Education isn’t necessarily an innovation, but a move to Competency-Based Education can lead to other innovations–using technology to personalize a student’s navigation of to-be-mastered content, for example. We shall see. Video Streaming/ Flipped Classroom/eLearning Trends. An example?

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

Part of the problem, he says, is technology. In some cases the very technologies that were intended to improve writing, like automatic-essay grading software, have backfired by encouraging a kind of paint-by-numbers approach to writing. In your book you criticize many technology innovations around the teaching of writing.

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Educator Innovator

MAY 12, 2014

using social media tools. The topics to be covered include: civic discourse, mobile technology in the classroom, student safety and digital citizenship, visual communication, 21st century communication and connected learning. MOOC Ends August 17 View the #TeachDoNow course blog to register.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 17, 2017

Maybe you want to develop your personal learning network on social media, read a few new books , or take a course alongside other educators. Thanks to technology, we can take learning online and collaborate with educators around the country and the world. Visualization for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education.

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Educator Innovator

MAY 12, 2014

using social media tools. The topics to be covered include: civic discourse, mobile technology in the classroom, student safety and digital citizenship, visual communication, 21st century communication and connected learning. MOOC Ends August 17. View the #TeachDoNow course blog to register.

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EdTechnocation.com

APRIL 2, 2014

Here is my Unit 2 reflection for the MOOC-Ed, Coaching Digital Learning: Cultivating a Culture of Change. What do you see as the most important advantages of adding social media tools to your personal learning network? Each social media tool provides its own advantages to any PLN.

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

We have previously explored a number of learning theories, new learning technologies, concepts around crowdsourcing, wisdom of crowds, folksonomies and user generated content, Web 2.0, I started the session with the aim of encouraging the group to learn deeply and critically about a particular topic - MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses).

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Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

A few weeks ago, I posted a set of recommended readings that I originally sent to a colleague who asked me what I would recommend as essential reading for understanding technology in student affairs. Friedman and the rest of the uncritical MOOC cheerleaders) or dystopian views.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 3, 2013

This is the fourth blog post in my series on the future of learning and technology. Firstly, he argues, teachers tend to use new technology in much the same way they used old technology, and that as a result very little has changed in terms of pedagogy. What will be the future of school classrooms?

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Hack Education

APRIL 30, 2020

I was a guest speaker in the MA in Elearning class at Cork Institute of Technology this morning. I don't want to come off today as making broad sweeping statements about all of education everywhere when I'm very much talking about the education system in the US and the education technology industry in the US. And that's surveillance.

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2017

“I could see that my students were distracted by social media during the lecture. Sharma has a background in technology and video production (he actively researches and writes about educational technology and knowledge translation) led him to consider how to bridge that divide.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

Some people researching education technology might not spend their days wondering how their work fits into this existential question—but George Siemens isn’t "some people." Siemens’ work is on the cutting edge of what’s possible in digital learning, but he doesn’t want to discuss the latest fads in education technology.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 9, 2013

From individual students learning informally by browsing on their handhelds, to small flipped classrooms, to vast groups of learners following a programme of study on massive online open courses ( MOOCs ), education is changing to become learner driven. Yet many academics and teachers struggle with the concept of self-organised learning.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

After all, with the way technology has become interwoven into our daily lives, it only makes sense that our educational structure adapts to this shift to leverage the power of technology in the classroom. Children may not have access to technology. Well, you’re not alone. Teachers may have to create additional resources.

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Bryan Alexander

MAY 18, 2022

So I started asking around, bugging individuals and querying social media. Udemy – the MOOC provider may let users create classes there. — Learning Technology (@learningtech) May 17, 2022. The results fascinated me. Thinkific – the site emphasizes selling classes. It claims to be fully GUI in interface.

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Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2018

Or, as Aneesa Davenport, Social Media & Analytics Manager for EdSurge, suggested, perhaps give them a periodic “check-up?” Lindsey Downes reminded us to, “Bring questions and encourage discussions about emerging technologies in all types of classes (not just computer science). How do we keep algorithms in check?

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Tom Murray

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

When I got connected on social media, my lens was expanded and I became aware additional organizations, as well as their supporting tools and resources. State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA). Connect: www.setda.org , @SETDA. Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL). Connect: [link] , @IELconnects.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 29, 2012

One challenge for education providers is to decide whether they will support the desire of students to self regulate their learning activities using personal technologies. Moreover, there is a sense that personal technologies encourage learners to be self-determined in their approach to education. 2000) Informal Workplace Learning.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

The same applies to the clothing we wear, our technology, and just about everything else we possess. Now, with the new technology wave, all that is about to change. autonomy e-reader education flipped classroom Games console intrinsic learning MOOC motivation smart mobile student choice Technology' Unported License.

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Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

What can we expect in 2016 from the intersection of technology and education? I’m building on previous posts about trends in technology and educational contexts , plus my FTTE report, naturally. Educational technology trends. And the MOOC numbers look like they’re rising. That should extend into 2016.

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Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Last week, a colleague asked me what I would recommend as essential reading for understanding technology in student affairs. Historical origins of the information age : I think it’s important to ground our understanding of technology by beginning…well, in the beginning.

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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.”) Are any education technologies, for that matter? And accordingly, platforms are the underlying trend that ties together popular narratives about technology and the economy in general.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

edX - www.edex.org - MOOC site, courses are all free, people who teach the courses are from Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, University of Texas, etc. Coursera is another option for higher ed MOOCS. Close to 10% of students got into MIT by excelling in a MOOC. In library they are using stop motion technology to develop stories.

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eSpark

APRIL 7, 2022

Think of it as a cheat sheet to help you learn all you need to know about technology in the classroom! It is also often referred to as “hybrid learning” and can incorporate many different types of education technology. MOOC refers to a massive online open course, a type of distance learning.

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The Principal of Change

MAY 10, 2018

Having just received an email from someone starting a new “technology” position in their school, they asked me what advice I would give. I shared the following advice: My only suggestion for you is to start from the curriculum and work backwards from there, not try to force technology into the curriculum. Don’t add.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 10, 2012

Just look at her profile: She is a teacher trainer, author, and international speaker, is the host of American TESOL’s Free Friday Webinars and the Social Media Community Manager for The Consultants-E. What does social media mean to you? It is basically a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course).

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 30, 2011

Those of us who are residents in the land of social media already know the truth of this, but it's nice to see it opined on the pages of a mainstream publication. The challenge , she says, is to capture the potential of technology to both lower costs and improve learning for all. High ideals indeed.

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