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. That, Avida says, gives his tool a leg up in terms of being more accessible to a wider audience. But they are not done with higher education yet.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2018

Debates about how to expand access to higher education often assume a one-size-fits-all model of what college should be. Is his definition of access the most practical way to achieve broader higher-education participation? Of course, what you study also matters a great deal. Or is it giving up on a segment of students?

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Edsurge

JULY 23, 2021

Even though the cost of delivering online courses was then far less than on campus, we worried that if colleges set a lower price for remote instruction, students and their families might get the wrong impression, with lower prices signaling that digital learning was less valuable. And of course a college degree does have an economic payoff.

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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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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Yesterday IHE published an article about the “ inclusive access ” programs offered by most major textbook publishers. These are purchasing programs in which “institutions are signing up whole classes of students to automatically receive digital course materials at a discounted rate, rather than purchasing individually.”

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OER Accessibility Pearson MOOC 161

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.”) To believe that would require, of course, that we overlook the role that the major technology platforms – Google, Facebook, and Amazon – play in education.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Edsurge

MAY 31, 2022

the government set aside [about] $190 billion under the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) aid package. They’re getting privileged access to a uniquely qualified talent pool. Right now, actually, I’m thinking about how we can improve completion rates for MOOCs and online courses. Just in the U.S.,

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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 172

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. If blended learning activities are to continue beyond the classroom, consideration needs to be given as to whether pupils are going to have access to technology at home.

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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? Lori Trent, STEM Coordinator - Innovator of Inspiration and Magic RADIO SOLIDARIA AMIGA, ONLINE, UNA HERRAMIENTA INNOVADORA - Mª Magdalena Galiana Lloret.

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STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

Wired Campus

MARCH 13, 2015

The event brings together a mix of participants from different parts of education — teachers, administrators, and publishers in elementary, secondary, and higher education. Of course, it’s hard for colleges to tell which new education products are effective in the classroom. Mitchell L.

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Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

So we started Versal to really allow anybody to create online courses, assignments, homework assignments, and so on, and really make it as easy as it is to build a PowerPoint. You drag them in the canvas, and you build your courses or the assignment that way. Freedman: I love where you started with the criticism of the MOOCs.

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E-rate Company Course MOOC 28

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2018

that is focused specifically on post-secondary education—anything beyond high school. We estimate about 65 percent of jobs in 2025 will require some form of post-secondary education. They are not always accessible to those people that have no training, and no education, and have low resources to even pay for them.

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MOOC Training Secondary Accessibility 89

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 25, 2013

OER ranges from highly structured college courses (MOOCs) to less structured curricula from colleges and other institutes of learning (OpenCourseWare a/k/a OCW), to free online textbooks, and everything in between. Open educational resources” (OER) here refers to the many free learning resources now populating the Worldwide Web.

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OER Resources Education Common Core 243

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

Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 29, 2017

A Maltese education leader dove into their secondary school laptop initiative. YouTube was simply assumed to be the video hosting and access venue of choice. MOOCs… ah, this is fascinating. Once more I saw how the MOOC hype crash is limited to the United States. Similarities were also there, of course.

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MOOC Technology Education Secondary 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The New York Times notes it’s not just rural students who struggle with broadband access : “Why San Jose Kids Do Homework in Parking Lots.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). More robot news up in the MOOC section above. ’ The FCC Could Help,” says Wired.

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Education Coursera Facebook MOOC 53

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ MOOCs no longer massive, still attract millions,” Class Central’s Dhawal Shah claims in a VentureBeat op-ed. .” Via Buzzfeed : “ Online K–12 School Fights Attempt To Check If Students Really Show Up.” What would VCs do.).

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Khan Academy Education LMS Company 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Trump’s education platform promises to “make post-secondary options more affordable and accessible through technology enriched delivery models.” ” “Make MOOCs great again.” Inside Higher Ed profiles homework help company Course Hero. — Donald J. Is that possible?

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Education Common Core Company Facebook 54

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Furthermore, at launch, Pokémon Go demanded users sign over a great deal of personal data and grant permissions to the app that, for a time , gave it access to a user’s entire Google account. Handing over data, often quite thoughtlessly, has become par for the course – in education and in society more generally.

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Data Technology Education Software 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Um, they do.) The Flipped Classroom".

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

” With all the charges of fraud and deceptive marketing levied against post-secondary institutions this year – from the University of Northern New Jersey too ITT, from Trump University to DevSchool – we might ask if, indeed, this is the way it works. So I thought maybe this is the way it works.” Jobs for Grads.

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Technology Education Secondary Pearson 40

Hack Education

JULY 8, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “For Students Taking Online Courses, a Completion Paradox.” ” Research from EuroDL : “Massive Open Online Courses and Economic Sustainability.” ” Institut Mines-Télécom joins edX. .”

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Education Report Company Coursera 49

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

Humphrey testified that he hired Hubbard on a $7,500-per-month consulting contract to connect him to legislative leaders in other states, as Edgenuity tried to sell digital courses.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “Should Your Online Course Sound Like ‘Serial’? .”)

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Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The GW Hatchet : “Oversight of online learning programs lacking in some schools, report finds.” “A Kayak for Credentials” – Inside Higher Ed on Credential Engine ’s plans for a big database on post-secondary credentials.

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Education Coursera MOOC Report 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Via Pacific Standard : “Why Is the FCC Considering Cutting Broadband Access for Students?” Jeb Bush’s lieutenant governor, as assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education, the top post at the Education Department overseeing K–12 policy.” MOOCs are out. More via Techcrunch. Or something.

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Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50