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The Beginning of a New Era in the Online Degree Market

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Department of Education data, out of the thousands of institutions operating online programs, the 100 colleges and universities with the greatest online enrollment accounted for 47 percent of all online students in 2016, up from a 43 percent share in 2012. According to U.S.

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Higher Education Joins the Blockchain Party

Edsurge

Santana said in Venezuela, where he grew up, the main obstacle people face when trying to complete school is not availability or accessibility, but affordability. He pointed out that anyone may put false information—like a degree or digital badge—on their LinkedIn profile. Krishnan said she thinks students are keen on the idea.

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An Index Of Online Courses For Teachers: Summer 2015

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GSE3x: Introduction to Data Wise: A Collaborative Process to Improve Learning & Teaching. Universal Design and Accessibility for Online Learning. IOC Athlete MOOC via Independent. College Readiness Math MOOC. iTDI Summer School MOOC For English Teachers. Digital Badge: Rockets to the Rescue!

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COVID-19 Is Accelerating the Digital Blending of Working and Learning

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This is already evident in the latest national job-market data, which shows a 15 percent unemployment rate for high school graduates with no college and 13 percent for those with some college or an associate degree—compared to 7 percent for individuals with a bachelor’s or higher.

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3 Big Issues We Heard About at SXSWedu

Wired Campus

Big data is coming to education, if it’s not here already. But the rules and norms for handling digital information generated by students are far from clear. My colleagues in the learning sciences are just thrilled that these new waterfalls of data” will allow them new windows into pedagogy, he said.

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The Microlearning Moment in Workplace Learning

Edsurge

Rather than our traditional conception of “training” as a time-out from everyday work to visit to a classroom, on-the-job learning is increasingly about access to just-in-time, job-relevant content—often via a laptop or a smartphone, whether at a desk or on a manufacturing shop floor.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.

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