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. The other spoke of access, public financing, inequalities.

Conference 40

Conference ePortfolio LMS Education 40

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.”) platforms are digital infrastructures that enable two or more groups to interact. ” (Amazon Inspire is the company’s OER platform.) I mean, one of its founders celebrated.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

events , the real party takes place in the volunteer moderator lounge, where a devoted, energetic, and highly beloved group of volunteer moderators keeps the conference running and humming. Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary?

STEM 47

STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 25, 2013

I recently had the honor of traveling to the MIT campus in Boston and participating in a panel discussion on Open Education Resources (OER) at The Sixth Conference of MIT''s Learning International Networks Consortium (LINC) with three illustrious advocates of these open resources: Nicole Allen, Philipp Schmidt, and panel moderator Steve Carson.

OER 243

OER Resources Education Common Core 243

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Aftermath of the MOOC wars: Can commercial vendors support creative higher education ? ” Via The Kansas City Star : “ White nationalist group , seeking young recruits, targets college campuses.” Now, the hunt is on for the poopetrator.

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

” Also via NPR : “‘I Hope This Will Set A Precedent,’ Says Trans Teen Who Won Case Over Bathroom Access.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs are back in the headlines again. What’s Going On?”

Education 46

Education MOOC Social Media Report 46

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The governor of Virginia has approved a bill requiring all public higher education institutions in the state to take steps to adopt open educational resources – freely accessible and openly copyrighted educational materials.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

Education 44

Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

Assessment 60

Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

” Via Edsurge : “From Neutrality to Inequality: Why the FCC Is Dismantling Equal Access and What It Could Mean for Education.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). A call to rebrand MOOCs , from Edsurge. State and Local) Education Politics. ” More via Inside Higher Ed.

Education 46

Education Robotics MOOC Facebook 46

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Via Nature : “One of the world’s largest science publishers, Elsevier , won a default legal judgement on 21 June against websites that provide illicit access to tens of millions of research papers and books. million project to use open educational resources (OER) to create degree programs at 38 community colleges.

Education 53

Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” The center, as the name suggests, does legal work for civil rights and low-income groups. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ California Should Watch Arkansas Process for Creating New Online Institution,” says Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill. Immigration and Education.

Education 51

Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

The Department of Education , under the auspices of “transparency,” promises more access to data about financial aid. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ MOOC enrollment drops at HarvardX and MITx after free certifications disappear ,” says Techcrunch. ”).

Education 40

Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

More on last week’s Purdue and Kaplan deal: “ Purdue ’s deal for Kaplan U trades a long-term business relationship for low up-front costs while raising worries – especially among faculty groups – about blurred lines between public and private higher ed,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

Kaplan 46

Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

. “Every Generation Gets the Beach Villain It Deserves” – The NYT’s Nellie Bowles on tech billionaire Vinod Khosla ’s attempts to restrict access to the California coastline near his mansion. His wife is also the founder of the OER organization CK12. Because “open.”).

Education 41

Education Social Media Company Data 41

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Speaking of horrors: “ The One Group Not Freaking Out About Brexit: VCs.” The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” So that speaks volumes. ” Rebrand. .”

MOOC 48

MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

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.) Despite a few anecdotes, they’re really not.).

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” Via Buzzfeed : “The Education Department Quietly Invited Anti-LGBT Groups To A Father’s Day Event.” ” The groups, Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council , both advocate for “gay conversion therapy.” Horn write about this for Inside Higher Ed : “ For-Profit University 2.0.”

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

“ Apollo Education Group , the parent company of the University of Phoenix and Western International University , announced Thursday that it would eliminate the use of mandatory arbitration clauses in students’ enrollment agreements,” Inside Higher Ed reports. .” The Indian gaming company has raised $1.2

Education 46

Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

” Via the San Jose Mercury News : “A bipartisan group of lawmakers is calling for a state audit of a profitable but low-performing network of online charter schools following this newspaper’s investigation of K12 Inc., ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Remember Richard McKenzie?

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

In related news: “ Right-wing groups are recruiting students to target teachers ,” says Reveal. ” Via Chalkbeat : NYC schools Chancellor Richard “Carranza unveils capital plan with $750 million in fixes for disability access.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

Education 53

Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Testing, Testing… “ Common Core testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs for credit ! ” (That giant: Pearson , of course.). Go, School Sports Team!

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Via E-Literate : “ Hawai’i Senate Bill: Would mandate OER material for all U Hawai’i system courses.” ” And later in the week, an update : “Hawai’i Senate OER Bill Update: Amended language saves the day.” Some worry his testimony risks tarring a big group of students as a security threat.”

Education 49

Education Robotics Company OER 49

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Via Politico : “The Trump administration has removed documents from an Education Department website aimed at transgender students , including those intended to help students fight for access to bathrooms of their choice.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Vive la MOOC révolution.

Education 47

Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

The Rebranding of MOOCs. Remember 2012 , “ The Year of the MOOC? Remember in 2012 when the media wrote about MOOCs with such frenzy, parroting all these marketing claims and more and predicting that MOOCs were poised to “ end the era of expensive higher education ”? MOOCs are not particularly "open."

MOOC 40

MOOC Technology OER Coursera 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

This group of older borrowers collectively hold $247 billion in student debt, an amount that has roughly tripled since 2003.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “Are You Getting a Pay Bump For Student Completion? ” “Whatever Happened To MOOCs ?”

Education 47

Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “Some Thoughts on OER ” by Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. Via The New York Times : “ Facebook Gave Device Makers Deep Access to Data on Users and Friends.” Education Department show.”

Khan Academy 45

Khan Academy Education Facebook E-rate 45

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

. “ How Not to Study Donald Trump ” – “To make sense of Trumpism, and to put Trump in his historical context, The Chronicle of Higher Education asked a mostly white group of scholars to suggest readings for a syllabus for a mock course in Trump Studies. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

Coursera 60

Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “More than 50 groups have signed a letter demanding that Candice E. ” The test in question in ACCESS 2.0 , which recently changed how it was scored. This coding bootcamp was acquired by the University of Phoenix’s parent company, Apollo Education Group , in 2015.

Education 46

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” The chain in question: Celerity Educational Group. ” Also chasing new citizenship, Trump’s buddy, Peter Thiel. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s New Strategy Takes Inspiration From Netflix – and LinkedIn.”

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ MOOCs : A Postmortem” by Jonathan Rees. Meanwhile, Campus Technology offers “7 Tips for Listing MOOCs on Your Résumé.” ” “Scaling Educational Access ” by Mindwire Consulting’s Michael Feldstein.

Education 40

Education MOOC E-rate Robotics 40

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

” Via WaPo : “Texas House passes ‘bathroom bill’ restricting transgender student access.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A group of California for-profit colleges filed a lawsuit in federal court this week seeking to block the implementation of borrower-defense rules finalized last fall.”

Education 46

Education Data Report Software 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via eCampus News : “ Barnes & Noble Education announces advanced OER courseware.” Blackboard has acquired Fronteer , a software company that helps make course materials accessible. Via NPR : “The Return Of Bilingual Education In California ? .”

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40