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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) The LMS giant Blackboard celebrated its 20th anniversary this year. (I ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Special thanks for this go to our sponsor, Blackboard Collaborate, for providing the service that allows us to do this! Do you have students or library users ages 9 - 17 that can answer the questions Do you have what it takes to put a robot on the Moon? Saturday, March 22nd at 12pm CR20 LIVE Weekly Show with Erin Klein , Classroom 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MP3 and MP4 versions will be available as well as the full Blackboard Collaborate recordings, although they take some days to process. Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary? Be sure to come sign up on the conference website to be notified of recording availability.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” 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. ” The claims are based on Blackboard data, published on the LMS company’s blog. What would VCs do.).

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” ” From the press release : “ MOOCs and books initiative launched by Springer and Federica Weblearning.” Inside Higher Ed examines the challenges facing LMS provider Blackboard.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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With all the charges of fraud and deceptive marketing levied against post-secondary institutions this decade — from ITT to coding bootcamps, from Trump University to the Draper University of Heroes — we might ask if, indeed, this is the way it works now. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness.

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