Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2017

She’s just made the jump from provost to a senior academic innovation fellow, tasked with looking to big new ideas in learning and experimental efforts in both teaching and student success. This conference attracts plenty of venture capitalists and companies in education. Remind people how big the OER effort is at UMUC.

OER 87

OER Course Learning Analytics Company 87

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Are any education technologies, for that matter? Andreessen’s definition does begin to get at some of the reasons why platforms have been so appealing to investors – ideologically as much as technologically. One might ask, I suppose, if LMSes are platforms. But first, a definition (or two) might be helpful.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 16, 2015

This time, I''m very happy to interview two of the keynote speakers for the EDEN 2015 conference , which will be held in Barcelona. 1) You’re currently professor of educational technology at the British Open University. blogs, social media, learning objects, OERs, MOOCs, etc in this period. So, it''s a mixed picture.

MOOC 28

MOOC Dropout OER Social Media 28

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

Via the MIT Technology Review : “For $14,000, a Weeklong Firehose of Silicon Valley Kool-Aid.” ” The Linked Learning Alliance is a voluntary certification program for California’s high school career academies. “Learning technology once reserved for special needs students is now in everyone’s hands.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Big 12 Conference’s Board of Directors on Wednesday requested ‘a full accounting of the circumstances surrounding the sexual assaults’ at Baylor University.” More, via Inside Higher Ed , on various colleges’ OER initiatives. ” From the HR Department. .”

Coursera 60

Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Educause is holding its annual conference this week. Educators Discuss Pros and Cons of Learning Analytics.” The company is co-founded by Nick Ducoff, formerly of the OER textbook startup Boundless. ” Via Campus Technology : “ Purdue App Puts Learning Data into Students’ Hands.”

Education 48

Education Facebook Company Robotics 48