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Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

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More than two decades ago, when I was hired at Stevens Institute of Technology, as dean of web-based distance learning—a quaint title for what is now known as online learning—few tools were available to help faculty migrate their on-campus courses online. The term MOOC was coined by others in 2008.) million students.

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Examples Of Innovation In Higher Ed–With A Caution

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Examples Of Innovation In Higher Ed–With A Caution. 4 General Examples Of Innovation In Higher Ed. MOOCs are great ideas, but assessment and feedback loops and certification are among the many issues holding them back. Comparing an unsupported MOOC from 2008 to an in-person college experience isn’t apples to apples.

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The New Education #bookreview

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Cathy Davidson is quite critical of current the higher education system, citing numerous examples of how creativity is stifled and how '.the So what of technology? Davidson does not see technology as a panacea for all the ills of higher education though. Yes, more students than ever are enrolled on MOOCs (p.

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How Amazon’s Purchase of Whole Foods Highlights the Hybrid, ‘Omnichannel’ Future of Higher Ed

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Amazon has become one of the most valuable companies in the world—with a current market value of $475 billion —based on its domination of e-commerce (holding an astounding 50 percent share of all online retail sales); its leadership in the cloud computing business ; and the strength of its software algorithms.

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Technology and Casey Green on campus: Future Trends Forum #3, notes and full recording

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We explored campus technology and faculty attitudes towards digital materials. Casey noted some long-term persistent trends, such as campus IT seeing technology as an underutilized aid for instruction, and not feeling satisfied about institutional promotion of technology for faculty. Here is the full recording and my notes.

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Campus Tech 2016: Recognizing—and Questioning—“Inevitable” Futures

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Last week at Campus Technology 2016, higher-ed technologists joined forces with administrators, instructional designers, and faculty to explore another realm many consider “wizardry”—predicting the future. If we can accept that the world is complex, that education is complex, why are so many of our technologies about compliance?”

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

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In recent years, Simon’s ideas have found new traction, thanks to new computing technologies that would have seemed alien in the ’60s. Mathematics lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology. If both happen together, that’s a 9x improvement in the rate of learning.” Acuitus’s earliest client was the U.S.

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