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Udacity Official Declares MOOCs ‘Dead’ (Though the Company Still Offers Them)

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Udacity helped popularize the idea of offering college-level courses online to anyone for free, a format known as MOOCs (for Massive Open Online Courses). But this week a Udacity official called MOOCs “dead,” leading to questions about what that means for one of the company’s offerings (which still include free MOOCs).

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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. Some of the systems also offer video editing, recording and screen downloading options.

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How can we engage online learners?

Learning with 'e's

Huge attrition rates still exist today in online education, especially in some of the latest forms such as MOOCs. Discussion groups and forums, hyperlinked content, videos, audio in the form of podcasts, and ultimately, user generated content emerged as important forms of online activity. Unported License.

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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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Interview with Terry Anderson

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We are delighted that Terry will be delivering a keynote speech at this year''s European Distance and E-Learning Network ( EDEN ) Conference in Zagreb in June. What are your views on MOOCs? Steve: If you had to give away all your technologies, but just keep back one for personal use, what would it be?

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20 years in e-learning

Mark Smithers

In June of this year it was twenty years since I set up my first web server for delivering e-learning courses. I’m using this anniversary to reflect on my experiences in educational technology over the last 20 years. It’s no wonder there is no widespread adoption of e-learning and edtech across the institution.

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20 years in e-learning

Mark Smithers

In June of this year it was twenty years since I set up my first web server for delivering e-learning courses. I’m using this anniversary to reflect on my experiences in educational technology over the last 20 years. It’s no wonder there is no widespread adoption of e-learning and edtech across the institution.

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