Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Analysis of Georgia Tech ’s MOOC-inspired online master’s in computer science suggests that institutions can successfully deliver high-quality, low-cost degrees to students at scale.” ” “ Robot abuse ”?!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2014

virtual and physical events and those of our over 200 partners in the learning professions. Updates Partner Spotlight Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings NMC Navigator Top Ten Conversations Final Notes Updates Did you miss the annoucement of our Online Summit Featuring Google for Education? September 6th + 7th!

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

Or one for the Robotics Club, National Honor Society, Made with Code, Girls/Boys Scouts, etc. We have face-to-face events, meet-ups, and even offer some learning opportunities via Google Hangouts. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). MOOC’s are usually free online courses offered by universities with no limit on enrollment.

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

The event became much more dramatic than expected, once the hosting city, Washington DC, was clobbered by the great snowpocalyspe of 2016. There were discussions of using MOOCs on liberal arts campuses and developing distance learning programs for outreach or to make up for enrollment shortfalls. Online learning is on the rise.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

MOOCs were going to change everything. My favorite ludicrous claim remains that of Knewton’s CEO who told NPR in 2015 that his company was a “mind reading robot tutor in the sky.” The Internet was going to change everything. The Macintosh computer was going to change everything. And on and on and on. ”).

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

And thank you too for the theme of this event – your willingness to talk about failures and struggles with education technology rather than, what’s almost always the case, this strange dogma the field demands – that we only offer praise and thanks for the glory of education technology. ” Robots are coming for our jobs.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

– China’s state-controlled news broadcasters have long been considered somewhat robotic in their daily recitation of pro-government propaganda, and a pair of new presenters will do little to dispel that view. We are now living in a world in which robots do many of the jobs we once thought the preserve of humans.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2020

Retailers such as The Gap are accelerating the adoption of robots in their warehouses. Major employers are embracing libraries of video and MOOC courses, tuition-assistance programs for online courses, and bootcamps focused on tech skills (which have themselves moved online).

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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.”) Buy them a beer when you see them at an event and thank them for covering the LMS industry so I don’t have to. Subscribe to their blog.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The report is always a big deal in technology circles – “a tech industry event in its own right,” as Wired’s Steven Levy put it in 2012 – and many publications and pundits dutifully cover Meeker’s observations, often adding very little analysis of their own. Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

The Learning Revolution Project highlights virtual and physical events from Web 2.0 These events bring together educators, learners, leaders, and others to rethink and reinvent education. We also would like to thank those who have supported our previous events and introduce ourselves to others who may share our vision.

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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. Spreading the word : this a free event, so be sure to tell others! Volunteering : as with our other conference 2.0 See you online!

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. More robot news up in the MOOC section above. Via NPR : “ Betsy DeVos Sued For Failing To Implement Automatic Student Loan Forgiveness.” on Coursera.” ” (deeplearning.ai

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” " It’s lovely to see the big innovation from the MOOC startups in 2017 involves the learning management system. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via WCTI12.com ” “ MOOCs Started Out Completely Free. ” I didn’t pay close attention to Facebook ’s developer event this week. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Where Are They Now?” Lumen Learning has raised $3.75

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Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

” The Outline highlights the “Summer’s hottest dystopian crossover event is MoviePass and student loan debt ”: Refinance your debt with Laurel Road, and get a free annual MoviePass membership! ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “Peter Thiel May Finally Get His Flying Cars, Thanks to a New Udacity Nanodegree in 2018.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via Campus Technology : “BYU Researchers Aim to Stop Robots from Eating Tables with Wikipedia.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

” 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. .” Apple held a marketing event this week, and the PR was duly repeated by the tech press. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via the Hechinger Report : “Can a wall-climbing robot teach your kid to code?” .” Via The Dallas Morning News : “As schools continue to get incorrect STAAR results, officials demand that vendor step up scrutiny.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

“The Year of the MOOC” – I was summoned to Palo Alto, California for a small gathering to discuss the future of teaching, learning, and technology. When Thrun first invited us all to this event – about ten of us – he promised that at the end of the weekend, we would take a ride in a zeppelin over San Francisco.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Politico : Western Governors University , “the nation’s leading provider of competency-based educatio n – which the Education Department’s independent watchdog last month said violated federal student aid rules – is expanding into North Carolina.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ TU Delft Students Can Earn Credit For MOOCs From Other Universities.” ” Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein on his company’s new event series, The Empirical Educator Project.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The only other media attending the event would be a national crew from ABC.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Stop Asking About Completion Rates: Better Questions to Ask About MOOCs in 2019,” says Edsurge. .” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “The MOOC is not dead, but maybe it should be,” says Rolin Moe. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. There’s some ACICS accreditation news in the accreditation section below. ” “Homework therapist.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ California Should Watch Arkansas Process for Creating New Online Institution,” says Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill. Its website touts the “Highlights from Apple’s keynote event.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Apple had a thing.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Brown University joins edX. “ Y Combinator MOOC for Tech Startups Attracts Thousands of Views,” says Campus Technology. Not sure why this is called a MOOC. Microsoft had a media event this week. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ MOOC enrollment drops at HarvardX and MITx after free certifications disappear ,” says Techcrunch. Via the IEEE Spectrum : “How the Pioneers of the MOOC Got It Wrong.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

But as Inside Higher Ed reports later in the week : “In the latest development in an eventful saga, Ashford University on Wednesday announced that it is closer to preserving access to Post–9/11 GI Bill benefits.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Lots of MOOC PR appeared in the news this week.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Here’s Edsurge’s take on the AEI event. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the job training section below. .” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Geek Dad : “Little Robot Friends Teach Kids to Code With Empathy.”

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). In related MOOC news, there's more on “ nanodegrees ” in the “credentialing” section below. Because up ’til now, MOOCs were the most brilliant data mining app ever.). But how do they compare to the old one and the ACT ?”

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Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill : “If At First You Don’t Succeed, Try To Be An OPM : Conversion of for-profits and MOOCs.” ” There’s some Udacity-related MOOC news in the job training section below.

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Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” A MOOC consortium , that is, with member institutions Davidson College , Colgate University , Hamilton College , and Wellesley College. .” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Contests and Conferences. .”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

It’s now become a way in which educational events, organizations, and institutions dole out funding for projects. In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education. See David Kernohan’s excellent keynote at OpenEd13 for more.)

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Via KIRO7 : “Charges filed after University of Washington shooting outside Milo Yiannopoulos event.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. a month.). . No neoliberalism here.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

It’s a bit tricky to do some weeks – because some weeks I’m traveling and some weeks a major event happens in the middle of the week making some of the “before” reporting seem a little odd. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Citing Civil-Rights Concerns, NCAA Pulls 7 Championship Events Out of North Carolina.” The startup, which something something MOOC something something, has raised $9.69 ” Go, School Sports Team! million total.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Chalkbeat investigates the Indiana Virtual School : “As students signed up, online school hired barely any teachers – but founder’s company charged it millions.” ” Ed-Tech Events. Edsurge is also holding an event this week.

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