Facebook Libraries MOOC Technology 
Edsurge
MARCH 25, 2020
Large-scale courses known as MOOCs were invented to get free or low-cost education to people who could not afford or get access to traditional options. Duke University was one of the first institutions to draw on MOOCs in response to the novel coronavirus. Other MOOC providers are making similar offers.
EdTech Magazine
AUGUST 30, 2018
During my tenure as technology director at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Day School in Miami, the idea of makerspaces — collaborative workspaces that are growing more and more popular across the country — intrigued me, from both a pedagogical and a technological perspective. Makerspace Educators Need Professional Development, Too.
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Hack Education
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
At the end of every year since I founded Hack Education in 2010, I’ve reviewed what I think are the most important and influential trends in education technology. This is about the stories we’re told about education, about technology, and about education technology. (No
Hack Education
DECEMBER 9, 2017
I was inspired, I think, to select that topic because talk of “platforms” was incredibly popular in Silicon Valley – it had been for a while – as companies strove to become “the next Facebook.” ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. They’re amazing.
Edsurge
AUGUST 18, 2016
Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller has ridden the MOOC craze as the company’s CEO and later president. The company grew—in Ng’s words—“faster than Facebook,” reaching 1.7 million users in less than a year and leading some to proclaim 2012 “the year of the MOOC.”
Edsurge
JANUARY 26, 2018
A recent visit to my old high school library left me disappointed. But the technology itself was not my concern. In fact, aside from the predictable few flickers of Facebook and Twitter, it seemed most of the students were actually working on something productive.
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.)
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