Bryan Alexander

MARCH 13, 2017

Gaming: many examples of people using games for learning, or gamification for public good (public health, for one). MOOCs: simply present in the ed tech space, without the hype crash America experienced. Second, it was fascinating to see the variety of projects and ideas in play. So many trends. I’ll pull out some here.

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MOOC Gamification Mobility Conference 42

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Even MOOCs have a professor, even if it might be one for 100,000 people. You were sitting at the computer, and were you looking at MOOCs from other colleges, or were you tapping the person next to you to ask a question? Does your model at 42 work because there are so many MOOCs and other free courses online now?

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MOOC Gamification Company System 122

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 22, 2019

She is the author of two books, Understanding Gamification and Library Mobile Experience: Practices and User Expectations and the founding editor of ACRL TechConnect Blog. In Fall 2014 she led a MOOC, The Emerging Future: Technology Issues and Trends, that attracted over 1700 global participants. She is the organizer of the Library 2.0

Libraries 31

Libraries Conference Elsevier Technology 31

Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

Collaborative Learning, 21st Century Skills; Blending Learning, Student Engagement, MOOC; Flipped Classroom; Gamification; Big Data. I constantly play contrarian with our marketing team around using the latest education lingo: Project-Based Learning; Web 2.0; The list goes on and on. We recycle all terminology and ideas.

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EdTech Differentiated Instruction Gamification MOOC 40

Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

Collaborative Learning, 21st Century Skills; Blending Learning, Student Engagement, MOOC; Flipped Classroom; Gamification; Big Data. I constantly play contrarian with our marketing team around using the latest education lingo: Project-Based Learning; Web 2.0; The list goes on and on. We recycle all terminology and ideas.

EdTech 40

EdTech Differentiated Instruction Gamification MOOC 40

GoConqr

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

One of the biggest EdTech trends in 2016 and for the years to follow will be gamification. Gamification will provide the necessary motivation, engage learners, and bring back the fun element in the learning process. The 2016 learner is a digital native with far more technological resources at their disposal than ever before.

Technology 75

Technology Trends Gamification Education 75

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 27, 2015

Gamified learning (gamification). Self-guided MOOC. Traditional MOOC. Cross-curricular projects. Reciprocal Teaching. “Flipped-class” learning. Face-to-Face Driver blended learning. Rotation blended learning. Flex Blended Learning. “ Online Lab” blended learning. Sync Teaching. HyFlex Learning.

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Blended Learning MOOC Competency Based Learning Strategy 40

Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

And the MOOC numbers look like they’re rising. Unless the worm turns globally, I’d expect planet MOOC to keep growing in 2016. Gaming and gamification should continue to attract experimental and creative faculty, plus allied staff, but that looks like a very slow growth area for now.

Trends 40

Trends Technology MOOC Education 40

Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I hoped to move on from there to what I called “approaches”, ways of using tech that didn’t depend on a specific platform – i.e., gaming and gamification, blended learning, distance learning, MOOCs, mobile, and digital literacy. But participants were very, very engaged from the start.

Conference 40

Conference ePortfolio LMS Education 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Close to 40 presentations in four different strands: Stories for Learning, Games and Gamification, Passion-Driven Learning and STEAM. It runs for 2 weeks (October 20-31) with video presentations uploaded daily Monday through Friday. The conference is asynchronous, so you don''t need to worry about time zones.

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Libraries Maker Movement Conference Learning 52

Hack Education

AUGUST 5, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs, CAI, and now this. ” “Why Pokemon Go shows the future of learning gamification,” according to Education Dive. ” Via JSTOR : “The Bloody Results of Mexico ’s High-Stakes School Testing.”

Education 40

Education Pearson Report Policies 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Pokemon Go : “Why Pokemon Go shows the future of learning gamification,” according to Education Dive at least. Or MOOCs even. Blockchain : “ 10 amazing ways Blockchain could be used in education ” by Donald Clark. (I’ll Bonus: “ 5.3 Reasons Pokemon Go will Replace the LMS ” by Tom Woodward.).

Technology 40

Technology Education Report Training 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Or one could look at ed-tech companies that laid off staff: the coding bootcamp Galvanize , the analytics company Civitas Learning , the learning management system Schoology , MOOC provider Coursera , the education giant Pearson , for example.

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Gamification. I really believe I could have hit a mosquito in the eye with a pine needle at thirty paces; I couldn’t miss because there was no such thing as a miss.” ” Game-Based Learning. Learning through games (from physical to digital). Put another way, it is making a game out of something that’s not. ” (11).

Technology 40

Technology Learning BYOD Digital Citizenship 40

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Always eager to associate itself with the latest tech craze, education technology embraced Pokémon Go with great gusto: “ Why Pokemon Go shows the future of learning gamification.” ” “ The Educational Potential of Pokémon Go.” ” “ Why Pokémon Go marks a new step forward in education.”

Data 40

Data Technology Education Software 40