Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

EdSurge: Udacity rode the wave of hype around MOOCs, massive open online courses, when the company started back in 2011. But more recently, the company’s co-founder, Sebastian Thrun, has insisted that Udacity is not a MOOC company. How do the so-called Nanodegrees that Udacity delivers differ?

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 13, 2016

They may subscribe to magazines or journals, read books written by thought-leaders, attend talks and presentations, or simply sift through news online. Books written by industry experts abound, as do specialist magazines, textbooks and how-to guides. Moreover, the internet is filled with a wealth of self-teaching opportunities.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The Evolution of MOOCs: Six Years Later : Are MOOCs still around? A pair of entrepreneurs from a scholarship startup and an income-share agreement company join Lumina Foundation and Money Magazine to explore. Higher Ed 11:00 a.m. Dhawal Shah, CEO and founder of Class Central, has spent the last six years tracking them.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

He’s won a national teacher-of-the-year award and his viral videos about education earned him praise from Wired magazine. It’s a new kind of MOOC, and it’s a new kind of philosophy,” he says. The professor, Michael Wesch, has a long track record of teaching innovation.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 19, 2018

” Via The Oregonian’s Bethany Barnes : “ Portland police inaction on child porn case against teacher ‘concerning’ ” Via New York Magazine : “ Mark Zuckerberg Is Trying to Transform Education. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). This Town Fought Back.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

"The only thing that matters is the future," Levandoski told the magazine. I'm not sure that there is one quite yet, although the company has ditched any pretense of "free and open" once heralded as the great innovation of the MOOC.). "I don't even know why we study history. Unfathomable. Impenetrable.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

The New York Times Magazine has a long and thoughtful piece by Sara Mosle on school reforms in the Atlanta Public Schools. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ Monetizing A MOOC Platform.” ” ECOT is the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, an online charter school.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

In 2012, Wired Magazine proclaimed that Udacity “ could change higher learning forever.” ” (Its MOOC competitor edX also announced this year that many of its courses would no longer be free.) Vive la MOOC révolution. You can see a list of all the companies that joined the ed-tech “deadpool” here.)

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MindShift

DECEMBER 14, 2015

In our own time, advocates of online learning promise to level the educational playing fields with massive open online courses, MOOCs. The most compelling evidence for the democratizing power of MOOCs comes from a new generation of Horatio Alger stories, where the video lecture replaces the bootblack’s cloth.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

In fact, for years he edited one of the most popular humor magazines on the Internet, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency — a more literary version of the The Onion. But Warner is not anti-tech. And he thinks that the writing students do for their Instagram accounts and social media is actually great. Could you talk about that?

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Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Gotta keep hyping that MOOC thing. Via Edsurge : “ MOOCs Are No Longer Massive. ” Via Class Central : “Class Central’s Top 50 MOOCs of All Time (2018 edition).” And They Serve Different Audiences Than First Imagined.”

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Via ABC News : “ A defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine over the magazine’s debunked article about a University of Virginia gang rape was tossed out by a judge Tuesday. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” More on MOOC (and related) research in the research section below.

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Vive la MOOC révolution. ” “Orphan MOOCs and the Digital Dark Ages” by Jeffrey Pomerantz in Hybrid Pedagogy. Via The New York Times Magazine : “What Teenagers Are Learning From Online Porn.” Via Edsurge : “?In

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” MOOCs are dead , according to Udacity ’s VP. ” Never one to let a good MOOC story pass them by, Edsurge repeats the story. “MOOCs Are ”Dead.“ million in crowdfunding for its MOOC platform. “ What’s Next?

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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

I’m also working on a magazine article that’ll come out this fall on education technology and venture capital. It was everything y’all said it would be. I was there on a reporting trip, as part of the research I’m doing as a Spencer Fellow.

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” asks New York Magazine. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Lots of MOOC PR appeared in the news this week. ” “What if MOOCs Revolutionize Education After All?” “Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). It’s baaaaack: “Return of the MOOC ,” The City Journal tells us. There’s some (sorta) MOOC-related news in the venture funding section below. Because MOOCs on an airplane proved to be such an effective mode of instruction. ” Phew!

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” edX is offering an online master’s degree with Georgia Tech : an OMS (online master’s in science) in Analytics. The Economist on “ The Return of the MOOC.” Via EdTech Magazine : “How Learning Analytics Can Help Inform K–12 Decisions.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

” President Obama talked to Wired magazine about artificial intelligence, Mars, self-driving cars, Star Trek and more. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Microsoft -Branded MOOCs for K–12 Leaders.” Department of Education announced Wednesday.”

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2017

He also writes a blog for Psychology Today magazine, and co-hosts a podcast through Austin’s NPR station called Two Guys on Your Head. The psychology professor at UT Austin has also become a popular voice working to translate research from the lab into advice for a general audience. So I think some of those things can be very valuable.

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Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news from Edsurge in the “job training” section below. There’s more MOOC news from Edsurge in the “job training” section below. ” ( Not mentioned : Penn was one of the very first investors in Coursera.).

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Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2022

"The only thing that matters is the future," he told the magazine. Tall tales about the invention of the MOOC. " I like to cite, as an example, a New Yorker article from a few years ago, an interview with an Uber engineer who'd pleaded guilty to stealing Google's self-driving car technology.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via the NY Magazine : “Brooklyn Students Are Protesting Silicon Valley’s Favorite Education Program.” More robot news up in the MOOC section above. ” Also via NPR : “The Benefits Of Taking Out Loans For College.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2014

Magnets Join Race to Replace Transistors in Computers Creating an Ever-Flexible Center for Tech Innovation Canvas Network Announces Minecraft MOOCs and App in a Suite of 15 MOOCs for K-12 Teachers, Students and Parents MIT Team Turns 6.9 Mix Up Your Classroom Library. Mix Up Your Classroom Library. 5 Tips for First Year Teachers.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

The New York Times Magazine interviews the new Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ MOOC enrollment drops at HarvardX and MITx after free certifications disappear ,” says Techcrunch. .” Yes, the department is now on GitHub.

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

” asks The New York Times Magazine. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Why Haven’t MOOCs Eliminated Any Professors?” .” More on venture philanthropy and test prep in the venture philanthropy section below. Via The New York Times : “Free Tuition?

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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. Via Diggit Magazine : “The end of Academia.edu : how business takes over, again.”

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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.” ” Via George Veletsianos : “ Educational Technology Magazine archive (1966–2017).” McCarthyism is back,” writes David Palumbo-Liu.

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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.” “Many are never the same.”

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 10, 2012

Her prolific presence in the educator community through social media has been recognized by several notable entities, such as The New York Times , UNESCO Bangkok, Edweek, Converge Magazine, the United Federation of Teachers, the 140 Conference, Mashable, English Central, Tefl.net, and T/H/E JOURNAL. What are the barriers to good learning?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2011

link] EPCOP MOOC WEBINAR ( Australia Series ) Mon 8 Aug 09:00PM New York / Tue 9 Aug 01:00AM GMT / Tue 9 Aug 11:00AM Sydney Coach Carole. We will hear from the MOOCers about their discoveries, their plans for participating in the MOOC and we will find out just what impact e-portfolio learning is having on them so far. in education.

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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

JANUARY 26, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s New Strategy Takes Inspiration From Netflix – and LinkedIn.” ” There’s more MOOC-related research in the research section below. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has acquired the science search engine Meta.

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via San Francisco Magazine : “A Kindergarten Teacher May Be Evicted from Her Mission Apartment.

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Slate : “ The New Diploma Mills.” ” According to this Techcrunch article , MOOCs like Udacity and Coursera weren’t working out for AirBnB so now it is “running its own internal university to teach data science.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” An op-ed in Forbes by University Ventures’ Ryan Craig : “Make Online Education Great (For The First Time).” ” Via PC Magazine : “Researchers Show Off ‘Mind-Reading’ Robot.” More on HR changes at UofP in the HR section below.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Nicole Eramo, a former dean of students, is suing the magazine for $7.9 Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ XuetangX : A Look at China’s First and Biggest MOOC Platform.” More via NPR. ” Talking to them, I guess, is not an option.

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