Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Large-scale online courses called MOOCs can get millions of registered users over time. The problem, he argues, is that providers of MOOCs, including Coursera and edX, require registration to get to the materials. Downes has a special relationship to MOOCs. Their course inspired both the term “MOOCs” and a whole new industry.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Usman Khaliq was an engineering student in northeastern Pakistan when he took his first MOOC. complete multiple MOOCs. complete multiple MOOCs. MOOCs were a vetting mechanism for Usman, allowing both his talent and grit to rise to attention and connecting him to an opportunity halfway around the world.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2017

In 2013, MIT began offering online programs for working professionals to meet learners across the globe. Until lately, those online MIT courses have somewhat resembled so-called massive open online courses, or MOOCs, says Clara Piloto, director of global programs at MIT Professional Education.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

In this video, Constance Seibert shares how the Learning Differences MOOC-Ed hosted by the Friday Institute helped her better understand the different ways her students learn. The Learning Differences MOOC-Ed strives to model some of the approaches teachers can use with their students. The course starts on October 2!

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Teacher Reboot Camp

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Throughout the past 8 years, I have designed several online courses and MOOCs. I noticed this activity has become super popular in many online course; therefore, for The Goal-Minded Teacher MOOC ( #EduGoalsMOOC ), I decided to try another activity in case I had participants who had taken my previous courses. Meet teachers worldwide!

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Micro-credentials supported teachers transitioning to digital learning, helped learners who were seeking ongoing professional learning during shelter-in-place, and aided districts looking to prioritize skills and competencies that meet the needs of their schools’ community. Micro-credentials are a quickly shifting landscape.

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The PL2C Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

The Friday Institute and Oak Foundation seek to end this anachronism with the Learning Differences MOOC for Educators (MOOC-Ed). VPLCs are virtual meetings using Google Hangouts. When combined with the self-directed, anytime, anywhere learning facilitated in the MOOC-Ed, the experience proved to be powerful.

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Wired Campus

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

Some of the biggest MOOC producers, including Daphne Koller’s Coursera, may have figured out how to get employers to accept free online courses as credentials: Get big-name companies to help design them. ” Coursera is hardly the first MOOC provider to bring in companies to help design its online courses.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 8, 2016

The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University recently scaled access to professional learning content for educators by taking advantage of the Massive Open Online Courses for Educators (MOOC-Eds) format. There are people literally from the other side of the world in our MOOC-Eds.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

Now that we’ve assembled international crowds of motivated, smart people online in MOOCs, it’s time to think about harnessing their collective intelligence to tackle these urgent cross-boundary issues. We invite up to 1,000 students who have previously completed two or more of our free MOOCs to apply to participate in these challenges.

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Educator Innovator

DECEMBER 8, 2015

It takes more than just engaging content to have a successful MOOC. Through an inquiry-based process, our partner The Friday Institute discovered that offering multiple ways for participants to connect during the MOOC led to more positive outcomes. VPLCs are virtual meetings using Google Hangouts. ” By Lauren Acree.

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The Shake Up Learning Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

As challenge-based learning grows in popularity, let’s think of ways that we can use Google Classroom to allow students and teachers to, “sign-up,” for optional challenges by joining a Google Classroom Class designed to detail the challenge, provide resources, and allow the user to submit their evidence for meeting the challenge.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 28, 2017

Plus, the best kind of learning is when we meet the unexpected. I actually did this for one of my Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). Chances are their other teachers will have the same old syllabus. As we know many learners won’t read it, because it is too long and the design is boring. Gamify your syllabus!

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Three types of edtech joined the “filmstrip” category in this decade: Learning Management Systems , MOOC s, and digital badges. As for MOOCs, in 2012, the elites in higher education discovered online learning, which many others felt they had already invented and improved over the previous 15 years. OER and open books. Digital badges.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2020

With an uncertain fall and a deep economic downturn, many believe two-year colleges may be the best answer to meeting the higher education needs of both traditional and non-traditional students and workers looking to learn new skills. But are community colleges ready for this digital transformation?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

That certainly has been a narrative of anxiety in higher education where existing institutions have been threatened by the technology industry, or by MOOCs, or by some other startup that will come in and potentially replace them. The hype around MOOCs and other disruptive tech at colleges has faded.

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EdTechnocation.com

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Author: Mathieu Plourde {(Mathplourde on Flickr) This week marks the beginning of the How to Teach Online MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). What is a MOOC you may ask? A MOOC is very similar to university courses but typically do not offer course credits. I want to see deep, rich conversations about the topics of this MOOC.

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EdTechnocation.com

APRIL 2, 2014

Here is my Unit 2 reflection for the MOOC-Ed, Coaching Digital Learning: Cultivating a Culture of Change. It has become an extension of my school and the faculty meetings. Digital edtech Learning mooc MOOC-Ed' What do you see as the most important advantages of adding social media tools to your personal learning network?

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The Web20Classroom

MAY 12, 2014

The traditional forms of sit-and-get PD are giving way to MOOCs, webinars, Edcamps and flipped learning. One idea that I’ve been thinking a lot about lately is Flipped Faculty meetings. Faculty Meetings aren’t the only thing we can flip. But what does all that mean? So we had to look at how to reclaim some of that time.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

UDL’s principles are powerful supports for Opportunity Youth who have opted out of schools and learning environments that failed to meet their needs. The Fellows also participate in a MOOC focused on understanding and responding to learning differences in their classroom. Learn More.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The course will cost $49 per month and will be hosted on Coursera, a platform for massive open online courses, or MOOCs, that Ng co-founded in 2012. (He offers through Coursera, which Ng teaches, have had wide appeal on the MOOC website. He left the company in 2014.) Several of the courses Deeplearning.ai

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2023

Today’s online courses are evolved cousins of the early MOOC, or massive open online course. So for this segment of higher education to grow, companies and colleges will have to figure out how to meet those standards. The year of the MOOC may be long over. But learning online remains a hard nut to crack.

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EdTechnocation.com

MARCH 19, 2014

Last week, the MOOC-Ed, Coaching Digital Learning: Cultivating a Culture of Change , began. We meet quarterly to have important discussions about the technology in our school, ask questions, and provide support. You can still register for the MOOC-Ed and participate! Digital edtech Learning mooc MOOC-Ed'

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Charles Severance was one of the first professors at the University of Michigan to give the massive open online courses (MOOC) platform Coursera a try. But while Severance—who’s better known by some as Dr. Chuck—says his first MOOC was a success, there was one thing about his in-person classes he missed: seeing his students.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2019

He’s the guy who coined the term MOOC, short for Massive Open Online Course, which then was a reference to multiplayer video games. Sit in enough faculty meetings, meet with enough leadership, and it becomes clear that it’s all about money. You say in your tweet that faculty meetings today are all about enrollment and money.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 11, 2017

“ We must meet our students exactly where they are with exactly the brains they have right now. Educators are then asked to identify a student’s strengths and challenges, and create and implement a plan that supports the student in meeting their goals for learning. ” – Dr. Gene R.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2023

She also teaches Learning How to Learn , one of the most popular Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs. Andrea Chiba: There’s one thing that teachers probably know better than scientists, but that now the science is meeting practically, and that is that there are huge individual differences in brain maturation. There were six U.S.

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 14, 2013

After a Department of Education kick-off at the Reimagining Education Conference and initial practitioner learning opportunities by partners Scratch, the Afterschool Alliance, and Mozilla Webmakers, the Summer of Making and Connecting kicks into even higher gear with the launch of Maker Party 2013 and the Making Learning Connected mooc on June 15.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2021

There are also new technologies that have yet to meet their potential, she adds: “There is some skepticism around AI and machine learning, but there are substantive pieces of technology being built, and education is just in the first inning of productively applying them to improve teaching and learning.” billion in 2017.

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The Web20Classroom

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Traditional colleges and universities are also facing a new generation of learning options through MOOCs. It doesn''t hurt to ask if you can sample the course to ensure it will meet your needs, too. This idea of anytime learning extends far beyond K-12 and has far-reaching effects in higher education as well.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Some of the podcasters got their start making educational videos or or producing MOOCs, those free online classes that were all the rage a few years ago, but ended up not living up to the hype. That’s the case for Davis, who for several years was a producer of video classes for HarvardX, Harvard’s MOOC production wing. “I

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2019

On the other hand, MOOCs and other ambitious projects that have caught the popular imagination have had the side effect of reinforcing the misimpression that education’s wicked problems can be addressed with simple solutions.” The group plans to talk with other members about the series at its upcoming meeting in early May.

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MindShift

APRIL 25, 2016

Some studies found that about five percent of those enrolled in massive open online courses (known as MOOCs) completed the course. Learning Circles introduced her to MOOCs for the first time, and she appreciated the feedback from her peers and facilitators in a small group setting.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2016

And although Comprend.io’s co-founders Dan Nash and Sean Hookano-Briel initially targeted K-12 schools for the tool, it seems the corporate sector, which has increasingly turned to MOOCs to train employees, has taken a liking to it even more. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, Comprend.io prices on a by-school or company basis.

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K12 Open Ed

JULY 20, 2015

As I got into working with MOOCs, again I sought to create environments that were peer- and self-driven. Recently, the idea of “headless” MOOCs has become popular. Meet people where they are. I fought this though and continued to try to inspire self direction and self leadership in each group. Be very welcoming.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2018

At the time they were not alone in their efforts; Coursera, Udacity (both of which were also co-founded by Stanford professors) and edX had launched MOOC platforms a year earlier. The pair then started the company in January 2013. These online courses are easy to sign up for, yet few students actually stick through and finish them.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

For example, most of the enrolled students in fully asynchronous MOOCs are adults, and even in this context, completion can be challenging. If you’re not able to run many separate small-group discussions, you can use breakout rooms within larger synchronous class meetings to create similar conditions.

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