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How will MOOCs impact the future of college education?
Massive Open Online Courses are leveraging today’s technology to provide (typically) free access to world class education. Only the proverbial ostrich (you know, the one with it’s head in the sand)...
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10 Emerging Education and Instructional Technologies that all Educators...
The technologies that can have the best impact on education are evolving quickly from year to year, and the pace seems to be quickening. Naturally, as author of EmergingEdTech, I’m always keeping an...
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My MOOC experience – Coursera Course Journal Week 1
Observations about my experience in a free Coursera MOOC. So What’s a MOOC? First, for anyone who might not yet be aware of it – a “MOOC” is a Massive Open Online Course. With all the attention these...
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My MOOC Journal: Coursera Operations Management Course – Weeks 2 through 4
This course is a lot of work – it’s challenging and robust, and I’m learning a lot. This isn’t my first online course, I’ve taken one before – it was a lot of work, and I learned a good deal. But this...
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Longwood University Combines Gaming and MOOC Technology to Offer Free Career...
Badgestack and Longwood U combine forces to offer students a head start on what they need to know to succeed in today’s work force. Can it get much more innovative and community-focused than this?...
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Four Infographics About 2012′s Top Trending Education Technology Topic – MOOCs
MOOCs have really taken off this year, with exploding offerings, millions of enrollments, and lots of media coverage. Regular EmergingEdTech readers know that MOOCs have been a very hot topic...
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Learning About the Use of Media Servers in Education
What is a Media Server and how are schools using them? From time to time I come across the mention of “media servers” and find myself wanting to better understand this technology and how it being used...
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MOOC2Degree Initiative Raises the For-Credit Profile of MOOCs
New Program Brings an Innovative Twist to the World of MOOCs. Last week, Academic Partnerships introduced the MOOC2Degree program. Through this innovative effort, some of the public universities that...
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CA Bill Mandates Credit for Online MOOC-style Courses to Fill Gaps in...
Bill could be another big step forward for the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) model. The state of California has recently approved a bill (SB 520) that mandates statewide open online courses be...
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For-Credit MOOCs a Growing Trend
Is the day coming when MOOCs will be widely accepted for credit? Some have hailed MOOCs — massive open online courses – as the next great wave in education and important to the future of higher...
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Massive Open Online Research: The MOOC Evolves into the MOOR
By Adding a Strong Research Element, MOOCs can Deliver Greater Learning Value to the Students who Participate in Them. Anyone who follows education technology has probably heard plenty about the MOOC —...
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Sharing Best Practices in Professional Development for Successful Online...
Teachers Need Appropriate Professional Development as They Embrace the use of Online and Hybrid Learning. Just as in traditional classes, good online courses require good teachers, but they need to be...
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