Edsurge

JULY 25, 2017

And she makes the case for why free online courses like hers—which are known as Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs—might still lead to a revolution in higher education, even though the hype around them has died down. Some people might even wonder whether MOOCs are even still around since you don’t hear much about these courses today.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2020

MIT professor Justin Reich and several colleagues just completed one of the largest-ever research studies exploring teaching techniques in online higher education, involving nearly 250,000 students from nearly every nation on the planet. After all, he and his collaborators did get significant results in their earlier, smaller studies.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 20, 2021

Once technology became part of our daily routine and online learning solutions (MOOC providers, learning apps, learning management systems , etc.) In theory, we can choose what we want to study and where, depending on our personal background. The topic is not new. Only a lucky few manage to get in.

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2018

MOOC-provider Coursera, for example, claims to have 6.5 Across all geographies, Europe has one of the highest concentration of MOOC users in the world. A study by Class Central, a review site for the free online courses, found that nearly 20 percent of its users were based in Europe. “We million in Europe.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 22, 2021

An often-cited study on MOOCs says videos should be around six minutes long. However, this rule has been challenged by subsequent evidence such as this Stanford study arguing that MOOC videos are different than formal education videos. After that, most students gradually lose interest.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 18, 2020

In fact, a study on Forbes found that global education technology (EdTech) is one of the fastest-growing segments today, and is expected to be worth $252 billion by the end of this year. MOOCS (massive online open courses) are different from virtual classes, and are usually offered by colleges and universities. Artificial Intelligence.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. Washington University in St. government as well.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

Recharge with books- Book chats/studies, audio books, author virtual events, #BookCampPD, @HackMyLearning, @EduMatchBooks, @BurgessDave, @Foundations_inc. Twitter Chats, webinars, MOOCs, online courses, online conferences, virtual events, livestreams, Edcamps, Facebook groups, #Hashtags. Online courses and MOOCs. ” – Ovid.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

” – Ovid Escape technology, people, and worries Recharge with books- Book chats/studies, audio books, author virtual events, #BookCampPD, @HackMyLearning, @EduMatchBooks, @BurgessDave, @Foundations_inc Podcasts- Dschool.stanford.edu/resources/the-inspiration-walk Edupodcastnetwork.com Twitter.com/search? Tips and Resources.

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Edsurge

JULY 23, 2021

A study conducted by WECT before the pandemic found that only about 20 percent of colleges they surveyed charged less tuition and lower fees than they do to those who study in person. Since then, MOOC degrees have mushroomed , now with more than 70 others available in partnership with about 30 first-class universities worldwide.

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Mark Smithers

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Thanks to Kate Bowles ( @KateMfD ) for sending me a link to an open Coursesites web site (free registration) that has been created for the MOOC discussion at the forthcoming Universities Australia 2014 conference. There are six questions in the discussion area; these are: What have been the most significant impacts of MOOCs?

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 3, 2016

FutureLearn , a social learning company owned by The Open University, announced this week that students taking some of its massive open online courses, or MOOCS, will have the opportunity to earn course credits toward degrees, including MBAs, as well as professional qualifications and certifications. It’s a freemium model,” he said.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2019

The university has been making free online classes known as MOOCs, or massive open online courses, since the medium’s early days, says Dhawal Shah, founder of Class Central, which ranks the institution as the fourth-most prolific university MOOC producer.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2018

I decided to base my doctoral thesis on them: “ Tinkering in K–12: An Exploratory Mixed Methods Study of Makerspaces in Schools as an Application of Constructivist Learning.”. Offer a book study on Invent to Learn (the authors have created a study guide).

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2016

Qualified 7th grade students can earn special consideration for Cooke Scholarships by completing an edX MOOC. Young Scholars must have earned grades of mostly As in school since 6th grade, with no grades of C in English, math, science or social studies. They must live and attend high school in the United States or a U.S. territory.

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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). When combined with the self-directed, anytime, anywhere learning facilitated in the MOOC-Ed, the experience proved to be powerful. She even plans to “use it with the book study [they] are doing.”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2022

Young The MOOC giant was valued at more than $3.6 Young This analysis of a major MOOC provider proved prescient; the nonprofit was purchased later in the year. A Popular Study Found That Taking Notes By Hand Is Better Than By Laptop. A math professor makes the case for using class time for active learning. By Jeffrey R.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2023

Today’s online courses are evolved cousins of the early MOOC, or massive open online course. We definitely know that we have to make these courses shorter,” agrees Rene Kizilcec, director of the Future of Learning Lab at Cornell University, who’s studied online student behavior closely. But learning online remains a hard nut to crack.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

Unfortunately, most massive open online course (MOOC) platforms still feel like drafty lecture halls instead of intimate seminar rooms. I think we’ve seen this reemergence—unintentionally—in the form of MOOCs. I typically build MOOCs, but this spring, I designed an online program for a cohort of 16 nonprofit leaders.

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Wired Campus

APRIL 2, 2015

A study by the two universities has found that teachers are enrolling in their MOOCs in high numbers. The study examines data from some one million MOOC students who enrolled in courses at edX, the nonprofit learning platform started by Harvard and MIT. Teachers enroll in MOOCs for a number of reasons, he says.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2019

That was at the height of the buzz around MOOCs, and about a year after the start of edX, the online course platform founded by Harvard and MIT. He was referring to the business school’s well-known teaching method that uses “case studies,” which the school produces and sells as well.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 27, 2022

However, suddenly, they were the ones responsible for logging in to a learning platform and managing their time for study and personal activities. Most students were familiar with using technology before the pandemic. This was especially tricky when everything happened at home.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2019

“The digitization of healthcare with more data and machine learning has created a skill set that many people didn’t study in school.” Instead, MOOC providers see an opportunity in helping medical professionals keep their knowledge and skills up to date after they graduate, a field also known as continuing medical education (CME).

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Digital Promise

MAY 20, 2016

We conceived of this crowdsourced design project as part of a massive open online course (MOOC) on Canvas Network and sought out an all volunteer team of designers, facilitators, and subject matter experts to help us. A reading lesson including a social studies theme asks adult learners to consider the Fourth Amendment to the U.S.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2019

MOOCs, shorthand for massive open online courses, have been widely critiqued for their miniscule completion rates. This does not necessarily make MOOCs a failure. That’s a far cry from five years ago, when only 5 percent of the students were finishing the MOOCs I was designing. Use the power of peer pressure.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2021

A decade ago, large-scale online courses known as MOOCs were all the rage, touted as a possible alternative to traditional college and celebrated in the popular press. Talbert had taken MOOCs back when they first started and was unimpressed.

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Edsurge

MAY 25, 2020

In my 2014 book “ MOOCS Essentials ,” I reflected on each aspect of the residential learning process and how developers of massive open online courses were trying to replicate those experiences virtually, or come up with ways to keep students engaged without direct teacher-student interaction.

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Mark Smithers

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Thanks to Kate Bowles ( @KateMfD ) for sending me a link to an open Coursesites web site (free registration) that has been created for the MOOC discussion at the forthcoming Universities Australia 2014 conference. There are six questions in the discussion area; these are: What have been the most significant impacts of MOOCs?

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The Shake Up Learning Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

SAT/ACT Study Groups. When it comes time to prepare for the SAT and ACT, often times students will form study groups across the area or region. Book Study/Lit Circles. It seems like educators are always doing book studies, whether that is a study within our own district or cross-collaborating with educators in other areas.

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eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2017

From MOOCs to digital study aids to virtual tutoring, there are many ways for students to hone their academic skills while still maintaining flexibility in their schedules. Participate in a MOOC that covers a subject/skill he or she is lacking. The more relaxed atmosphere of MOOCs can be both good and bad. An added bonus?

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Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2023

It turns out, one of the world’s most-cited educational researchers, Richard Mayer , is working on a series of studies looking at what kind of computer-generated voices and images are most engaging to learners and lead to the best outcomes. How do we create online tutors who are approachable and we want to learn from?’”

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 7, 2018

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). MOOC is not a new concept in the e-learning industry. It offers a large number of students access to study high-quality courses online through video streaming. Many prestigious universities such as Harvard offers MOOC at minimal or no cost. However, some courses are chargeable.

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2020

But over the last 10 years we’ve deployed online learning at a massive scale in K-12 schools, colleges, through large-scale MOOCs, etc. In MOOCs, we found that students whose parents didn’t earn a BA were more likely to drop out than students whose parents have a BA. And the emerging picture is much different than those NSD findings.

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Edsurge

MAY 31, 2022

Just look at Fiveable, who’s helping students across the world create communities with virtual study rooms, or Aktiv Learning, who’s improving outcomes in STEM courses for university students. Right now, actually, I’m thinking about how we can improve completion rates for MOOCs and online courses.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2018

The MOOC is an extension of the on-campus course—it was really just making our on-campus experience public and open for anyone to follow,” says Barba. Their study found that exam scores for undergraduate students in STEM courses were 6 percent higher in active-learning sections.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

And in the past ten years these colleges have been active in offering so-called MOOCs, or massive open online courses, which are free or low-cost courses, usually for no official credit. Ivy League colleges now offer more than 450 of these courses. And some Ivies offer graduate certificate programs online.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

And it was just a few years after the launch of the first MOOCs, putting the online higher ed market newly in the spotlight as it continued its steady growth. Innovations such as stackable non-degree credentials as an on-ramp and low-cost MOOC-based degrees from top universities are likely to only grow access to post-baccalaureate education.

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