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CourseTalk Launches A Yelp For Open Online Courses And What This Means For Higher Education

CourseTalk Launches A Yelp For Open Online Courses And What This Means For Higher Education | Educational Technology in Higher Education | Scoop.it
One of the most popular topics in education technology these days is the subject of MOOCs, otherwise known as Massive Open Online Courses.
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5 Commencement Addresses from Technologists

5 Commencement Addresses from Technologists | Educational Technology in Higher Education | Scoop.it
Technology leaders offer insight to 2013 college graduates.
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Explaining Open Badges through analogy

Explaining Open Badges through analogy | Educational Technology in Higher Education | Scoop.it
Sometimes it's best to explain things through analogies. Here's some analogies for Open Badges.
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Massive open online courses: higher education's digital moment?

Massive open online courses: higher education's digital moment? | Educational Technology in Higher Education | Scoop.it
This report tracks the development of 'massive open online courses' (MOOCs) from a small selection of specialist courses to major online platforms, offering hundreds of courses with millions of users.
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What Do Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) Mean for Education?

What Do Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) Mean for Education? | Educational Technology in Higher Education | Scoop.it
When we think of post-secondary education, we often think of the thousands of ivy-walled educational institutions that dot the country. But what if there was no campus, no classroom, no masses of denim-clad students taking ...
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Can Venture Capital Deliver on the Promise of the Public University?

Can Venture Capital Deliver on the Promise of the Public University? | Educational Technology in Higher Education | Scoop.it
I would like to propose a new online course for the Coursera platform.
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Why the internet will never replace universities - Telegraph

Why the internet will never replace universities - Telegraph | Educational Technology in Higher Education | Scoop.it
All the recent hype about online higher education and 'Moocs' misses the point, says Kel Fidler – universities have been doing it for years.
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The Web Is Your MOOC, and Portfolios To The Rescue | FunnyMonkey

The Web Is Your MOOC, and Portfolios To The Rescue | FunnyMonkey | Educational Technology in Higher Education | Scoop.it
Denize Piccolotto Carvalho's curator insight, May 22, 8:15 PM

Very interesting!!!

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WizIQ is Hosting A Free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for Teachers

WizIQ is Hosting A Free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for Teachers | Educational Technology in Higher Education | Scoop.it
WizIQ is hosting a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for teachers, who wish to teach online using Moodle and other web technologies such as WizIQ and Google Drive, commencing on June 1, 2013.
Chris Carter's curator insight, May 22, 8:33 PM

Worth passing along.

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Patrick McAndrew: MOOCs "are only a part of what's happening” in Open Education

Patrick McAndrew: MOOCs "are only a part of what's happening” in Open Education | Educational Technology in Higher Education | Scoop.it
Chris Carter's curator insight, May 22, 8:34 PM

Thank you, Patrick McAndrew!

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Social Media: Are you maximising its potential?

Invited Speaker presentation at the Australian Higher Educational Industrial Association (AHEIA) conference in Sydney, 17 May 2013. This audience consisted main

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The last ever MOOCshow #openandonline » FOLLOWERS OF THE APOCALYPSE

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Mostly agree.

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What Professors Can Learn From 'Hard Core' MOOC Students

What Professors Can Learn From 'Hard Core' MOOC Students | Educational Technology in Higher Education | Scoop.it
People who have taken dozens of massive open online courses share their advice for those teaching them.
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Adoption of Massive Open Online Courses [Worldwide Survey]

Adoption of Massive Open Online Courses [Worldwide Survey] | Educational Technology in Higher Education | Scoop.it
Given the rise of tuitions, can technology like massively open online courses (MOOCs) reduce tuition costs and make education more affordable? Many argue the answer is yes.
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Essay predicting radical change for higher education over next five years | Inside Higher Ed

Essay predicting radical change for higher education over next five years | Inside Higher Ed | Educational Technology in Higher Education | Scoop.it
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LMS Migration: Pain or Pleasure (or both)? - Pearson R&I

LMS Migration: Pain or Pleasure (or both)? - Pearson R&I | Educational Technology in Higher Education | Scoop.it
LMS Migration may be a pain or a pleasant experience. The key is to focus on the people as much as the technology.
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Four Reasons Why Universities Aren’t Ready to Move Online

Four Reasons Why Universities Aren’t Ready to Move Online | Educational Technology in Higher Education | Scoop.it
Co-authored by Mike Brown.The future of higher education may be online, but the present is still a mess.The New Yorker recently published a thorough exploration of MOOCs and higher education.
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Donald Clark Plan B: Report on 6 MOOCs turns up 10 surprises

Donald Clark Plan B: Report on 6 MOOCs turns up 10 surprises | Educational Technology in Higher Education | Scoop.it
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TinCan and The Confusion About the Next Generation of SCORM - Christian Glahn

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UK higher education: let's not follow the leader but develop our own vision

UK higher education: let's not follow the leader but develop our own vision | Educational Technology in Higher Education | Scoop.it
UK universities need an alternative to the US technology meme that says higher education is broken, says Saint John Walker
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Innovation Confusion — Education + Technology

Innovation Confusion — Education + Technology | Educational Technology in Higher Education | Scoop.it
I know the answer to the question even as I ask it. Why do the same people who pushed so hard for so many years to drive innovation into the…
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PopExpert Online Video Education Marketplace Raises $2M In Seed Funding From Learn Capital And Others | TechCrunch

PopExpert Online Video Education Marketplace Raises $2M In Seed Funding From Learn Capital And Others | TechCrunch | Educational Technology in Higher Education | Scoop.it
As edtech startups continue to challenge the current state of higher education, and various niche startups focus on educating people through digital means, yet another company is getting a boost when it comes to helping people learn.
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Stanford teams up with edX to build online learning platform | opensource.com

Stanford teams up with edX to build online learning platform | opensource.com | Educational Technology in Higher Education | Scoop.it
The open education landscape is set to grow a little more as Stanford University announces plans to team up with edX to build an online learning platform that universities and developers around the world can access for free.
Nicholas Pringle's curator insight, May 21, 6:18 AM

I really look forward to the "open-sourcing" of the entire platform in June!

Chris Carter's curator insight, May 21, 9:18 PM

Go, Stanford!

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Are you technical?

Knowledge experts should stop focussing on how technical they are and instead focus on what they can do and do it well, says Ian Ross, Learning Technologies Manager for the Charity Learning Consortium.
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Why the Past Cannot Predict the Future of MOOCs and Online Learning [#Infographic]

Why the Past Cannot Predict the Future of MOOCs and Online Learning [#Infographic] | Educational Technology in Higher Education | Scoop.it
Higher education has withstood centuries of progress without changing. That’s about to change.
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Simple Techniques for Applying Active Learning Strategies to Online Course Videos | Faculty Focus

Simple Techniques for Applying Active Learning Strategies to Online Course Videos | Faculty Focus | Educational Technology in Higher Education | Scoop.it
From Web-enhanced face-to-face courses to MOOCs, flipped, blended, and fully online courses, videos are an integral component of today’s educational landscape—from kindergarten all the way through higher education.

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Rosemary Tyrrell's curator insight, May 20, 2:08 PM

Some great tips!

Chris Carter's curator insight, May 21, 9:20 PM

This is important!