The elements that make up this approach are not necessarily new — great teachers have been employing these tactics for years. But now there’s a movement to codify the different pieces that define the deeper learning approach, and to spread the knowledge from teacher to teacher, school to school in the form of a Deeper Learning MOOC (massive open online course), organized by a group of schools, non-profits, and sponsored by the Hewlett Foundation.
So what defines deeper learning? This group has identified six competencies: mastering content, critical thinking, effective written and oral communication, collaboration, learning how to learn, and developing academic mindsets.
“Before we assess, we need to know what we are assessing for,” said Marc Chun, program officer at the Hewlett Foundation. What does effective collaboration look like? What does it really look like to be a critical thinker? These skill are more oriented towards process than content, making them difficult to assess in a standardized way.
Schwartz (2014.02.28) acknowledged that approaches fostering deeper learning are not new, and pointed out related competencies derived from a MOOC. She also highlighted challenges of assessing such competencies.
Schwartz (2014.02.28) acknowledged that approaches fostering deeper learning are not new, and pointed out related competencies derived from a MOOC. She also highlighted challenges of assessing such competencies.
Knowledge is power - but how do you plug into new ideas when organisational budgets are flipping the switch on PD?
There is a wealth of opportunities that won't cost the earth or force you to travel it to be found online - and there's more to explore than MOOCs and webinars.
This article examines the potential of synchronous communication in online education by analyzing the newest tools and platforms that facilitate real-time group communication, and the pedagogy associated with implementing synchronous communication tools into asynchronous learning environments.
California Institute of Technology the first education resource of higher education universities in California. Caltech is ranked 1st internationally in top 100 colleges began to offer higher online education classes through MOOCs under Coursera, and now in 2013 Caltech's Online Education programs available through edX.
Millions of students in Chinese suppliers and worldwide can now access programs offered by China's leading colleges. The nation's top organizations released their first massive start web based programs, or MOOCs, on the US-based edX and Coursera systems recently.
mooc.org is an edX destination. We're working to help educational institutions, businesses and teachers easily build and host courses for the world to take.
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Lore is created for instructors to design their own MOOC type courses without needing adoption by a whole school or district.
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