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Hannah Lesk

Coursera forced to call off a MOOC amid complaints about the course | Inside Higher Ed - 8 views

www.insidehighered.com/...c-amid-complaints-about-course

MOOCs Coursera online learning

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  • Hannah Lesk on 04 Feb 13
     
    Coursera's "Fundamentals of Online Education: Planning and Application" crashed in its first week. Beyond the obvious irony, there are some interesting lessons to learn here.
Roshanak Razavi

Clay Christensen: First the media gets disrupted, then comes the education industry - 7 views

gigaom.com/...n-comes-the-education-industry

MOOC emerging technology educational_technology

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  • Roshanak Razavi on 23 Feb 13
     
    A A Clay Christensen literally wrote the book on disruption, so it's worth paying attention to him when he talks about where the disruption fueled by the web is going to strike next.
Cole Shaw

U.A.E. implements iPads country-wide at university level - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...29iht-educlede29.html

iPad tablets U.A.E.

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  • Cole Shaw on 29 Oct 12
     
    The U.A.E. has gone completely digital at the university level! All first year students got an iPad this year (14,000), and they plan on doing this until every university student has one.
Angela Nelson

Guess who's winning the brains race, with 100% of first graders learning to code? | Ven... - 1 views

venturebeat.com/...estonia-code-academy

Writing Code Tech Literacy K-12

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  • Angela Nelson on 05 Sep 12
     
    Program in Estonia designed to have all students age 7 to 16 learn to write code in a drive to turn children from consumers to developers of technology.
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  • Heather French on 05 Sep 12
     
    I just posted an article from Wired onto twitter about this! http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/09/estonia-reprograms-first-graders-as-web-coders/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=twitterclickthru I wonder how deeply the program goes in coding or if it is more in line with applications like "Move the Turtle".
  • Angela Nelson on 05 Sep 12
     
    I am very curious, as well, and trying to find more information. I think it would necessarily be a program that expands with their comprehension and maturity... starting with very basic "Move the Turtle" applications and then grown with the student, hopefully to real world application, as they go until age 16!
  • Jeffrey Siegel on 06 Sep 12
     
    Who initiated this ProgreTiiger program? The Estonian government? Local IT companies? Concerned parents who disparately wanted their children to learn to code? Estonia is very wired country and it's economy has found a niche in IT services, so much so that it's even been dubbed "eStonia" (http://e-estonia.com/). This program seems to be an example of market forces guiding educational policy since there are clear incentives for it's population to be technologically literate to ensure it's competitiveness and dominance in the tech sector (see: The Many Reasons Estonia Is a Tech Start-Up Nation (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303734204577464343888754210.html) A little blurb on how "plug-in" Estonia actually is: "The geeks have triumphed in this country of 1.3 million. Some 40 percent read a newspaper online daily, more than 90 percent of bank transactions are done over the Internet, and the government has embraced online voting. The country is saturated in free Wi-Fi, cell phones can be used to pay for parking or buy lunch, and Skype is taking over the international phone business from its headquarters on the outskirts of Tallinn. In other words, Estonia - or eStonia, as some citizens prefer - is like a window into the future. Someday, the rest of the world will be as wired as this tiny Baltic nation." (http://www.wired.com/politics/security/magazine/15-09/ff_estonia) p.s. I hate sensational titles like "Guess Who's Winning the Brain's Race" Learning coding doesn't automatically make your brain bigger or necessarily increase your intelligence. Sure, it's a very useful skill, but I wonder what classes will be cut out to make time in the school day for coding. Coding vs recess: Tough call.
  • Irina Uk on 06 Sep 12
     
    Hmmm.... I read about Estonia being very plugged in as well. I wonder if there is research on whether the kids are actually learning better as a result. I think that you have a point Jeffrey. It depends what the cost is. If kids are missing some critical lesson because they are coding at such a young age, there may be a trade-off. On the other hand, maybe the skills they are obtaining from coding are more critical. I wonder...
  • Angela Nelson on 06 Sep 12
     
    Ideally, the tech skills would be used to enhance and deepen some of the other curriculum areas. But, yes, 7 years old may be young.
Angela Nelson

Apple Under Pressure As Samsung Preps Foldable Screens For 2012 - Forbes - 2 views

www.forbes.com/...reps-foldable-screens-for-2012

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  • Angela Nelson on 07 Sep 12
     
    First folding screen phones could come out this year, meaning lighter weight flexible size devices that could fold from phone to tablet easily.
Cole Shaw

A Free Online University Tests the Waters - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...03iht-educlede03.html

online education university

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  • Cole Shaw on 07 Sep 12
     
    An interview with Shai Reshef, who founded the University of the People, a free online university. I think one really interesting part is that NYU agreed that students who finished their first year could apply to NYU Abu Dhabi and finish their free education if accepted! So it's like a portal or proving ground...but for a traditional university.
Irina Uk

Next Stop: OpenSim! -- THE Journal - 1 views

thejournal.com/...next-stop-open-sim.aspx

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  • Irina Uk on 11 Sep 12
     
    This article describes a virtual environment, which has hypergridding as a feature. Students can teleport from one community to the next. This was the first platform to do that.
  • Irina Uk on 11 Sep 12
     
    I wonder how popular environments like this are right now, and how they are being implemented into classrooms. This is fairly recent.
Cole Shaw

A First for Udacity: Transfer Credit at a U.S. University for One of Its Courses - Tech... - 0 views

chronicle.com/...134162

MOOC udacity credit university

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  • Cole Shaw on 11 Sep 12
     
    Someone else over the weekend posted about the U of Wisconsin accepting edX courses as transfer credit--found this other article that a university in Colorado is also going to accept Udacity credit!
Cole Shaw

edX explores demographics of most persistent MOOC students | Inside Higher Ed - 3 views

www.insidehighered.com/...-most-persistent-mooc-students

MOOCs MITx edX

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  • Cole Shaw on 12 Sep 12
     
    An interesting breakdown of statistics from MITx's first course last spring. They show some demographic / background information for a subset of 6,000 students who registered for the course (not necessarily completed the course).
Stephen Bresnick

3 Remarkable Apple Videos Predicting The Future Of Education - 2 views

www.fractuslearning.com/...ple-videos-future-of-education

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  • Stephen Bresnick on 07 Dec 11
     
    Check out these old videos from the '80s in which Apple predicts the future of education. First thought is that the technologies they show in these videos seem quite pedestrian in today's world. Second thought is that they got it right- many of these things that they show in these videos have come to fruition. Very cool look back.
Maung Nyeu

Wide, Open Spaces Transform Danish Education - WSJ.com - 0 views

online.wsj.com/...4555904577168592091278750.html

Emerging Technology technology education learning t561 educational_technology online

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  • Maung Nyeu on 19 Jan 12
     
    We heard so much about Finland. Now comes Danes. Their neighbor Danish Education first year students does not use a single book.
Maung Nyeu

Board approves Idaho online class requirement - Boston.com - 3 views

www.boston.com/...ss_requirement_up_for_final_ok

technology education online learning t561

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  • Maung Nyeu on 04 Nov 11
     
    Online education for high school students is not an option, it is mandatory. Idaho Education Board approved that at least two credits of online class is required to graduate from high school. Idaho is first in the nation to mandate online class. We have read articles and discussed in class pros and cons of online learning. However, should online learning be mandatory for high school students? Do you think it is a good idea?
  • Ayelet R on 04 Nov 11
     
    Having online education for the sake of online education does not seem like a good idea to me. If it saves them enough money that they can improve classroom education, that might be worth it, but I'm not convinced that this is worth doing.
  • Maung Nyeu on 04 Nov 11
     
    Agree with Ayelet. Idaho board of education went through this despite heavy criticism from public. Instead of making it an option, Idaho makes it mandatory. Online education may not work for some students. They may feel that it has been pushed down their throat.
Katherine Tarulli

PBS Brings Math to Life with Virtual Reality Game - 2 views

www.dmwmedia.com/...life-with-virtual-reality-game

mobile learning augmented reality math education technology Emerging Technology

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  • Katherine Tarulli on 16 Nov 11
     
    PBS Kids has developed its first augmented reality mobile phone app that overlays graphics onto real world environments. The game aims to teach math skills.
Jenny Reuter

Through the eyes of the first Google Glass surgery | SmartPlanet - 2 views

www.smartplanet.com/...13959

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  • Jenny Reuter on 11 Sep 13
     
    Another interesting application of AR
  • Marcela Gomez on 12 Sep 13
     
    It would be great to have AR of this type in classrooms for students to use, but I also think of how helpful it would be for teachers! I imagine it could really help manage student academic information, as well as encourage collaboration and a more open classroom.
Simon Rodberg

The very nitty-gritty of iPad implementation - 1 views

blogs.kqed.org/...he-importance-of-being-patient

schools ipads

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  • Simon Rodberg on 30 Sep 13
     
    It's kind of hilarious to read this "instructions to give students" in the context of our class. "Charge your iPad" is first.
Kellie Demmler

Boffswana » Blog Archive » AR - Sketched Ideas - 0 views

www.boffswana.com/news

AR agumented reality 3-D instructions

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  • Kellie Demmler on 21 Sep 09
     
    Great site with lots of innovative ideas.  I love the idea of 3-D instruction manuals.  Finally, a chance to put my furniture together right the first time.  
Jennifer Hern

Which Came First - The Technology or the Pedagogy? -- THE Journal - 0 views

thejournal.com/...21st-Century-Teaching.aspx

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  • Field experiences that pair a preservice teacher with an experienced teacher who acts as a mentor while picking up information on how to use the latest technology tools are essential
    • Jennifer Hern
      Jennifer Hern on 10 Sep 09
       
      ??? Mentoring sounds great... but aren't veteran teachers less likely to use technology in the classroom since they are less familiar with available technology (on the whole)? Most veteran teachers I worked with loathed even searching the Internet.
  • teacher residency program
  • spends the first year out of school as an apprentice to a veteran teacher.
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  • compares the arrangement to a medical residency.
Xavier Rozas

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com - 0 views

www.cnn.com/video

education emerging technology ala carte book printing

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  • Xavier Rozas on 19 Sep 09
     
    I have always felt a little guilty about printing out online readings. Just as the reading for online discussion tips describes, longer text can be difficult to digest when viewed from a screen. This device is the first of its kind and without a doubt will undergo significant innovations to make it more consumer freindly...think mainframe vs. Apple IIe
David Chen

Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet - Microsoft courier tablet - Gizmodo - 0 views

gizmodo.com/...ls-of-microsofts-secret-tablet

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  • David Chen on 23 Sep 09
     
    "It feels like the whole world is holding its breath for the Apple tablet. But maybe we've all been dreaming about the wrong device. This is Courier, Microsoft's astonishing take on the tablet." Looks like we might be closer than we thought to that techno-future in that video....
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