Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2018

After all, so-called MOOCs, or massive open online courses, were meant to open education to as many learners as possible, and in many ways they are more like books (digital ones, packed with videos and interactive quizzes) than courses. Barbara Oakley recorded lectures for her MOOC on Learning How to Learn in her basement.

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2019

The software list includes more than a dozen packages, including the university’s pioneering adaptive-learning project, the Open Learning Initiative , as well as a learning analytics platform LearnSphere. In that scenario, professors simply assign the book and courseware and require students to buy them.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2016

Complete digital courses offer a way to give students who might fall off track in large lecture classes more personal attention. “We Without opening learning platforms up to the research community, it’s hard to understand if and how they’re improving learning outcomes. Software can capture patterns of student thought.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

He co-founded the company in 1999 with Maria Machado, who also got her start in the semiconductor industry before turning her attention to education. That sentiment is backed by learning-science research in a concept called the “doer effect.” Newkirk calls his company Acuitus , in hopes of encouraging sharpness of thought.

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