Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2017

This year, the list of colleges with “open learning initiatives” of various kinds has boomed, and much of that has been part of an essential drive to modernize their classrooms and push the cost of education down. That happened in 2017. For example, both the City and State University of New York systems are investing millions in OER.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

17, more than 100 people gathered to hear speakers present how their organizations are embracing the future of digital learning. Held at NovoEd’s headquarters, five speakers gave their six-minute lightning talks and then led a smaller group discussion with attendees. In a Meetup hosted by EdSurge on Aug.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2018

They’re essentially self-help courses grounded in some serious body of knowledge, and their topics are similar to self-help books that dominate print best-seller lists. Sanjay Sarma, vice president for open learning at the university, says there are now between 10 to 15 Digital Learning Lab fellows who play similar roles in MIT’s MOOCs.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2023

When you think about that in an educational context, it … really opens up the opportunity to give more students the kinds of things that are better supporting their learning.” The discussion took place at the recent ISTE Live conference in Philadelphia in front of a live audience.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2016

Online I can forge personal connections with students more readily, by email and chat board discussions,” he says. “I Without opening learning platforms up to the research community, it’s hard to understand if and how they’re improving learning outcomes. I get more insight into students.”.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2017

I’m looking for a non-grade-level specific facilitator who is creative, engaging, can manage an open learning space and is interested in working at a startup school. That makes hiring a tricky and detailed process, especially for my first hire. I’m looking for a unicorn.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

To explore the issue, EdSurge invited a panel of experts to discuss their vision of the promises and perils of AI in education, in the first installment of our new series of video town halls called EdSurge Live. The hour-long discussion was rich, so we’re releasing it in two installments. That could be another way of using that data.

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