Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2019

In an unusual move intended to shake up how college teaching is done around the world, Carnegie Mellon University today announced that it will give away dozens of the digital-learning software tools it has built over more than a decade—and make their underlying code available for anyone to see and modify. What do we find in a university?

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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.” Bier: The Open Learning Initiative has a statistics course. But you might be thinking, how's the quality of those?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 14, 2019

We’re speaking to them in a language they understand,” Gibori says of students, “where even even if you’re ten feet from a tutor, they’d rather interact over their phone.” In this case, a custom-designed one called homework.sucks.

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JUNE 19, 2018

Both edX and Coursera have top courses on teaching Python, one of the most widely-used programming languages. 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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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. I landed on 15 questions covering personal experience, problem-solving skills, mission and vision alignment and general educational philosophy.

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