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How Blockbuster MOOCs Could Shape the Future of Teaching

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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. Laurie Santos, a professor of psychology at Yale, recorded lectures for her Science of Well-Being MOOC in her home. Some 100,000 signed up for the MOOC version.

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Inside an Adaptive-Courseware Experiment, Glitches and All

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In fact, he predicted that the changes he’s experimenting with this semester might be jarring to students accustomed to lecture classes. His course expects a “new workflow,” he explains, since it uses adaptive courseware software, as well as a flipped classroom model where lectures are replaced with the interactive material.

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Digital Learning’s Pioneers Are Cautiously Optimistic

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These solutions promise to broaden access to quality education, engaging learners who might not make it through impersonal introductory lectures. Students receive individual feedback on their progress and their learning experiences change based on their performance. I get more insight into students.”. Promises and Pitfalls.

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Using Cogenerative Dialogues for Learner-Centered Teaching

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In learner-centered pedagogical practices, the focus and attention is on learning what and how the student is learning (Weimer, 2013). In these spaces, the teacher is not the only one with knowledge. Traditionally, the instructor is seen as an authority and having all the knowledge and power. Hannafin, M., Spector, D.

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

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We find no one with a professional knowledge in the laws of learning, or the techniques for applying them,” he wrote. There are widespread beliefs about the best way to teach and learn that have been proven wrong by science, yet they persist. Mathematics lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology.

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