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January 17, 2014

2014 trends – Demand, online learning, entrepreneurs and cuts

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by Sarah King Head, University World News

Leaders at three of North America’s top universities have highlighted the need for creative solutions and adaptability across the higher education system in the light of persistent global economic uncertainty, spiralling student loan debt and crippling institutional operating costs. But they also expressed considerable optimism. The senior administrators spoke with University World News, voicing their thoughts about trends and developments for higher education in 2014. While online and alternate learning modalities have been hailed as having the potential to make higher education more accessible to more students than ever before, it is increasingly being acknowledged that they are far from being a panacea. And yet it is clear that new technologies will continue to play an important and integral part of the post-secondary learning environment in 2014.

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20140109111215300

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Finding the Right Coding Bootcamp for You

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by Entrepreneur, Reuters

Lately, everyone from President Barack Obama to Shakira and Angela Bassett has been encouraging people to “learn to code,” which begs the question: What kind of learning environment is right for you? As the founder of San Francisco-based coding bootcamp Dev Bootcamp, figuring out the best option can be tricky. While online courses like Codecademy and Khan Academy provide a great starting point, it most likely will take an immersion program, such as a coding bootcamp, to elevate your skillset to the next level. While these programs can provide new employment opportunities, they aren’t easy.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/07/idUS367504875320140107

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The Learning Revolution: It’s Not About Education

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by Markus Witte, Babbel

This revolution is taking place in living rooms and cafés, on public transport and in offices. It is carried out by people who decide to take their learning into their own hands — and they are finding ever more and better technology-based products to help them. In the end, the education revolution might be a real, old-fashioned revolution: one that comes from below, takes unforeseen routes and hits the centers late in the process. It might already be in full swing and it might be way more powerful than it seems when we only look at the established education systems.

http://blog.babbel.com/the-learning-revolution/

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January 16, 2014

MIT debuts online Big Data course for tech pros

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by Ann Bednarz, CIO

Want to learn more about Big Data? MIT is taking on the buzzy topic in an online course designed for tech professionals. The course, titled Tackling the Challenges of Big Data, runs from March 4 to April 1 and costs $495. MIT Professional Education is behind the training. The Big Data course marks the first offering in the school’s new lineup of Online X professional programs, which will be delivered via the Open edX platform (an open-source online learning initiative backed by Harvard, MIT, Stanford and others). Topics covered will include data collection (from smartphones, sensors, the Web); data storage and processing (including scalable relational databases, Hadoop, Spark); analytics (machine learning, data compression, efficient algorithms); visualization; and a range of applications, MIT says.

http://www.cio.co.nz/article/535591/mit_debuts_online_big_data_course_tech_pros/#mce_temp_url#

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UF to expand its brain gain push

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by the University of Florida

The University of Florida doubled down today on its strategy to climb to a top 10 national ranking among public research universities, announcing its intention to recruit top minds in personalized medicine, unmanned vehicles, online learning and seven other fields. The announcement coincides with the first day of classes for UF Online, the state’s first fully online four-year bachelor’s degrees at a public university. The hiring spree includes recruitment of a brain trust to lead UF Online’s R&D arm, known as the Online Learning Institute. The same legislation that granted UF the state money to push for preeminence mandated that UF lead the development of online higher education in Florida.

http://news.ufl.edu/2014/01/06/preeminence-push/

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5 Online Resources To Help Make You a More Informed Voter

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by the Independent Voter Network

Knowledge is power, but for most of us busy with the day to day of work and responsibilities, taking college online may be the best and most convenient way to learn more about our nation’s political systems. You can search for various colleges and find those that offer courses or a degree in political science to find out more about how our branches of government work as well as more about our political leaders and their responsibilities. Online political science courses can be found through a number of different colleges, including Arizona State University, George Washington University and Virginia Tech, to name a few. Even Yale University offers online courses related to politics. Here’s a summery of the top choices.

http://ivn.us/2014/01/06/5-online-resources-help-make-informed-voter/

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January 15, 2014

Salman Khan, The Most Influential Person In Education Technology

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by Peter High, Forbes

Several of these leaders acknowledge that the most influential person to the MOOC landscape has been Salman Khan. As Agarwal lists the genesis of the MOOCs, he lists Khan and his Khan Academy first among the major players. Sebastian Thrun acknowledged in my interview with him that “I stumbled into this after listening to a gentleman named Sal Khan of Khan Academy. In his speech he noted that he had tens of millions of students in his classes. I was teaching at Stanford at the time and had tens of dozens of students in my classes, and I felt I should try something different and see if we could do what I do and scale it to many people.” In fact, in my podcast interview with Thrun, as he listed those who had been most influential to him over the course of his career, he listed Khan on the short list.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhigh/2014/01/06/salman-khan-the-most-influential-person-in-education-technology/

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Technology Since 1998

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By Joshua Kim, Inside Higher Ed

If you were asked to name the most important technology milestones in the last 15 years what would make your list? The thing is, 15 years does not seem like a very long time. My list of the most important technologies (or gadgets or platforms) in the last 15 years would include:

Google 1998

Wikipedia 2001

Facebook 2004

YouTube 2005

Twitter 2006

iPhone 2007

Kindle 2007

http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/technology-1998

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Gamified eLearning Infographic

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by eLearning Infographics

We all might have experienced situations when our learners are not interested in completing e-learning courses, are dull and do not have any interactions. Learners get bored and therefore knowledge transfer does not take place. Gamification, or integration of game elements into an eLearning course, can enhance the learner’s engagement, by seizing and retaining his/her attention. If gamification is to be of use in eLearning, we must better understand what it is, how it can be used in eLearning and why it might be useful. The Gamified eLearning Infographic presents the “What, Why and How” of gamification.

http://elearninginfographics.com/gamified-elearning-infographic/

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January 14, 2014

EDITORIAL: Online classes offer a start on better efficiency at UC

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by the Press-Enterprise

California’s system of higher education needs to be sustainable as well as academically rigorous. The University of California’s new systemwide online course offerings are a promising step toward that goal, but progress should not stop there. The state’s higher education systems need to pursue other such reforms that can help provide a strong education without draining public coffers or private pocketbooks. The University of California system is set to unveil its Cross-Campus Enrollment system this academic year, offering students access to an assortment of online courses from across the 10-campus UC system. Many UC campuses already have online courses available to their own students, but the new program would make such classes available to students at other UC schools.

http://www.pe.com/opinion/editorials-headlines/20140105-editorial-online-classes-offer-a-start-on-better-efficiency-at-uc.ece

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What 5 Tech Experts Expect in 2014

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by Chronicle of Higher Ed

Education technology enjoyed a headline-grabbing year in 2013. Debate about the potential, and the limitations, of massive open online courses reached a fevered pitch. Technology-enabled, competency-based degrees got a green light from the U.S. Department of Education. And data analytics proved to be an increasingly important reference point in campus operations. The momentum shows little sign of abating in 2014. New tools are shaping everything from in-classroom instruction to White House policy making. The Chronicle asked five education-technology experts to think about the year ahead and identify major themes at the intersection of education technology and higher education.

http://chronicle.com/article/What-5-Tech-Experts-Expect-in/143829/

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Introducing the remote science lab

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By Kevin Hartnett, Boston Globe

If hundreds of thousands of people sign up for a chemistry MOOC, you can broadcast lectures and grade their tests, but how do you give them access to the beakers and test tubes that students would be using on campus? An electrical engineering professor at Stanford University may have at least a partial solution. As a recent news article on the university’s website explained, Lambertus Hesselink has created what he calls an “iLab”—basically a digitized version of a lab experiment that approximates the feel of the real thing.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/01/05/introducing-remote-science-lab/xa3CJ1g0BHdQemLA25o6OM/story.html

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January 13, 2014

Who Takes UPenn MOOCs? For online higher education, the devil is in the data

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By BRANDON ALCORN, GAYLE CHRISTENSEN, AND EZEKIEL J. EMANUEL, Forbes

Surveying people who have enrolled in a MOOC offered by the university and completed at least one full lecture, we collected nearly 35,000 responses from students hailing from around the world. From the survey results, a clear portrait emerges: MOOCs, at least thus far, are serving the world’s haves more than its have-nots. A disproportionate number of MOOC students are already well-educated. Globally, they’re predominately male and currently employed; in this country, they’re also older than you might expect. Far more enrollees view them as a diversion than they do as a means to a college degree or a new job.

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116013/mooc-student-survey-who-enrolls-online-education

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100+ Influential Learning Professionals Worth Following

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by Jeff Dunn, Edudemic

There is a lot happening in the world of education right now. 2014 is going to be a busy year with even more changes happening, to be sure. From seeing if MOOCs continue to grow or start to crumble all the way to how the Common Core State Standards take hold in US classrooms, there is a lot to watch. The below list of influential learning professionals comes via the hard work of Zaid Ali Alsagoff who diligently assembled this list of (at last check) nearly 150 influential learning pros who know a thing or two about the future of education and e-learning.

http://www.edudemic.com/100-influential-learning-professionals-worth-following/

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15 Best Educational Online Resources

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by Stephen Abram, Stephen’s Lighthouse

Online resources are seen as a revolutionary approach towards education due to their convenience and accessibility. However, finding the right set of tools will be crucial for your success as an online learner. You shouldn’t forget that the open access to Internet has enabled an immense amount of misinformation to be presented as facts. With the great number of educational online resources, it can be difficult to choose the ones that correspond to your learning style. With the list we provide, you don’t have to waste time on research, trial and error, because we’ve selected some of the best tools developed with an educative purpose.

http://stephenslighthouse.com/2014/01/03/15-best-educational-online-resources/

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January 12, 2014

Plan Your Free Online Education at Lifehacker U: Spring Semester 2014

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by Allen Henry, Lifehacker

Whether you’re headed to college for the first time, you’re back in classes after a fun, food, and family-filled holiday break, or you’re long out of school and interested in learning something new, now’s the time to turn it on and amp up your skills with some interesting and informative classes and seminars. Anyone with a little time and a passion for self-growth (and a computer) can audit, read, and “enroll” in these courses for their own personal benefit. Schools like Yale University, MIT, Stanford, the University of California at Berkeley, and many more are all offering free online classes that you can audit and participate in from the comfort of your dorm room, office chair, couch, or computing chair-of-choice.

http://lifehacker.com/plan-your-free-online-education-at-lifehacker-u-spring-1493571968

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14 Online Training Sites for Web Designers and Web Developers

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by Vandelay Design

Many traditional colleges offer online courses. In addition to coursework available online through the colleges, a large online training industry has sprung up in the past decade. In this post, I’ll focus on online training sites. I’ll list 14 of the best non-college online training opportunities for web designers and web developers.

http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/competition/online-training-sites/

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Computer Science MOOCs For The New Year

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by Sue Gee, I Programmer

One of the factors that can save a poorly taught course is that currently many of them attract participants who already know a great deal about the subjects being taught. They are therefore able to help out others who are new to the material. Unfortunately this is perceived as yet another shortcoming of MOOCs – that they attract already well qualified students who are topping up or updating their existing skills! Udacity has a new strategy to try to retain students which is referred to as “the full experience” for which students pay at a rate of $150 during the full period of study even though they can still go at their own pace. It is also important to note that if you don’t want extra support from a personal coach who will review code and give guidance on project work, you can still access the course content for free.

http://www.i-programmer.info/news/150-training-a-education/6800-computer-science-moocs-for-the-new-year.html

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January 11, 2014

The 5 Degrees Of The Future

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By Jeff Dunn, Edudemic

The world of education is in a state of flux. The typical college or university degree is undergoing a slow but steady shift towards being a bit more useful to the next generation of workers.While I don’t think a degree in math or science is going to ever be unimportant, it’s important to know about the up and coming degrees that many of us don’t yet know about. For example, would you pursue a degree in computer science or perhaps something more targeted to cybersecurity? That’s the idea behind this visual guide to the degrees of the future you see in the URL below.

http://www.edudemic.com/5-degrees-future/

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6 Ways Social Media Will Change In 2014

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By Katie Lepi, Edudemic

We know that technology and trends are changing all the time, so what will 2014 hold in store for social media? The handy infographic below takes a look at 6 trends and predictions for social media in the new year. While it is somewhat geared towards businesses, each one has implications in both the classroom and for personal use as well. Do any of these signal changes for your classroom? For those who don’t use social media, #1 will reign supreme. If you’re not already on the social media train, 2014 will be the year to hop on. If you’ve already been riding the train, check out #2-6 to see what the trends are expected to be!

http://www.edudemic.com/social-media-changes/

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Why Do Professors Spend Their Precious Time in Teaching MOOCs When They Are Not Getting Paid for That?

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by Igor Markov, Huffington Post

Good question. Some universities count Coursera teaching toward regular teaching obligations. In other words, the university pays the teacher to teach on Coursera. One of my colleagues taught a course on Coursera out of interest and is not doing it again. But his course is now fully-automated and can be offered w/o his active participation (and has been). Keep in mind that some people like to teach and don’t worry about money. For example, at Stanford, you may find local professionals teaching for free — it’s a privilege. Coursera is essentially the same way, but less selective and with the bonus that your course will live forever.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/quora/why-do-professors-spend-t_b_4534762.html

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