Weekly Sporto bookmarks (weekly)

• Deep Learning

  tags: machine-learning statistics learning deep learning machine learning deep-learning

• 'MicroMasters' Surge As MOOCs Go From Education To Qualification

  tags: micro-masters moocs mooc

  • Each MicroMasters is sponsored by at least one industry partner, currently a list of 40 which includes GE, MicroSoft, IBM, Hootsuite, Fidelty, Bloomberg, Boeing, WalMart, PWC, Booz-Allen Hamilton, and Ford.
  • With this nod from hiring companies, MMs become sufficient credential for a career step.
  • This is a huge reframe for what counts as a valid qualification, therein a real shakeup at the pillars of graduate schools.

  • MOOCs have successfully entered the game not just of education, but of qualification.

     

  • In the world of MOOC qualification, the front-loaded learning of a traditional Masters fragments into iterative stepping stones of credentialing
  • The MicroMasters as a standalone modular credential serves as academic currency in a continuous, lifelong-learning world.”
  • This foothold includes embracing the logic of the platform, the digital-enabled connector that seeks to add value or cut costs by creating connections where these were previously weak or non-existent.

• Your Marketing Guide to the 4 Kinds of Adult Learners

  tags: infographic Wiley working adults

• 5 Ways to Make Your Videos Binge-Worthy -- Campus Technology

  tags: campus technology videos

  • 1) Framing Questions
  • And framing questions is one of the [structural] devices we use for that,"
  • dumping questions with "black and white" answers and shifting to subversion of expectations by making the questions a "little more complicated" or presenting an example "that was counter-intuitive."
  • We wanted to keep these questions in the video script but also make sure they were questions that didn't have obvious answers.
  • Maybe they could watch these videos and not feel like it was a very passive experience
  • animations are totally customizable and talented grad students can be pressed into service during the summer to create them.
  • great way to get around copyright issues,

• The Case for Inclusive Teaching - The Chronicle of Higher Education

  tags: inclusiveness inclusion chronicle higher education

  • The beauty of inclusive pedagogy is that, rather than making special accommodations that would decrease equity, it actually benefits all students, not just those at whose needs it was originally aimed
  • It values course design. Inclusive teaching asks us to critically examine not just the way we teach on a day-to-day basis, but the prep work and organization we do before the course begins. Does our course design — including assigned readings, assessments, and daily activities — reflect a diverse array of identities and perspectives?
  • Am I having my students read a bunch of monographs, all authored by white males, for example? And if I am, what am I telling students about how knowledge is produced in my field, and more important, about who is producing it?
  • What assumptions am I making about my students’ prior experiences and educational opportunities when I ask questions in class or design my exams?
  • What biases am I carrying, and how do I counteract their effects? Biases that both we and our students carry with us, for example, can influence class discussion in powerful ways.
  • Inclusive pedagogy requires us to consistently practice this type of discernment, and to realize that all of us are embedded in a larger cultural context where inequities and power imbalances exist.

• A Product at Every Price: A Review of MOOC Stats and Trends in 2017 — Class Central

  tags: trends mooc moocs 2017

  • However, for the first time we are seeing a slowdown in the number of new learners, which is a direct result of a shift in priorities towards users who are willing to pay.
  • Though growth in new learners has stalled, the number of paying users has increased.
  • As the MOOC platforms continue their quest for sustainable revenue models, MOOC providers have begun charging not just for certificates and other credentials, but for access to content.
  • The pace at which new courses are being added has increased slightly (this might also be attributed to shorter courses being offered as part of a sequence).
  • The big MOOC providers have now developed products and services that range in price from free (or partially free) to costing millions of dollars.
  • Class Central has identified six different tiers that MOOC providers monetize on: free (or free to audit), certificate, micro-credential, university credit, online degrees, and corporate training
  • content placed behind paywalls.
  • Coursera has put graded assignments behind paywalls, FutureLearn has developed a time-based paywall, and Udacity (after proclaiming MOOCs are dead) seems to have given up on the whole concept of free and is aggressively moving towards monetizing content.
  • Six years later, we know that MOOCs are not going to lead to the demise of universities.
  • they are disrupting the labor market. The real audience for these courses is not the traditional university student but what Levin calls the “lifelong career learner”: someone who might be well beyond their college years, but takes online courses with the goal of achieving professional and career growth
  • Quite simply, online degrees and corporate training are existing markets worth billions of dollars, and MOOC providers want a slice of that.
  • Coursera ended 2017 with more than 500 companies signed up for its Coursera for Business service, up from 30 last year. EdX for Business is now working with 40 companies.
  • Scheduling tweaks have made it possible for many MOOCs to be made available throughout the year so that learners can start them immediately.
  • Now, for the first time, we are seeing examples in which on-campus students have the option to earn credit from MOOCs — even from universities other than the one they attend.
  • More than 500 MOOC-based credentials are now available
  • with the exception of Technology courses (Computer Science, Programming, and Data Science). This category grew by two and a half percent. Business and Technology courses make up almost 40% of all courses.

• What Does 'MOOC' Mean Anymore? The Latest from Class Central | eLearningInside News

  tags: class central mooc moocs

  • the number of MOOCs continues to grow; due to shifts in MOOC scheduling practices, more MOOCs are available for enrollment at any given time; the market has continued to diversify in terms of products and price points; and paid content has continued to increase, while free MOOCs reduce in numbe
  • MOOC providers have begun to find their audience. MOOCs have moved away from casual learning (that brought with it low completion rates and little money) to training and retraining professionals.
  • “It’s more of a marketing term nowadays and that’s why many content providers are trying to jump on it. But the providers with a more established brand want to move away from it and create their own terminology, i.e Nanodegrees, MicroMasters, Specializations etc.

• A Companion to the Open Badges Specification

  tags: badges specification openbadges IMS-Global standards

• Relationships between Trust and Collaborative Culture in The Context of Tacit Knowledge Sharing

  tags: collaborative culture trust tacit knowledge management knowledge sharing

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