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Lynda.com and the Future of Education in the Digital Age – Video
Posted: November 3, 2012 at 5:40 pm
Lynda.com and the Future of Education in the Digital Age
(Visit: http://www.uctv.tv Lynda Weinman is the co-founder and executive chair of lynda.com, one of the pioneering companies in online education that teaches technology and design skills to individual, corporate, academic and government subscribers. Series: "Technology Management Program" [11/2012] [Business] [Show ID: 24387]From:UCtelevisionViews:73 8ratingsTime:53:01More inEducation
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Social Justice! Flushing the Educational Turd’s! – Video
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Social Justice! Flushing the Educational Turd #39;s!
Dont let government and the capitalist exploit you for a vote based on things like education. Online education is a scam just remember to flush after yourselves. There is no shortage of people able to work........ Did you know that even state community colleges are this way but it #39;s much worse! I have more diploma #39;s that they dont even want to give me. I entered a federal coop program working for the DOD that required even mor college classes and the god damned federal government strung me along hiring me to do simple garage work with a associates in machining technology. They also made me work every other three months without any pay what so ever or any type unemployment or foodstamps "social benifits" forcing me to take a total of 15000 dollars in federal student loans that now are 50000 total amount I owe due now! I worked and paid cash before the federal government nired me. FUCK THIS GOD DAMN GOVERMENT! FUCK VOTING!From:HybridMetalWorksViews:1 1ratingsTime:05:42More inEducation
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The "Racial Inequity of the Internet" …my thoughts – Video
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The "Racial Inequity of the Internet" ...my thoughts
This is me speaking out and sharing my thoughts on a recent article that I read in a black newspaper in regards to an alleged "racial disparity" of "high speed internet access". As an African American I was quite offended by this article and what it inferred. It appeared to have been written by an African American author and was dripping with liberal inferences. The overall theme was that once again ... #39;big brother #39; or ...the government must somehow fix it and make everything equitable so that the "poor and disenfranchised" will have the same equivalent level of access as the more well to do." I am particularly offended when articles like this always seem to ignore the fact that there are a plethora of white people who are equally as "poor and disenfranchised" economically as ANY poor black, hispanic or other minority. I don #39;t believe this is rooted in an effort to ignore the poor and disenfranchised white as it is to patronize blacks and latinos. I, for one, as an African American am highly offended by over-patronizing regardless of who it comes from or rather it #39;s source is white, black or otherwise. It #39;s like putting blacks and latinos, by virtue of race into a special class or category that needs to be coddled and babysat. This is particularly ridiculous when we are talking about something like high-speed INTERNET ACCESS. All I can say is RU Kidding me? We pick and choose our priorities in life and what we are going to spend our resources on. The authors of this ...From:TheSweetSarahizeViews:4 2ratingsTime:05:43More inPeople Blogs
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People flock online for free university education
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Nov. 3, 2012, 3 a.m.
THE NUMBER of people enrolled in free online subjects at Melbourne University has overtaken enrolments at its campuses in less than two months.
The university became the first Australian institute to join online education provider Coursera in September.
Since then more than 52,000 students have enrolled in the university's free massive open online courses, which will begin next year.
According to MyUniversity website, Melbourne University has 47,561 students enrolled in its undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
The university's principles of macro-economics free online subject is most popular with 12,053 enrolments. It offers 10 free online subjects including climate change, animal behaviour and exercise physiology.
Melbourne University provost Margaret Sheil said the course included lectures, videos and quizzes. Students discuss ideas in chat rooms. Most courses run for about seven weeks.
''I think we're all surprised at the take-up,'' she said.
The rise of the courses was helping generate interest in learning and could encourage students to continue into full-fledged degrees, she said.
Students receive a certificate of completion after successfully finishing a course, but they cannot gain qualifications or degrees.
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The Most Important Education Technology in 200 Years
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Students anywhere are being offered free instruction online. What will that do to the trillion-dollar education business?
If you were asked to name the most important innovation in transportation over the last 200 years, you might say the combustion engine, air travel, Henry Fords Model-T production line, or even the bicycle. The list goes on.
Now answer this one: whats been the single biggest innovation in education?
Dont worry if you come up blank. Youre supposed to. The question is a gambit used by Anant Agarwal, the computer scientist named this year to head edX, a $60 million MIT-Harvard effort to stream a college education over the Web, free, to anyone who wants one. His point: its rare to see major technological advances in how people learn.
Agarwal believes that education is about to change dramatically. The reason is the power of the Web and its associated data-crunching technologies. Thanks to these changes, its now possible to stream video classes with sophisticated interactive elements, and researchers can scoop up student data that could help them make teaching more effective. The technology is powerful, fairly cheap, and global in its reach. EdX has said it hopes to teach a billion students.
Online education isnt newin the United States more than 700,000 students now study in full-time "distance learning" programs. Whats different is the scale of technology being applied by leaders who mix high-minded goals with sharp-elbowed, low-priced Internet business models. In the stories that will follow in this months business report, MIT Technology Review will chart the impact of free online education, particularly the massive open online courses, or MOOCs, offered by new education ventures like edX, Coursera, and Udacity, to name the most prominent (see The Crisis in Higher Education).
These ideas affect markets so large that their value is difficult to quantify. Just consider that a quarter of the American population, 80 million people, is enrolled in K12 education, college, or graduate school. Direct expenditures by government exceed $800 billion. Add to that figure private education and corporate training.
Because education is economically important yet appears inefficient and static with respect to technology, its often cited (along with health care) as the next industry ripe for a major disruption. This belief has been promoted by Clayton Christensen, the influential Harvard Business School professor who coined the term disruptive technology. In two books on education, he laid a blueprint for online learning: it will continue to spread and get better, and eventually it will topple many ideas about how we teachand possibly some institutions as well.
In Christensens view, disruptive technologies find success initially in markets where the alternative is nothing. This accounts for why online learning is already important in the adult education market (think low-end MBAs and nursing degrees). It also explains the sudden rise of organizations such as Khan Academy, the nonprofit whose free online math videos have won funding from Bill Gates and adoring attention from the media. Khan gained its first foothold among parents who couldnt afford $125 an hour for a private math tutor. For them, Salman Khan, the charming narrator of the videos, was a plausible substitute.
Khans simple videos arent without their critics, who wonder whether his tutorials really teach math so well. We agree 100 percent we arent going to solve educations problems, Khan responds. But he says the point to keep in mind is that technology-wise, were in the top of the first inning. Hell be pouring about $10 million a year into making his videos betteralready there are embedded exercises and analytics that let teachers track 50 or 100 students at once. Pretty soon, Khan told me, his free stuff will be as good or better than anything anyone is charging money for.
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Alex Yoder, CEO Webtrends "It Is Absolutely Worth It" – Video
Posted: November 2, 2012 at 12:49 am
Alex Yoder, CEO Webtrends "It Is Absolutely Worth It"
Speaking from his expertise as CEO of Webtrends, Alex Yoder describes the web analytics industry and its trajectory in today #39;s web-heavy business world. He highlights analytical skills and communication as key, and explains how a degree earned through online education demonstrates skills which could make you a valuable asset to high-tech companies.From:KaplanUniversityViews:11 0ratingsTime:02:37More inEducation
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Free Online Courses are Changing Education – Video
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Free Online Courses are Changing Education
Online Education clnk.me Free online courses are growing. They are organized and taught by professors from top universities around the world such as Stanford, Berkeley, Harvard, etc. They are offered over the Internet, and each course has 10 #39;s of thousands of students worldwide. This is different from standard classes with 10 #39;s of students in physical classrooms and has changed the way people view education. We want to popularize online these in Mexico. What do you think would help us attract more people in Mexico and make them more popular?From:TheYankeefan1019Views:7 0ratingsTime:02:15More inEntertainment
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Tanbur Lessons – Video
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Tanbur Lessons
This is one of my videos on Tanbour online education. This maqam is called Baria, composed by Barbad, the legendary Iranian musician in Sasanian era.From:Peyman SayyadiViews:18 0ratingsTime:01:22More inEducation
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Gary Kovac, CEO, Mozilla "Perseverance and Adaptability Are Key" – Video
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Gary Kovac, CEO, Mozilla "Perseverance and Adaptability Are Key"
Mozilla CEO Gary Kovac shares his experience as a nontraditional student. He also highlights some key skills and qualities which are in demand in the ever-growing programming industry, and speaks to the benefits of online education.From:KaplanUniversityViews:6 0ratingsTime:04:24More inEducation
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Skills at Work Online Education Program – Video
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Skills at Work Online Education Program
Animated video that explaining how Skills at Work can help with workplace education.From:HotHouseMarketingViews:3 0ratingsTime:02:37More inPeople Blogs
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