Three Questions to Ask as Universities Incorporate Hybrid Classroom Pedagogies
As K-12 teachers experiment with iPads in the classroom, Twitter streams in the backchannel, and TEDtalks as the new textbook, university professors are figuring out what to make of massively open...
View ArticleWhat Can We Learn from Coursera’s “MOOC Mess”?
Are you interested in learning with TechChange? Check out our next class: Digital Organizing and Open Government. Class starts April 8, 2013. Apply Now.We make no secret of it at TechChange: Our staff...
View ArticleMOOCs Are Not the Answer: Embracing Creative Chaos for Online Education
Reports of the demise of the American educational system have been greatly exaggerated.According to the New York Times, 2012 was the Year of the MOOC with the emergence of edX, Udacity, and Coursera as...
View ArticleBuild Our #OpenGov MOOC!
Our OpenGov 101 Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is a Semifinalist in the Knight News Challenge! Submitted in partnership with Global Integrity, we’re hoping to develop a global curricula to connect...
View ArticleSkype vs. OpenTok: Which Video Platform Should You Use?
When something breaks mid-class it can be awfully hard not to blame your students. But the truth is that nobody cares about the tech you’re used to using or how it works optimally. They care about what...
View ArticleFour Reasons Why Universities Aren’t Ready to Move Online
Co-authored by Mike Brown.The future of higher education may be online, but the present is still a mess.The New Yorker recently published a thorough exploration of MOOCs and higher education....
View ArticleWhy Kevin Spacey and Netflix Will Save Online Learning
Big data is already giving us better TV shows. Could it also help build a better education system?This week our team went to 1776 Reboot: Education Meetup, where we heard from leading experts from...
View Article5 Things We Learned Last Week on MOOCs and Online Learning
Last week, TechChange President Nick Martin participated in a panel on “MOOCs and Online Learning” at the AAAS event on “Broadening Access and Participation in STEM Education Through Technology:...
View ArticleThree Takeaways from #EdTech at Tech@State
On Friday, Nov. 1, TechChange was honored to participate in a panel at the latest Tech@State conference on education technology, as well as sponsor the informal reception afterwards to celebrate ten...
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