Ed tech consultant, blogger, family man
Cave Creek, AZ
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Revised Outlook for Higher Ed's Online Response to COVID-19 #MindWiresOnline philonedtech.com/revised-out…
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Stolen from @amichaelberman at #D2LFusion (since he doesn't post here much): the best thing about generative AI is that we don't have to hear about blockchain anymore at conferences.
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Shocked, shocked to hear that big tech hubris-on-steroids didn't pan out -
AltSchool's out: Zuckerberg-backed startup that tried to rethink education calls it quits sfchronicle.com/business/art…
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Consistent message from student panels re online Ed: make it easy to navigate and find materials, and don’t make excuses. *Not* an argument for carbon copy course designs.
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Pretty big news in #LMS world - Purdue is moving from Blackboard to D2L Brightspace: purdue.edu/newsroom/releases…
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"Today's online courses are evolved cousins of the early MOOC"
Are you kidding me? There are still people in 2023 - edtech reporters even - who think that MOOCs created online learning for the most part.
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Big LMS win for @D2L Brightspace - to replace NYU Classes (Sakai) after year-long evaluation process and unanimous decision:
nyu.edu/faculty/teaching-and…
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Two out of five US college presidents already considering online options for Fall 2020 term - eepurl.com/gYLTgj
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All for avoiding gotcha journalism & finding positive stories, but we need to get more student input on how COVID-remote transition is going. Too many easy interviews w/o asking tougher questions. Too much talking about students instead of talking with students. Myself included.
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Huge deal in EdTech world: Ellucian has been acquired by two private equity firms - Blackstone and Vista Equity
businesswire.com/news/home/2…
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Chegg $CHGG is down 20+% after hours based on earnings release and apparently on ChatGPT headwinds
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Pretty big LMS news: SUNY awards systemwide contract to D2L Brightspace, replacing Bb Learn. This was one of Blackboard's largest remaining customers (one other being CUNY) w/ 400k students.
Expect more analysis later today.
dle.suny.edu/
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1\ Pretty big news about planned merger between McGraw-Hill Education and Cengage Learning, sounding like all-stock (no cash) transaction between roughly equal partners wsj.com/articles/mcgraw-hill…
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Read 'em and weep: Consumer advocates accuse college retailers of "preying on students" with costly late fees for rented books. (e.g. $315 late fee on $136 Cengage rental) huffingtonpost.com/entry/tex…
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"I Will Survive, Coronavirus Teaching"
At first I was afraid, I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never teach through Canvas all the time
But then I spent so nights reading the help docs for so long
And I grew strong, I learned how to get along
piped.video/CCe5PaeAeew
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What is it with the competition between IHE and Chronicle to publish half-baked analyses of the online vs. f2f false dichotomy? This author at least spent 4 paragraphs setting up the straw man (B for effort).
insidehighered.com/digital-l…
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Meanwhile, everything Amazon shut down for us. Amazon, Alexa, smart thermometers. Worst of all - the last season of #BetterCallSaul, which I *paid* for.
We own nothing - @amazon does what it wants, however it wants. In the words of the philosopher: tenor.com/bS1gE.gif
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Insight into CC Students and Challenges of Online Ed mfeldstein.com/insight-into-… "The big issue that I've seen in the field is not whether a school should offer online classes ...but how well-designed the courses are and how much support is provided outside of the course"
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This article captures so much of the current dynamics in one place. Massive expected budget cuts, centralization, campus / system coordination, questions of where faculty fit within governance, need to invest in online, etc.
jsonline.com/story/news/educ…
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Can we all take a moment to celebrate the death of Java downloads for Collaborate? #BbWorld14
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With multiple EdTech earnings calls, it's interesting to note just how much has changed in the past year since Coursera's IPO. Only Pearson has gone up in this group of mostly Higher Ed focused companies. 1/
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Trying to make it through EdSurge article, which has great commentary from Rene Kizilcec, but I can't make it past this paragraph:
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Yikes - it's bloodbath for 2U stock after yesterday's earnings call. Stock down nearly 48%, market cap is now less than price paid for edX.
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Two out of five US college presidents already considering online options for Fall 2020 term philonedtech.com/two-out-of-…
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Introducing Canvas X for student success prediction and nudging, in experimental mode #InstCon
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The rumors were true. Pearson, owner of one of the biggest OPM operations in the world, has sold that unit after their strategic review. (h/t @neilmosley5 )
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The huge news of the week: Blackboard and Anthology are merging (I suspect Anthology is acquiring Bb in reality):
Announcement: Anthology and Blackboard to Merge, Creating a Leading Global Provider of Education Software and Solutions buff.ly/2Xbecxq
ALT Anthology logo and Blackboard logo on black background with decorative plus signs. Text reads: Anthology and Blackboard to Merge, Creating a Leading Global Provider of Education Software and Solutions
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US Higher Ed Set to Go Fully Online in Just Four Weeks Due to COVID-19 philonedtech.com/us-higher-e…
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I think we're supposed to treat this like a fire drill. Put down your laptops, head outside, mill around, make jokes with friends. Have a smoke.
abcnews.go.com/Technology/wi…
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In the battle of guest columnist terrible takes on COVID transition:
Chronicle: What a perfect time to measure online ed vs. F2F
IHE: Hold my beer
insidehighered.com/views/202…
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The Dangers of Mixing Student Data and Machine Learning disq.us/t/3ddjy0m Really interesting description of breakdown of machine learning when it comes to human learning - worth a read @onlinecrslady
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Would the last college still holding Spring 2020 face2face classes please turn out the lights?
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@steph_moore and @philonedtech: Planning for Resilience, Not Resistance - a response to IHE article philonedtech.com/planning-fo… #MindWiresOnline
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A group of 9 HBCUs, funded largely by foundations ($10m), is working on a new online learning platform / quasi LMS call HBCUv aimed at all HBCUs. Focus is on engagement and social connections. Work led by "an arm of Deloitte Digital called Ethos".
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"After a lengthy review of learning management systems (LMS) that included course pilots and feedback from the ASU community, ASU has decided to move to Canvas."
lms.asu.edu/
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Deeply Flawed GMU Report on Online Education Asks Good Questions But Provides Misguided Analysis mfeldstein.com/deeply-flawed…
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Not sure how I feel about packing for #instcon and not needing any rain gear or contingency plans for weather.
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You know what would make my day - How about a few more "Our Message / Statement / Commitment during COVID-19" email pushes?
Hearing that my "Safety and that of our other Customers and Employees is our top priority" means a lot to me.
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Doing research for article, came across example of how @SNHU can really mess up your regression analysis on 73 New England colleges and universities
scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcon…
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Good, balanced article that captures key changes in online learning:
latimes.com/california/story…
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State of Higher Ed LMS Market for US and Canada: 2019 Mid-Year Edition philonedtech.com/state-of-hi…
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In case you were under the illusion that most faculty are learning the basics of online learning, or that IHE is improving in selection of op-eds, I beg to differ.
insidehighered.com/views/202…
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Kits: Building the NGDLE Outside the LMS er.educause.edu/blogs/2019/1…
This is interesting description from Duke U
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Welcome to Your Hastily Prepared Online College Course - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency mcsweeneys.net/articles/welc…
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The Misguided Drive to Measure ‘Learning Outcomes’ nyti.ms/2sRSoam
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I’m taking reservations for EdTech companies interested in meeting w 2U, Instructure, and Chegg at #ASUGSV2019 re. acquisition. $2,000 each. I won’t be there and have no official role, so willing to go as low as $1,000.
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New post co-authored with @steph_moore
philonedtech.com/planning-fo…
ALT Because decision makers are likely to turn to articles like this as a guide for their planning, the many faults and factual inaccuracies in that op-ed require a response so we can better inform responsible decision making. Without any support for the claims made, what the IHE article really does is engage in confirmation bias that has unfortunate potential to unnecessarily constrain strategic planning and resilient s
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July 30, 2019 - the day the OPM market changed. 30 minutes into 2U ($TWOU) earnings call, stock down 25% in after hours trading. 2U is moving from primarily rev-share grad program OPM business into diversified business including full-university deals, fee-for-service, 1/
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Where is the study calculating loss in global productivity due to the 'let's do a one-hour Zoom mtg when it could be a 15-min phone call' disease?
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On 2U / edX earnings call ($TWOU), we get yet more insight into the enrollment AND revenue challenges for degree-based business (-7%), and the growth of alternative credentials (+12%).
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This week has already started the wave of restaurant / bar / cafe shutdowns, and the wave of layoffs in many industries. This is going to be painful - I feel awful for so many of the hourly workers that are likely to be hit first. Tip big while you can, order take-out, etc.
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University of Arkansas board votes 5-4 against the acquisition / affiliation with the University of Phoenix
washingtonpost.com/education…
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Interesting article and interesting initiative, but I hope UNC understands how much hard work is in front of them
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It's starting . . .
npr.org/sections/coronavirus…
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Fascinating study by IHE of faculty attitudes on & usage of online, textbooks, LMS ihenow.com/3216NNM Real bright spot is about online experience leading to improved teaching overall
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What triggered the recent Quality Matters pushback? Not arguing for or against, just curious why it's become a thing on Twitter lately.
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My daughters claim I am 5-years behind in meme usage, a criticism I accept
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The price per student for LMS appears to be going up higher than the rate of inflation listedtech.com/blog/average-…
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The deeper you look, the worse the ProctorU data breach appears. tl;dr - data for 444k students available online from as recent as 2017 (not 2014 as company claims); many US students, not just in Australia. 1/
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Not a deal I was expecting: 2U buying edX from Harvard and MIT for $800m
harvardmagazine.com/2021/06/…
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That most-used of remote teaching crutches is becoming more problematic. Zoom CEO has acknowledged issues and froze all feature development while they try to fix security / privacy.
washingtonpost.com/education…
I would give h/t to Jeanette Wiseman if I knew her Twitter handle.
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I suppose this is a good time to let out the unpopular opinions and experiences (and be able to claim account was hacked).
'An Evening With John Denver' was one of the best albums of the 70's. And I sang backup for Barry Manilow in 1981.
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Guest post from @Czernie: What we learnt from “going online” during university shutdowns in South Africa
philonedtech.com/what-we-lea…
Lessons learned from other sudden shutdowns
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Learning analytics in online learning: trying hard but need to do better tonybates.ca/2019/11/08/lear… via @Tony Bates
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#CanvasCon news: Deeper integration between Canvas and MS Teams for "go-to conferencing tool" instructure.com/canvas/blog/…
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And the winners for biggest #EDU21 vendor booths near the entrance:
- Class (what would you do with $164m raised?)
- Ellucian
- Anthology
- Proctorio
w honorable mentions to:
- Citrix, Extron, Intel, Extron, Blackboard,
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And we have a new leader in the 'dumbest Covid-19 analysis' category in the Chronicle. Are you kidding me - treating emergency move of f2f online with actual research on effectiveness?
chronicle.com/article/Corona…
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Questioning the Logic Behind the Anthology and Blackboard Deal philonedtech.com/questioning…
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Why Pearson Is Complicit: I should describe my position in more detail
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I’ve been at #WCET2022 for an hour; already had 4 great conversations and first general session just started
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The COVID-Fueled Hybridization of Higher Ed philonedtech.com/the-covid-f…
#MindWires
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There are more Chronicle and IHE articles / posts on The Chair this morning than there are episodes of The Chair.
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MOOCs have low completion (5%), small course online offerings (iow NOT MOOCs) have 85+% completion; article lede: "How have instructional designers collectively moved the needle so dramatically on completion rates?" edsurge.com/news/2019-06-06-… #nailedit
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Coursera $COUR did well in their earnings call, again due to Consumer and Enterprise business. Their OPM degrees business was down 11% year-over-year.
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