Identification Of Three Professional Websites On Online Education Or E-Learning
Identification of three professional websites
My theme of research proposal is online education or e-learning, namely about Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), these 3 websites will be very helpful during my research.
EdSurge is the website (www.edsurge.com), where educators, investors, edupreneurs and other people interested in education can find any information about technologies used in education. EdSurge provides access to independent news and resources, helping readers to follow how the technologies used in education are evolving. Also EdSurge conducts the annual Fusion conference, where the most influential people in sphere of digital technologies in education are sharing experience with each other. The target audience of this conference: superintendents, assistant superintendents, state department of education, principals, assistant principals, teacher leaders, teachers on special assignments (TOSAs), researchers, education non-profit leaders. The subtopics of Conference: Digital Learning Access, High-Impact EdTech: Best practices for maximizing return on edtech investments, Digital Literacy and Student Achievement, Using Tech to build confidence, independence and resilience in learners, the addiction of Gaming. The conference proceedings can be used for my literature review.
Besides its online presence, EdSurge hosts the San Francisco education technology meetup, a robust nationwide series of Summits, a high-profile awards program called the Digital Innovation in Learning Awards. It is also hosts a service called Edtech Concierge, designed to support education leaders in choosing tools. On this website I can find latest and most important news about education technologies used in K-12 and higher education and their own research on different topics concerning e-learning. LOOP network will help me to expand my professional network and enable knowledge sharing by connecting with the world’s higher education innovators. I can subscribe for Edsurge’s podcasts about education technology including weekly news, interviews, and debates to be aware about cutting-edge technologies.
EdTech Digest (www.edtechdigest.com) - is the website offering insights, updates, interviews for educators, IT specialists, investors and entrepreneurs involved in educational technologies (edtech). The Edtech Digest covers all levels of education system from preK-12, higher education, skills & workforce, lifelong learning. This website provides information about companies producing education technologies, interviews of edtech leaders, and all information which necessary for education, academia, and training in the sphere of edtech. The mission of EdTech Digest is to write the history of education technological transformation in the 21st-century. Also this company holds an annual award ceremony called the EdTech Awards where the most influential edtech companies and people and newer talents are recognized and honoured.
Potential nominees of the EdTech Awards are secretaries of education, school office secretaries, teachers, U.S. Presidents, student body presidents, famous filmmakers passionate about education, energetic educators, inspiring innovators, struggling students, students leading global movements, tech billionaires, people with ideas about what they’d do with a billion dollars, K-12 thought leading authors and speakers, college and university presidents, risk-taking higher education disruptors, data geeks, the world’s greatest artists, leaders, managers and executives, founders and entrepreneurs, engineers and tinkerers, peace corps volunteers, teach for America alumni, governors, mayors, and members of congress.
The audience of EdTech Digest is more than 35,000 Twitter-followers, more than 100,000 unique visitors per year, and more than 20,000 opt-in subscribers. Moreover, they offer not only conferences, but also tradeshows and other meetings and events.The EdTech Digest publishes annual report about 1000 Companies Transforming Education, Top 100 Influencers in EdTech, Dozens of leaders weighing in on the future of education, 10 Companies to Watch, 8 EdTech Trends you need to know, 3 Major EdTech Status Markers & Their Data Points.For me as a researcher of online education technologies, this website give me full overview of the edtech landscape. I will know all the latest news and new innovative technologies in my area of interest by browsing and reading this website. The annual report will give in-depth information about companies and trends in edtech sector.
EDUCAUSE (www.educause.edu) - is a non-profit company where IT professionals in collaboration with higher education leaders are trying to advance higher education through the use of edtech. The mission of the company to transform higher education using information technologies. EDUCAUSE actively connects with Higher Education institutions (HEIs), colleges and universities, corporations, foundations, government, and other nonprofit organizations to promote the transformation of higher education.
EDUCASE Review is a magazine with the latest news and opinions on the subject in the US and worldwide. Additionally, EDUCAUSE offers program Technology Research in the Academic Community (ETRAC) to institutions to do a research of students and faculty about expectations from education technology. EDUCAUSE also helps to communicate with my peers and have interactive discussions. In time of fourth industrial revolution, where IT technologies are evolving every second we should be aware of any technological innovations affecting higher education.
This website is very useful resource helping in navigating always changing landscape of edtech. I can subscribe on newsletters, thus receiving latest news and reports available on the website. EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research offers collections of reports, interactive graphics, survey instruments, case studies, member-submitted research, data tables, and key findings and actionable recommendations, infographics, webinar recordings, and slides which will be helpful for my PhD thesis.
