Fiona Hollands

Researcher studying edtech, online learning, alternative credentials, MOOCs, cost-effectiveness of educational programs, education decision-making

[Fiona Hollands @EdResearcher]

Thanks to @rob_shand for leading this article about school district evidence use in budget decision-making https://t.co/iduenW66M0 Should eventually be open access. We certainly learned a lot from @JCPSKY through this @IESResearch-funded RPP. #EvidenceUse

[Fiona Hollands @EdResearcher]

@NSTA @CCSSO @GreatCitySchls @NASSP @NAESP Mastering AI may not be everyone's top priority but let's not allow AI to master us. @MIT's @cynthiabreazeal and I describe how Day of AI https://t.co/XAfzUJTBN7 helps teachers and students become AI literate:
https://t.co/YgrwjwQUJs

[Fiona Hollands @EdResearcher]

New report from @insidehighered with insights into how IHEs are—or are not—harnessing technology for instructional or operational purposes. Some reassuring trends but, overall, this adds to my concerns that many IHEs are not keeping up with the times. https://t.co/3bZX5SkLgI

[Fiona Hollands @EdResearcher]

Educators & students learned how AI is being used and how it works, possible benefits and harms. They became more optimistic about potential benefits to society & about their own abilities to contribute to shaping the future of AI. Pretty amazing after a few hours of exposure!

[Fiona Hollands @EdResearcher]

Here's my recently completed evaluation of @MIT's Day of AI initiative https://t.co/XAfzUJTBN7 which offers free K-12 AI literacy curricula. Much needed and well-received initiative. https://t.co/4Oh81OVnxZ @CCSSO @csteachersorg @CSforALL @ISTEofficial @ASCD @NASSP @NAESP @NASBE

[Fiona Hollands @EdResearcher]

Here's my recently completed evaluation of @MIT's Day of AI initiative https://t.co/XAfzUJTBN7 which offers free K-12 AI literacy curricula. Much needed and well-received initiative. https://t.co/4Oh81OVnxZ @CCSSO @csteachersorg @CSforALL @ISTEofficial @ASCD @NASSP @NAESP @NASBE

[Fiona Hollands @EdResearcher]

Will be joining @The_CAP_Project colleagues Jaunelle Pratt-Williams and @rob_shand, + an @IESResearch program officer on Tues 8/29 at 2pm Eastern to help answer anyone's Qs about cost analysis/CEA for this year's IES RFAs.

[CAP Project @The_CAP_Project]

Have questions about the cost analysis requirements for this year's IES RFAs? We are offering a free TA session, joined by an IES program officer, on Tues 8/29 at 2-3pm Eastern time. Register here https://t.co/4xRUFcE9gX @IESResearch @sreesociety

[Fiona Hollands @EdResearcher]

Final 2 reports on our longitudinal study of MOOC-based alternative credentials: Employer Support for Employee Participation in Alternative Credentials https://t.co/UAqWAlslWM and Benefits of Earning Alternative Credentials: One-Year Follow-up https://t.co/QutGXCHPrQ. Time for employers to step up their support for employee talent development! @HigherEdSurge @coursera @edXOnline

[Fiona Hollands @EdResearcher]

I am banking on online modules being a cost-effective way to disseminate information and provide free TA. Working with super-talented https://t.co/FUq39RBevS, this yr we launched modules on cost analysis and CEA https://t.co/yDc9Ta7VgW and modules on applying cost-utility analysis to school and district decision-making https://t.co/jchgFEjw4z @CCSSO, @GreatCitySchls @ASBOIntl @AASAHQ

[IES Research @IESResearch]

In a new guest blog, researchers from @The_CAP_Project discuss their free, online modules that support researchers in developing a cost analysis. https://t.co/MZVaXd3Vi5

[Fiona Hollands @EdResearcher]

AI promises to change the way teachers work in both K-12 https://t.co/ciTOdB8nki and in higher education https://t.co/fENoDmL3sZ, hopefully in ways that both improve the learner experience and make the profession more attractive @CCSSO @NASBE

[Fiona Hollands @EdResearcher]

How AI Tutoring Can Reshape Teachers' Days https://t.co/ciTOdB8V9Q

[Fiona Hollands @EdResearcher]

Here's the webcast. I think we concluded that the next question to ask is whether non-degree credentials are valuable enough to employers to merit financial support for employees earning them. https://t.co/oASQGohKtK

[Fiona Hollands @EdResearcher]

Looking fwd to participating in Sat's #silverliningforlearning webcast on benefits and costs of microcredentials https://t.co/5taYUMTvsp
with @travelinedman @chrs_dede @punyamishra @YongZhaoEd

[Fiona Hollands @EdResearcher]

Looking fwd to participating in Sat's #silverliningforlearning webcast on benefits and costs of microcredentials https://t.co/5taYUMTvsp
with @travelinedman @chrs_dede @punyamishra @YongZhaoEd

[IES Research @IESResearch]

Check out this new content from #IESFunded @The_CAP_Project!

[George Siemens @gsiemens]

Want a deeper conversation about AI in Education? We're planning a year long deep dive into critical topics in AI - collaborative sensemaking. Monthly themes kicked off with an expert lecture...then community engagement around implications. Register here: https://t.co/yebYa3v6cM

[Fiona Hollands @EdResearcher]

Free @IESResearch-funded series of asynchronous online modules on cost analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis. A long overdue and much needed resource for education researchers and practitioners.

[CAP Project @The_CAP_Project]

Need help in figuring out how best to report the results of your cost analysis or CEA? Check out the last of our series of 5 online modules on cost analysis, just released this week. You can now access all 5 modules: https://t.co/PELc8QOjtw

[Fiona Hollands @EdResearcher]

So people are finally figuring out that quality learning experiences actually cost something? Better late than never....
FutureLearn's Turbulent Year Culminates in Price Hike as CEO Departs https://t.co/XrqALGKmJn

[Fiona Hollands @EdResearcher]

This report from @UPCEA and @CollegisEdu on employer perceptions of micro/alternative credentials is the perfect complement to our recent report https://t.co/vUhyy4hqmY on what learners perceive to be the benefits and costs of earning such credentials. https://t.co/hdLI3WxPzk

[Fiona Hollands @EdResearcher]

@susan_dagostino pulls together key issues related to micro/alternative/non-degree credentials (starting with nomenclature!). Interesting quote from @UPCEA about employers wanting to be on uni advisory committees. I wonder how common that is already. https://t.co/MlJQVWsYg4

[Fiona Hollands @EdResearcher]

Unpacking the Caveats of ChatGPT in Education: Addressing Bias, Representation, Authorship, and Plagiarism https://t.co/DUyBgLQJQt

[Fiona Hollands @EdResearcher]

@GoldieStandard highlights our report in her @chronicle newsletter, concluding alternative credentials offer little competition to Master's. We think employers should see them as low-cost talent development, paying for learners' study time & course fees. https://t.co/BjnoLYfsBz