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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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Microsoft : “Microsoft launches Intune for Education to counter Google’s Chromebooks in schools,” Techcrunch reported in January. “Microsoft is really scared of Chromebooks in businesses and schools,” The Verge reported in June. ” (Amazon Inspire is the company’s OER platform.)

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. Bridge International Academies was founded in 2007, promising to bring quality education to parts of the Global South. Bridge International Academies.

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