Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

Institutions have access to more student data than ever before—but it's hard to really grasp what that means, since many of the digital tools that colleges use are from third parties or companies that keep their algorithms private. That’s a lot of trouble to go through just to get access to your own personal data.

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Data Learning Advocacy System 150

Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Continuing with our reading of Richard DeMillo’s Revolution in Higher Education: How a Small Band of Innovators Will Make College Accessible and Affordable (2015) ( publisher ; Amazon ): this week we’re discussing chapter 4, “Technology Curves.” ” (2247). ” (1990) Even mentoring gets the treatment.

Education 40

Education MOOC Learning Analytics Data 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Then there was the infamous anti-diversity memo distributed by Google engineer James Damore and leaked to the press this summer that charged that efforts the company (and the industry more broadly) had taken to address diversity were misguided as women are biologically ill-suited to computer science – which is, of course, totally b t.

Technology 58

Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 58

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Um, they do.) The Flipped Classroom".

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

“Imagine Discovering That Your Teaching Assistant Really Is a Robot ,” says The Wall Street Journal in a story about “Jill Watson” (of course it’s a female name), an automated teaching assistant at Georgia Tech. “ Blackboard Partners with Fishtree for Personalized Learning,” says Campus Technology.

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

For those keeping score at home, here are Peter Thiel’s ed-tech investments (in addition to his “I’ll pay you to drop out of college” fellowship program, of course): Clever, Lore, Thinkful, Declara, and SoFi. ” (That giant: Pearson , of course.). Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

Bob Thorpe, is proposing a far-reaching law in Arizona, House Bill 2120, banning virtually every college event, activity or course which discusses social justice , skin privilege, or racial equality. “ The growth of online learning : How universities must adjust to the new norm” is sponsored content on Education Dive. .

MOOC 40

MOOC Education Robotics Report 40

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. And of course current Undersecretary of Education, Ted Mitchell, is a former VC.) From the Coursera blog : “Coursera pilots a new course format.”

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Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

The American Library Association announced its youth media awards. Via Campus Technology : “ Unizin Partners with Cengage to Offer Discounted Course Materials.” Online course marketplace Teachable has raised $4 million from Accomplice Ventures, Naval Ravikant, and Matt Brezina. ” Contests and Awards.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

” In other MIT news : “MIT task force releases preliminary ‘Future of Libraries ’ report.” Blackboard has acquired Fronteer , a software company that helps make course materials accessible. Via New America : “The Promise and Peril of Predictive Analytics in Higher Education.”

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Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40