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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s New Strategy Takes Inspiration From Netflix – and LinkedIn.” ” Via the Coursera blog : “Announcing Coursera for Governments & Nonprofits.” The company has raised $8.5 million total.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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He told NPR in 2015 that Knewton’s adaptive learning software was a “mind-reading robo tutor in the sky.” But these outlandish claims of a powerful piece of learning software never matched what materialized. No surprise as Chromebooks now make up 60% of all laptops and tablets sold to K-12 schools, up from 5% in 2012.)

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