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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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Pearson promises “personalization” through its “adaptive learning” products, for example. (It “Now Any Organization Can Create Content for LinkedIn Learning,” Edsurge reported in June. In education, both algorithms and data are integral to the push for “personalization.”

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

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” MOOC startups like Udacity and Coursera have also rebranded to target this particular post-secondary technical training market. LinkedIn, of course, had acquired online job training company Lynda.com last year for $1.5 We also see it in many instances of adaptive-learning software.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.” ” (It’ll run on LinkedIn Learning , formerly Lynda.com , which means it’ll cost you $24.99 .” From the press release : “ MOOCs and books initiative launched by Springer and Federica Weblearning.”