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ISTE Wants to Be More Than Just a Conference. Learn How They Are Expanding.

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Enrollment will begin June 25th, running 11 online classes on subjects such as artificial intelligence, personalized learning and open education resources for educators. But South says this is not about competing with the big technology companies, and he stresses that it is certainly not another MOOC.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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Tom Webster, the VP of strategy at the market research firm Edison Research, argued that the report should be viewed as “an extremely effective piece of content marketing,” pointing to the number of slides that cite data about or by a portfolio company of Meeker’s employer, the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Smith Caulfield.

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SXSWedu 2017: Ones to Watch and What to Know

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Charisse Taylor , senior director of policy and implementation at NYC Department of Education, will share resources, templates and other activities aimed at helping educators create new CS programs that are “diverse by design.” Companies like Microsoft, Facebook and Google are all dipping their toes into virtual and augmented reality.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs.

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Educational Crises and Ed-Tech: A History

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So no, Khan Academy did not invent "personalized learning." " Yes, today's philanthropic foundations have been pushing another crisis narrative that proposes "personalized learning" is the solution.). Like a MOOC, but in the school gym. And the costs were significant.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” The Fordham Institute’s Michael Petrelli has declared “ The End of Educational Policy.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). is the new company of Andrew Ng , Coursera’s co-founder.) “What Does Personalized Learning Mean? on Coursera.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” The company – funded by Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Pearson, Learn Capital, and others – says it will remain open. The US Department of Education announced it was launching “a pilot to test rigorously the effectiveness of more flexible loan counseling policies on federal student loan borrowers.”