Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2017

They argue that putatively equitable technologies actually reinstate social inequalities. They worry that the pedagogical benefits of having students participate in the open web and/or social media might be cancelled out by trolls, hate speech and other forms of online abuse.

Trends 116

Trends LMS Social Media Education 116

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Claims on Social Media : Students consider the sources of a tweet and the information contained in it in order to describe what makes it both a useful and not useful source of information. Social Media Video : Students watch an online video and identify its strengths and weaknesses.

Assessment 60

Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

Meanwhile on Campus… Via Education Week (from last Friday – as I work on the week’s round-up of news, I try to avoid looking at social media, but I think there was another school shooting this morning): “10 Dead, Most of Them Students, and 10 Wounded in Texas High School Shooting.” ” Finally.

Education 46

Education MOOC Social Media Report 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Via The Independent : “13-year-old girl arrested after contacting clown on social media and asking him to kill her teacher.” Via Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill : “About That Cengage OER Survey.” .” Nothing says “experts” like “crystal ball.”

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

iContracts has acquired the EasyCampus LMS from Educadium. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Student blasts Georgia Tech for monitoring his social media accounts, including details about his travel plans and activist work on campus.” Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” More via Inside Higher Ed.

Education 46

Education Robotics MOOC Facebook 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

. “ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. Schools should consider the ways in which their own social media surveillance re-inscribes these sorts of violent, nationalist policies.

Education 44

Education Khan Academy Company Training 44

Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

His wife is also the founder of the OER organization CK12. Kevin Carey argues in Washington Monthly “Why More Colleges Should Treat Students Like Numbers ”: Students who log on to the LMS, download materials, click on lectures, and contribute to discussions are much less likely to drop out than students who don’t.

Education 41

Education Social Media Company Data 41

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

IBM wants us to believe that Watson is incredibly powerful – powerful enough, even, to search 1000 OER. Absorb Software has raised $59 million from Silversmith Capital Partners to build an LMS. Just a reminder that Twitter does not care about your school’s social media initiative. Unacademy has raised $11.5

Education 51

Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

I’ve never seen an education story receive quite as much attention from non-educators on social media. Via WHIO : “ School social media director fired after correcting student’s misspelled tweet.” Via eCampus News : “ Cengage launches MindTap ACE, an OER-based solution for higher ed.”

Education 40

Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

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. Indeed, DonorsChoose.org expects teachers to leverage their social media presence in order to fundraise for supplies for their classrooms.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

” “How Social Media Can Help Teach Good Writing,” according to Edsurge. The company is co-founded by Nick Ducoff, formerly of the OER textbook startup Boundless. ” From Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill : “State of Higher Ed LMS Market for US and Canada: Fall 2017 Edition.”

Education 48

Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Testing, Testing… “ Common Core testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss. This week: “ OpenStax Partners with panOpen to Expand OER Access.” OpenStax has been striking a lot of vendor deals recently, no?

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

was named in an investigation by The Associated Press last year for sharing racially charged content on social media.” Via The Guardian : “ Trump bans agencies from ‘providing updates on social media or to reporters’ ” This ban has been targeted at scientists at the EPA and USDA in particular.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40