Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

” Microsoft acquired Minecraft in 2015 – which probably speaks volumes right there about its progressive potential – and in January of this year, Microsoft bought TeacherGaming, the maker of a Minecraft version aimed at classroom usage. Only “1.86 unique users have enrolled 4.1 Google’s Alphabet Inc.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “A Product at Every Price: A Review of MOOC Stats and Trends in 2017.” ” There’s more MOOC news in the certification section below. I’m also putting some MOOC news in the job training section.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “Teaching Tech-Based Farming: Microsoft Backs Program for Ag Group’s 650,000 Students.” ” “ Twitter is funding college professors to audit its platform for toxicity,” writes The Verge.

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Microsoft -Branded MOOCs for K–12 Leaders.” ” Via the ACLU : “ Facebook , Instagram , and Twitter Provided Data Access for a Surveillance Product Marketed to Target Activists of Color.”

Education 40

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Something something Brexit something something MOOCs will save British higher ed. ” That’d be Glenn Reynolds , @instapundit , who also briefly had his Twitter account suspended. Education Department Awards 41 States and the District of Columbia $28.4

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Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s a lot to think about here, as Natasha Singer rightly pointed out on Twitter , as this might related to Big Ed-Tech. ACICS oversees accreditation for many for-profit colleges and universities. SDG Academy has joined edX. Finding and Keeping Good Teachers.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

It is the instructional designer and tenured professor’s signal — “to the barricades!” — and everyone snipes at the other side from the Twitter trenches for a week, until there’s an unspoken truce that lasts until the next “ban laptops” op-ed gets published. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness.

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Hack Education

MARCH 17, 2017

As CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski noted on Twitter Tuesday, Eck, who is now a special assistant to Secretary DeVos, tweeted last November that Hamill should ‘stick to playing Han Solo’s short little b—-’ after Hamill tweeted criticism of the Trump administration.” Are MOOCs webinars? Are webinars now MOOCs?).

Education 46

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

There was a regularly updated Facebook page, a Twitter account, as well as a LinkedIn profile for its supposed president. The technology industry has been doing this for quite some time – take Microsoft’s own certification program that it launched back in 1992. ” MOOCs for credit. Keep Away From Coding Schools.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” (Probably worth checking out Sara Goldrick-Rab’s comments on Twitter about this one.). ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Big HR news about Coursera in the HR section below. Here’s the headline from Inside Higher Ed : “For-Credit MOOC: Best of Both Worlds at MIT ?”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). It’s baaaaack: “Return of the MOOC ,” The City Journal tells us. There’s some (sorta) MOOC-related news in the venture funding section below. Because MOOCs on an airplane proved to be such an effective mode of instruction.

Education 45

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AUGUST 5, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “Anybody can now buy Microsoft ’s $3,000 HoloLens ,” says Techcrunch. Remember when Twitter announced that it was donating its archive to the Library of Congress ? MOOCs, CAI, and now this. ” asks The Hechinger Report. ” JFC.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Related, via Wired : “ Pro-Gun Russian Bots Flood Twitter After Parkland Shooting.” Microsoft has acquired Chalkup. There’s more research on how students at for-profits fare (spoiler alert: not well) in the research section below. million total.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Princeton University and Microsoft have joined together to file a lawsuit against President Trump’s rescinding of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. ” Via The New York Times : “ Kremlin Cash Behind Billionaire’s Twitter and Facebook Investments.”

Education 45

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JUNE 8, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via Motherboard : “ Twitter Is Banning Anyone Whose Date of Birth Says They Joined Before They Were 13.” Microsoft has acquired GitHub. Here’s the NYT headline : “Microsoft Buys GitHub for $7.5 Education Department show.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Responses to last week’s news about Western Governors University and the audit of its competency-based offerings: Via NPR : “Who Is A College Teacher, Anyway? .” And more on regulating for-profits (or not) in the state politics section above.

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APRIL 20, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” ( A good thread on Twitter in response.). Via Wired : “The Young and the Reckless – A gang of teen hackers snatched the keys to Microsoft ’s videogame empire. ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “Are You Getting a Pay Bump For Student Completion? ” “Whatever Happened To MOOCs ?” “ Microsoft is building a new version of Skype for tutors and consultants,” says The Next Web. Virtual Schools Dish Out the Dough.”

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JULY 21, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The LA Times asks , “ In this digital self-help age, just how effective are MasterClass ’s A-list celebrity workshops?” Kahoot has raised $10 million in Series A funding from Creandum, Northzone, and Microsoft Ventures. million total.

Education 46

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). And I’m not sure if Udacity now better fits here in this for-profit higher ed section, but there’s news about it in the MOOC section above. ” “ Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation ,” Techcrunch reports. of Cincinnati Police Officer.”

Education 40

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

” Online Education and The Once and Future “MOOC” “ Deakin University in Australia will next year offer graduate degrees and certificate programs through FutureLearn , the online learning platform owned by the Open University in the U.K.,” college testing scam , to be deported.”

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Twitter announced big layoffs this week – 9% of its staff – and said it would shutter its video app Vine. Microsoft is doing a desktop PC thing. .” Via The Toronto Star : “ Cyber attack to blame for Grade 10 literacy test chaos.”

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