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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” ” Via Techcrunch : “ Sony wants to digitize education records using the blockchain.” .” Via Reuters : “Some U.S.

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'Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs'

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” I’ve looked at how for-profit colleges , MOOCs , and learn-to-code companies have tapped into these narratives in order to justify their products and services. Sony’s in the business. These have all been separate articles in each series. “More Americans just need the right training.” Training Ed-Tech.

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Education Technology and the History of the Future of Credentialing

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Because despite their marketing copy, it remains important to ask: how do employers, in and out of Silicon Valley, respond to these alt-credentials – to MOOC certificates and nanodegrees and microcredentials and badges? ” MOOCs for credit. Keep Away From Coding Schools.” ” “ Flexible, stackable courses.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Techcrunch : “ Sony now has a Koov robotics learning kit for US classrooms.” .” There’s more on Singularity University, which announced it has raised over $30 million in venture capital, in the venture capital section below.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Chalkbeat investigates the Indiana Virtual School : “As students signed up, online school hired barely any teachers – but founder’s company charged it millions.” Via Techcrunch : “Sony reboots Aibo with AI and extra kawaii.”