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Keith Devlin from Stanford: Talking Media, Math, MOOCs, and Silicon Valley Money in Education

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

In 2003, he was recognized by the California State Assembly for his "innovative work and longtime service in the field of mathematics and its relation to logic and linguistics." Media X is Stanford''s catalyst for industry and academic research partnerships on the impact of information and technology on society.'

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What Happens When Ed-Tech Forgets? Some Thoughts on Rehabilitating Reputations

Hack Education

It's entertaining, I guess — the dinosaurs and the Neanderthals and the Industrial Revolution, and stuff like that. Columbia University invested $30 million into its own online learning initiative, Fathom, that opened in 2000 and closed in 2003. "The only thing that matters is the future," Levandoski told the magazine.

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4 Important Lessons from 15 Years in EdTech

Gaggle Speaks

One of my very memorable failures was in 2003, when I went to Austin ISD to present to the technology team as the final step of a large purchase. Collaborative Learning, 21st Century Skills; Blending Learning, Student Engagement, MOOC; Flipped Classroom; Gamification; Big Data. Lesson learned #4: Don’t pursue every industry standard.

EdTech 40
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4 Important Lessons from 15 Years in EdTech

Gaggle Speaks

One of my very memorable failures was in 2003, when I went to Austin ISD to present to the technology team as the final step of a large purchase. Collaborative Learning, 21st Century Skills; Blending Learning, Student Engagement, MOOC; Flipped Classroom; Gamification; Big Data. Lesson learned #4: Don’t pursue every industry standard.

EdTech 40
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Education Technology and the Year of Wishful Thinking

Hack Education

In 2005, Joan Didion published The Year of Magical Thinking , which chronicles her husband’s death in December 2003, shortly after their daughter had fallen into septic shock and been placed an induced coma. Or MOOCs even. This is part one of my annual review of the year in ed-tech. No evidence. Fads fade, of course. Hype wanes.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” From the Bloomberg Editorial Board : “A Raw Deal From Betsy DeVos ” – “ Rolling back regulations on the for-profit college industry will cause the public pain.” This group of older borrowers collectively hold $247 billion in student debt, an amount that has roughly tripled since 2003.”