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The New Media Consortium: its sudden death and what comes next

Bryan Alexander

I’ve known and worked with the NMC people since around 2003. We did two live Future Trends Forum sessions from NMC summer conferences. As Kim Pearson quickly realized, This is a shock. — Kim Pearson (@professorkim) December 19, 2017. On a personal note, this breaks my heart. That’s a lot of material.

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

Edsurge

Working as an entrepreneur, executive, philanthropist and investor over the past few decades, at some of the very organizations Watters bemoans, I’ve had a unique vantage point for observing numerous successes, failures and—most importantly—long-term trends that make me optimistic about the next wave of education innovation.

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The New Media Consortium: its sudden death and what comes next

Bryan Alexander

I’ve known and worked with the NMC people since around 2003. We did two live Future Trends Forum sessions from NMC summer conferences. As Kim Pearson quickly realized, This is a shock. — Kim Pearson (@professorkim) December 19, 2017. On a personal note, this breaks my heart. That’s a lot of material.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. The private student loan company has raised $50 million total, but I’m told “fintech” doesn’t “count” as ed-tech so let’s just ignore this trend, right? No mention that Lexia Learning is owned by Rosetta Stone.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

This group of older borrowers collectively hold $247 billion in student debt, an amount that has roughly tripled since 2003.” ” If you repeat these stories enough, it’s almost as if you can convince people to make it a trend. ” Mindset marketing from Pearson : “3 steps to upgrade your GRIT in education.”

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The Politics of Education Technology

Hack Education

One of the challenges of writing this series – and trust me, there are many – is separating my analysis out into ten articles that name ten distinct “trends.” But when trying to write about ten “trends,” it’s evident: everything overlaps. The politics overlap with privacy.