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More on the Cost Trap and Inclusive Access

Iterating Toward Openness

For example, in 2015 I wrote that “My ultimate goal is this: I want to (1) radically improve the quality of education as judged by learners, and (2) radically improve access to education. What do you think the whole MOOC thing George Siemens and I and others was about? And I want to do it worldwide.”

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

Hack Education

” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. In 2011, the analyst firm Gartner predicted that annual tablet shipments would exceed 300 million units by 2015. The quotation is from 2012.

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US Edtech Investments Peak Again With $1.45 Billion Raised in 2018

Edsurge

billion, matching the previous high for the single-year funding total of this decade, set in 2015. There’s a notable difference between 2018 and 2015, however. In 2015 there were 165 deals, versus just 112 in 2018. Once upon a time, she notes, “MOOCs were supposed to displace higher education. Last year, U.S.

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A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers: Learning Models & Technology

TeachThought - Learn better.

”( Holmes & Gardner 2006 ). (7). A collection of software bundled by Google that is available on a subscription model for schools and classroom. TeachThought is developing a mobile learning framework and definition that will be released in early 2015. Connected Learning. Genius Hour. Google Apps for Education.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

” 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. .” We’ve seen this before in the MOOC world. Only “1.86