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

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Despite the failure of AllLearn, in 2014, Levin was named the CEO of Coursera. Blackboard, however, really upset folks in 2006 when it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against its competitor Desire2Learn (D2L), one day after receiving the patent for "Internet-based education support system and methods. Unfathomable.

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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NYSE: INST), Coursera, Inc. When I worked at Microsoft back in 2002, our team basically invented the idea of Google Classroom (it was called Microsoft Class Server), but we were twelve years too early and the product disappeared by 2006. MOOCs topped the cycle in 2012. Here’s why 2021 was a banner year for U.S. NYSE: NRDY).

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From EDUPUNK to ds106. 10Q: Jim Groom

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As for the title Reverend, I was given that nickname by Chip German (then CIO of University of Mary Washington) back in 2006 or 2007. Don''t get me wrong, it wasn''t like MOOCs or anything, but it was a pretty strong response from a simple blog post. What is the secret behind the success of MOOCs?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ MOOCs no longer massive, still attract millions,” Class Central’s Dhawal Shah claims in a VentureBeat op-ed. 2006, Tuition and Fees Up 63%.” ” The school in question: the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow. Meanwhile on Campus.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

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“Hardly Anyone Wants to Take a Liberal Arts MOOC,” Edsurge informed its readers in February. The school emphasizes teaching over research, hiring and rewarding professors on the basis of their classroom performance, says Maria Klawe, Harvey Mudd’s president since 2006. We’ve seen this before in the MOOC world.

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Education Technology and the Promise of 'Free' and 'Open'

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The Rebranding of MOOCs. Remember 2012 , “ The Year of the MOOC? Remember in 2012 when Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller said in her TED Talk that her company’s goal was to “take the best courses from the best instructors at the best universities and provide it to everyone around the world for free”?

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