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Community Colleges Have Long Powered the Economy. To Sustain That Role, They Must Innovate.

Edsurge

Industrialization, Economic Mobility and Community Colleges Reflecting on the advancements of the 19th century, the age of industrialization brought about great prosperity for the U.S., These schools served as the gateway to social and economic mobility and played a significant role in the movement toward greater gender and racial equity.

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

Hack Education

In October of 2006 , Gartner said that Apple’s “best bet for long-term success is to quit the hardware business and license the Mac to Dell.” But Martin Cooper, a Motorola exec, made the first mobile telephone call in 1973, not 1983. I don’t believe that robots will take, let alone need take, all our jobs.

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Epic Guide To Game Based Learning

The CoolCatTeacher

Builder Bowls – Builder Bowls revolve around a wide range of immersive technologies, including Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), simulations, video games, caves and domes, 3D printing and robotics. However, the goal of this 2006 game is to promote empathy and understanding for the situation. Carvalho, A. Donahoo, D.

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What's on the Horizon (Still, Again, Always) for Ed-Tech

Hack Education

The topic names have been modified “for consistency,” the report’s authors say (although I’m a little unclear about some of these choices – how are “mobile learning,” “tablet computing,” and “bring your own device” separate technological developments? Mobile Learning.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Udacity ’s mobile apps now support “ offline learning.” “ Telcel customers can now access Khan Academy free of data charges on mobile apps and es.zero.khanacademy.org thanks to partnership with Carlos Slim Foundation and Telcel,” says Khan Academy. 2006, Tuition and Fees Up 63%.”