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

Hack Education

Plagiarism detection software originated at universities. And online test proctoring software has roots at universities as well. I'm not sure that there is one quite yet, although the company has ditched any pretense of "free and open" once heralded as the great innovation of the MOOC.). Unfathomable. Impenetrable.

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More on the Cost Trap and Inclusive Access

Iterating Toward Openness

What do you think the whole MOOC thing George Siemens and I and others was about? In 2006 I described and recommended the community-based model to support sustainable OER-based pedagogy. Is it the software we’ve created to simplify the process of integrating OER into any LMS via the open standards LTI and Common Cartridge?

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

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” – 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 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.”

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

Edsurge

Once upon a time, she notes, “MOOCs were supposed to displace higher education. Now many MOOCs are embedded within these institutions. Another big growth equity funding round came from Great Hills Partners, which put $110 million in Connexeo , a provider of school administration and payment software. The Bellevue, Wash.-based

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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. Connected Learning. A learning model by Digital Media & Learning that emphasizes the role of social interactions as a catalyst for learning. Genius Hour. Google Classroom.

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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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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ XuetangX : A Look at China’s First and Biggest MOOC Platform.” Google has released an update to its Course Builder software. CourseStorm has raised $760,000 from Maine Venture Fund for its online course registration software.