Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Google)’s biotech company, Calico. The spending at public four-year colleges and universities rose, on average, by 2 to 3%, “the largest such increase since the start of the recession in 2008.” From 2007 to 2015, total outstanding federal student loan debt doubled from $516 billion to $1.2

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MOOC Technology OER Coursera 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Edmodo was one of the early stars of the most recent resurgence in ed-tech startup founding and funding (circa 2008 onward, that is). To believe that would require, of course, that we overlook the role that the major technology platforms – Google, Facebook, and Amazon – play in education. The company has raised some $77.5

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. Founded by two educators in 2008, Edmodo experienced a number of leadership changes this decade. Aaron Swartz, 2008. Google Reader. The TED Talk.

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