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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

” Industry, not the child’s imagination as Seymour would have it, largely dictates the shape and direction of the CS trend. According to the latest jobs report , unemployment in the US is at 4.6%, the lowest since 2007. We also see it in many instances of adaptive-learning software.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. He told NPR in 2015 that Knewton’s adaptive learning software was a “mind-reading robo tutor in the sky.” And I’d never gotten my Ph.D. So I thought maybe this is the way it works.”.

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