The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

But then their teacher, Will Colglazier, demonstrated how a couple more exploratory clicks—critically, beyond the site itself—revealed that the Employment Policies Institute is considered by the Center for Media and Democracy to be a front group created by lobbyists for the restaurant and hotel industries. “I They got duped.”.

Social Media 40

Social Media Learning Facebook Analysis 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

OpenSecrets.org on how the student loan industry and higher ed institutions spend their lobbying dollars : “The politics behind your college and how you pay for it.” Via The New York Times : “More Law Schools Begin Accepting GRE Test Results.” ” The Business of Student Loans. ” More via Wired.

Education 45

Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 45

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

“Brain-zapping” is, according to a story in The Observer this spring , a “nascent industry,” even though there’s really no evidence to support it. Or MOOCs even. ” Some promise to monitor and measure brain activity. No evidence. But a lot of wild claims made in (ed-)tech journalism nonetheless.

Technology 40

Technology Education Report Training 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

” Industry, not the child’s imagination as Seymour would have it, largely dictates the shape and direction of the CS trend. “Hardly Anyone Wants to Take a Liberal Arts MOOC,” Edsurge informed its readers in February. And what does that oft-repeated phrase “ learn to code ” even mean ? Only “1.86

Technology 85

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill : “If At First You Don’t Succeed, Try To Be An OPM : Conversion of for-profits and MOOCs.” ” There’s some Udacity-related MOOC news in the job training section below.

Education 46

Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Here’s a science textbook I was assigned at his school in 2007. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via George Veletsianos : “A large-scale study of Twitter Use in MOOCs.” ” Research finds there’s a " global achievement gap in MOOCs. Jerry Falwell Jr. " No s**t.

Education 40

Education MOOC Data Elsevier 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 26, 2016

Bresch had previously been involved in another education-related scandal when, in 2007, it was revealed she had been awarded an MBA by West Virginia University even though she’d only completed half of the required credits. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ MOOCs Are Dead.

Education 40

Education Khan Academy MOOC Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

The Rebranding of MOOCs. Remember 2012 , “ The Year of the MOOC? Remember in 2012 when the media wrote about MOOCs with such frenzy, parroting all these marketing claims and more and predicting that MOOCs were poised to “ end the era of expensive higher education ”? MOOCs are not particularly "open."

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MOOC Technology OER Coursera 40