Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

EdSurge recently connected with Ames to talk about the book and about her theory about the dangers of what she calls “charismatic technology.” In your book, you say the project is an example of “charismatic technology.” You call the book a cautionary tale about technology hype. It was all over the news. What does that mean?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2019

International sales accounts for about 20 percent of total revenue for Instructure, which was founded in 2008. While Bridge bookings continue to grow, especially with our employee development solutions introduced over the summer, it is still not delivering at the level I want it to be at,” he said. Canvas bookings by U.S.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

He wrote a forthcoming book called “ The Amateur Hour ” about the history of college teaching in America. “I I don't think we know enough about how much students were learning under the face-to-face model to calculate what an alleged loss might be under this new model,” Zimmerman says. And I think that's one of the biggest differences.”

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RafranzDavis.com

MARCH 31, 2015

Over the past week I have been looking a bit more deeply into the Future Ready Summit coalition partners in order to learn more about how each one contributes to the #FutureReady initiative. Earlier today, I came across a blog post written by Krista Moroder called, Words Matter: Let’s Talk About Learning, Not Technology.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

BIO : Religious thinker Karen Armstrong has written more than 20 books on faith and the major religions, studying what Islam, Judaism and Christianity have in common, and how our faiths shaped world history and drive current events. In late fall 2008, the first draft of the document was written by the world, via a sharing website.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The key word in that headline isn’t “digital”; it’s “force.” The story examined a proposed practice: “Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).” They haven’t.). But new technology hasn’t made it easy.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

“Digital learning systems now charge students for access codes needed to complete coursework, take quizzes, and turn in homework,” Buzzfeed – which consistently does some of the best education journalism – reports. “In May 2008, as the Great Recession was just beginning, U.S. So unbelievably gross.

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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). million in venture capital from high profile names like LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and from firms active in ed-tech investing such as Learn Capital. The company has raised some $77.5

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2022

This computing device return-and-repair ritual looks different from the end-of-year textbook and library book return that was a staple of decades past. The COVID-19 pandemic and the implementation of emergency remote learning dramatically accelerated the push toward 1:1 computing initiatives that was already underway.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

The librarian who presented to her class said that the university will even mail students books—with return postage so they can mail them back. And it kind of made me laugh, ’cause he said, ‘You can’t check out more than, like, 400 books at a time,’” Ruth Cady says. Who’s gonna check out 400 books?” Never come out.”

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