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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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“To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. 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).”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Not Net Neutrality, but another potential FCC move – ending the E-Rate program. MOOCs are out. Chromebooks. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Higher Ed Inflation Hits Highest Level Since 2008.” ” Via Futurism : “ Global E-Waste Increased by Eight Percent since 2014.” Or something.

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