Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

As Harvard Law Professor Larry Lessig has written, modern copyright law has made criminals of us all (Lessig, 2008). According to a report written with support of major search engines like Google, Creative Commons estimates that the number of CC-licensed works available online is over 1 billion (Creative Commons, 2015). Jefferson, T.

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OER Resources Education Pearson 60

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

I recently revisited the central prediction of the influential 2008 book, Disrupting Class – that the growth in computer-based delivery of education will accelerate swiftly until, by 2019, half of all high school classes will be taught over the Internet – in two blog posts ( here and here ). " Maybe, maybe not.

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EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

I recently revisited the central prediction of the influential 2008 book, Disrupting Class – that the growth in computer-based delivery of education will accelerate swiftly until, by 2019, half of all high school classes will be taught over the Internet – in two blog posts ( here and here ). " Maybe, maybe not.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

This is really similar to the work I do mapping the relationships – financial and otherwise – among various players in the ed-tech industry. Via The New York Times : “ Big Ten Universities Entering a New Realm: E-Sports.” ” Via Campus Technology : “ Pearson to Lower Cost of E-Books, Textbooks.”

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Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

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

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Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Via Campus Technology : “ AP Exam Pass Rates Rise Even as Participation Doubles.” Acumen “senior innovation associate” writes about +Acumen in Edsurge : “The Flip Side of Abysmal MOOC Completion Rates ? E-Sports Make A Play For The Big Ten.” Discovering the Most Tenacious Learners.”

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Education Khan Academy Robotics MOOC 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Via Inside Higher Ed : “New report finds big-time college football players at wealthiest programs graduate at rates lower than their nonathlete male peers. Excellent work, education technology industry. ” Via Edsurge : “Educators, Tech Industry Leaders Collaborate to Develop K–12 Computer Science Framework.”

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Education Company Pearson E-rate 40