Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) I’d love to provide a link but Andreessen deleted his blog in 2009. More on that in a subsequent article in this series.)

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

MAY 6, 2020

" But the answers to that question are, of course, bound up in our beliefs and practices and expectations, in our assessments of what "preparedness" even means. Like a MOOC, but in the school gym. I think that many people might be inclined to ask then, "Why were we so unprepared?"

Education 140

Education Report Khan Academy Examples 140

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

The stories that I write about the “Top Ed-Tech Trends” are the antithesis of most articles you’ll see about education technology that invoke “top” and “trends.” 2009 – the phones in their pockets. The quotation is from 2012. But the claim starts to fall apart under scrutiny.

Trends 40

Trends Report iPhone Software 40

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” (Note: there’s a response to this article by Georgia Tech professor Ashok Goel, who builds teaching chat-bots, in the “robots” section below.

Education 44

Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2016

I briefly mentioned the ongoing Trump University lawsuits in that article. Funnily enough, many of the very publications who consistently made fun of the offerings from Trump University rarely offer any critical analysis of the structure or content of MOOCs or coding bootcamps. The Obama Administration versus For-Profit Higher Ed.

Education 40

Education Technology Company Industry 40