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. My forthcoming book, Teaching Machines focuses — as the title suggests — examines the push to adopt teaching machines during this period.

Education 140

Education Report Khan Academy Examples 140

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” 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. The company has raised some $77.5 Someone generously re-posted all the content from that blog to a Posterous site.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

One of my favorites: “Books will soon be obsolete in schools,” Thomas Edison said in 1913. ” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. .” Any day now. Any day now.

Trends 40

Trends Report iPhone Software 40

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

The seller: Book Dog Books. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Techcrunch reports that “ Sesame Street turns to Kickstarter to fund autism book.” .” Via The Washington Post : “ ICE is moving to deport a veteran after Mattis assured that would not happen.”

Education 44

Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

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).” And digital bits have replaced the need to cut down trees to make paper and waste ink to create those books.”

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2016

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 State Department did partner with Coursera – Laureate Education is an investor – to promote MOOCs globally.

Education 40

Education Technology Company Industry 40