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Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

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As sophisticated digital skills—capabilities ironically found more commonly among students—became decisive, two new trends emerged. Online learning is not just another edtech product, but an innovative teaching practice." They knew it was an inventive departure, but they were taken aback when an astonishing 160,000 signed up.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2011, Ning was acquired by “lifestyle” site Glam Media for around $150 million.

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Education Technology and the Ideology of Personalization

Hack Education

There were several attempts this year to link the history of “personalized learning” to recent education reforms (but not surprisingly, not to Skinner). “The hottest trend in education actually started in special-ed classrooms 40 years ago,” as Business Insider contended in October. Watson famously won Jeopardy!