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Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

Edsurge

From the very start of digital education, the big question has always been: ”How can students learn effectively, if they’re not face-to-face with their instructors?” Online learning is not just another edtech product, but an innovative teaching practice."

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2013, 3D printer manufacturer MakerBot launched its MakerBot Academy with a goal “to put a MakerBot Desktop 3D Printer in every school in America.” You can learn anything online, Siegler argued. Altius Education.

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K-12 Dealmaking: Knewton Raises $52M; Imagine K12 Merges with Y Combinator

Marketplace K-12

In addition, the sector saw several new partnerships spring up, such as Edmentum’s new partnership with WebbAlign and Learning Forward joining forces with Amplify, the former digital education division of News Corp. million PreK-12 students.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Randall filed the suit in 2013, eight months after the university fired basketball coach Mike Rice’s for mistreating his players.” “For online lenders , it’s suddenly touch-and-go,” says Techcrunch. “ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.”

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

Pearson promises “personalization” through its “adaptive learning” products, for example. (It And then there’s Mark Zuckerberg’s venture philanthropy firm and its commitment to fund “personalized learning.” ” But what did Facebook do?