Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Not just the loss of Seymour Papert and Prince and David Bowie and Phife Dawg and Harper Lee and Gwen Ifill and Alan Rickman and Gene Wilder and Ursula Franklin and Scott Erik Kaufman and Jerome Bruner and Elie Wiesel and Alvin Toffler and Leonard Cohen (and many more), but the grief and the pain that stems from these and so many other losses.

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Technology Education Report Training 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Nevertheless, computer science education, along with STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) continued to be promoted this year, often framed as something students should pursue instead of “ liberal arts.” “Hardly Anyone Wants to Take a Liberal Arts MOOC,” Edsurge informed its readers in February. .”

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Congratulations, STEM folks and learn-to-code evangelists, for being featured in President Trump’s list of his 2017 accomplishments. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” The Pew Research Center is out with a new report on STEM and workplace equity. You must be so proud.

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Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” From the Department of Education press release : “Secretary DeVos Accepts President Trump’s Q2 Salary as a Donation for STEM-Focused Camp.” Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.” ” “What if MOOCs Revolutionize Education After All?”

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Beyond the MOOC. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2014. School and “Skills” MOOCS, Outsourcing, and Online Education. MOOCs and Anti-MOOCs. STEM Education’s "Sputnik Moment " The Higher Education Bubble. The Collapse of For-Profit Higher Education (Or Not). The Compulsion for Data.

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Trends MOOC Khan Academy Maker Movement 40

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). According to investment analyst firm CB Insights, “ Ed Tech Startup Exits Fall From Peak 2014 Levels.” ” Via The Atlantic : “The Complex Data on Girls in STEM.” ” Via The Atlantic : “The Complex Data on Girls in STEM.”

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Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

She and her husband also donated $200,000 to AFC’s charitable arm in 2014 and 2015 through the Dick and Betsy DeVos Family Foundation. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Why Haven’t MOOCs Eliminated Any Professors?” ” asks IHE blogger Joshua Kim.

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Edmodo Education Knewton Pearson 45

Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

” Via CNET : “ Trump signs laws to promote women in STEM.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Inside Higher Ed on online education at Simmons College. More on MOOC and online education research in the research section below. Via The Atlantic : “The STEM Superhero of Sesame Street.”

Education 40

Education MOOC Company Pearson 40

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

Kaplan is closing Dev Bootcamp , a coding bootcamp it acquired in 2014. Edsurge reports that 100Kin10 , an organization that promises to train 100,000 STEM educators in the next decade, has received some $28 million in corporate pledges. ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. and from Hacker News.

Education 45

Education Pearson Report Robotics 45

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Via The Phoenix New Times : “The Battle Isn’t Over Between ASU Professor and Cop Who Arrested Her in 2014.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). It’s baaaaack: “Return of the MOOC ,” The City Journal tells us. MOOCs weren’t really MOOCs either.

Education 45

Education MOOC Company Pearson 45

Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

The defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone for its 2014 story “A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA ” has begun. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ XuetangX : A Look at China’s First and Biggest MOOC Platform.” million.

Education 40

Education Company Pearson E-rate 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

“ President Trump Earmarks $200 Million in Federal Grants for STEM , Computer Science Programs ,” says Edsurge , later swooning that “ Google , Facebook , Amazon Among Tech Titans Committing $300 Million to K–12 Computer Science.” (National) Education Politics.

Education 47

Education Company Data Report 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

” This stems from a protest at the University of Connecticut. MOOCs are out. ” Via Futurism : “ Global E-Waste Increased by Eight Percent since 2014.” ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “In Reversal, College Adviser Who Was Grabbed by Far-Right Speaker Is Criminally Charged.”

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Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50