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Worldwide, Online, and Free - The Library 2.013 Conference Starts Friday

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, doctoral student research, library and information center "tours," and more! We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via KPCC : “ Ref Rodriguez has given up the role of president of the Los Angeles Unified School Board – but is not resigning his seat on the board altogether – one week after the announcement he’d face felony charges for alleged campaign finance violations during his 2015 run for office.”

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Education Technology and the 'New' For-Profit Higher Education

Hack Education

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. In June, Trump promised that he would re-open Trump University when he won the court case. million in grant dollars. (The

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Education Week also reports on a new study by Carol Dweck on poverty and “ growth mindset.” ” Via the Pew Research Center : “Research in the Crowdsourcing Age, a Case Study.” “Should teachers care about Pokémon Go ? .”