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Larry Cuban on personalized learning : part 1 and part 2. ” The Chronicle of Higher Education on Elsevier “becoming a data company.” million in revenue in 2015, and its executive compensation was $2.8 Upgrades and Downgrades. Venture Capital and the Business of Ed-Tech. Tinkergarten has raised $5.4

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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. ” “ Elsevier Wants $15 Million Piracy Damages From Sci-Hub and Libgen ,” says TorrentFreak. ” President Trump gave the commencement speech at Liberty University.

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. “ inBloom ’s collapse undermined personalized learning and data standards efforts,” says danah boyd. (I’m Via Education Week : “ Personalized Learning and the ‘ Internet of Things :’ Q&A.” It planned to do so back in 2015.) Elsevier has acquired Plum Analytics.

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Spoiler alert: it’s about learning how to teach differently.). Personalized learning is anything you want it to be. ” Make them learn to code , of course. Elsevier has acquired bepress. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via ELearning Inside : “ Amazon’s Alexa : Your Next Teacher.”

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The governor, a Republican elected in 2015, announced on Friday that he had disbanded the university’s current 20-member Board of Trustees. weeks in 2015.” “Can Venture Capital Put Personalized Learning Within Reach of All Students?” Elsevier has acquired Hivebench. ” Hell no.

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Heather Hiles , formerly the CEO of portfolio company Pathbrite (which was sold to Cengage Learning in 2015) will be the new “ deputy director of postsecondary success ” at the Gates Foundation. Campus Technology reports that “ Elsevier Debuts Metrics Tracking Journal Performance.” Both/and, I guess.