Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” In his book, Srnicek identifies five kinds of platforms: advertising platforms (like Google and Facebook), cloud platforms (like Salesforce and Amazon Web Services), industrial platforms (like GE and Siemens), product platforms (like Spotify), and lean platforms (like Uber and AirBnB). Education’s Proto-Platforms.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

JUNE 14, 2016

2015 was a record year for ed-tech investment, with some $2.98 One firm predicted that the “ smart education and learning market ” will grow from $105.23 billion in 2015 to $446.85 We can’t talk about corporate interests and ed-tech without talking about politics and policies. Ed-tech is big business.

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Company Industry Assessment Examples 67

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Then there was the infamous anti-diversity memo distributed by Google engineer James Damore and leaked to the press this summer that charged that efforts the company (and the industry more broadly) had taken to address diversity were misguided as women are biologically ill-suited to computer science – which is, of course, totally b t.

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Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 58

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

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.” ” Google announces “Google Cloud Platform Education Grants for computer science.” This is compared with averages of $11,063 and 10.8

Coursera 60

Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” “Policy-based Privacy is Over,” says Eric Hellman. Some (education policy) history from Sherman Dorn : “The pendulum and the ratchet.” Via The New York Times : “ Google , in Post-Obama Era, Aggressively Woos Republicans ” – so enjoy that Google Certification, educators.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40