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?A Starter Kit for Instructional Designers

Edsurge

A 2016 report funded by the Gates Foundation found that in the U.S. But they can also be creating learning apps, museum exhibits, or the latest educational toy. To be a good instructional designer, you should steep yourself in the research on learning and teaching. alone, there are 13,000 instructional designers.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) To believe that would require, of course, that we overlook the role that the major technology platforms – Google, Facebook, and Amazon – play in education. If so, what are they?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” It’s now unclear, observers say, if the FTC can regulate companies like Google or Verizon. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Humans, the Latest MOOC Feature.” This and other findings are in the latest Pew Research on “ Book Reading 2016.”

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The Rough Beasts of Ed-Tech

Hack Education

Indeed, I can’t go anywhere these days – inside or outside the US, on- or offline – without hearing panicky questions and proclamations about November 2016, the upcoming Presidential Election, and what the hell is going on with Donald Trump. What are MOOCs, for example? What are virtual learning environments?

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

Either way, he’s gone too soon; we’ve lost too much , too many in 2016. pic.twitter.com/BBhsgwY2FZ — Audrey Watters (@audreywatters) August 1, 2016. The work is also supported by companies including Apple, Google and Expedia, as well as education organizations including the CollegeBoard, Teach For America and STEMx.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Kudos to the Houston Chronicle for the original reporting on this in 2016. Via The Verge : “James Damore sues Google for allegedly discriminating against conservative white men.” ” 69% of Google’s employees are men. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). 56% are white.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“High school students will be allowed to carry mace in the 2016–2017 school year after the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education agreed to remove prohibitive language and amend its policy,” the Salisbury Post reports. — Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) May 10, 2016. Don’t do this.