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Will 'Publish or Perish' Become 'Clicks or Canned'? The Rise of Academic Social Networks

Edsurge

While Academia.edu is free to join, the site introduced a premium feature in December 2016 that allows users to track details about who’s looking at their research papers (similar to LinkedIn Premium’s ability to show who’s viewed your profile). Users can create a profile, upload work, and track views and citations.

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10 Characteristics of 21st Century Learners

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Welcome to the latest installment in our series on 21st-century education. As an educational researcher deeply interested in the intersection of technology and education, I have been keenly observing how emerging technologies have been reshaping the landscape of learning. In How Critical Is Critical Thinking?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Education Politics. Via Education Week : “ Maine Gov. Paul LePage has called for a review of his state’s groundbreaking 1-to–1 student computing initiative, highlighting the growing pains nagging an educational-technology movement now well into its second decade.” ” Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

(National) Education Politics. ” “The White House on Monday announced that it would nominate Mitchell “Mick” Zais as deputy secretary of education ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ” is how Education Week describes the news. State and Local) Education Politics. Lazy, lazy, little children.).

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 11, 2016. Trump’s education platform promises to “make post-secondary options more affordable and accessible through technology enriched delivery models.” ” Trump has threatened to close the Department of Education. Education Politics. — Donald J.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. Former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is making the rounds to promote his new book.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via Education Week : “See Who’s Been Tapped to Lead Trump ’s Transition Team for Education.” ” Remind me again, all you fans of VR in education, how this technology is going to promote empathy? Education Politics. Education in the Courts. ” Williamson M.