Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. Are any education technologies, for that matter?

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Me, I write about education technology for a living. And I do so because I want us — all of us — to flourish; and too often both education and technology are deeply complicit in exploitation and destruction instead. These are not good times for educational institutions. Not everywhere looks like Brandeis.

Robotics 83

Robotics Software Company ProctorU 83

ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 1, 2019

Over the past few years the education industry has been experiencing a shift away traditional learning environments. One of these practices is known as blended learning and the term that has been garnering some attention within the education industry as of late. But, what is blended learning? What is a blended learning approach?

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Blended Learning Learning Khan Academy MOOC 150

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Via the Washington Post : “ Trump pitches $20 billion education plan at Ohio charter school that received poor marks from state.” More on Bill Clinton and Laureate Education in the for-profit higher ed section below. Elsewhere in Education Politics. ” Education in the Courts. I love education research.

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Khan Academy Education LMS Company 40

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Editor’s Note: ‘Tis the season of giving, eating and reflecting, a time to look back on 2016 and to make bold predictions about what next year may hold. In our fourth year-end personal statement roundup, we’ve again asked thought leaders to share their outlooks on education, but with a twist. education technology agenda.

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EdTech Student Data Privacy MOOC Policies 60

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Stanford’s myth busters, led by education professor Sam Wineburg and doctoral student Sarah Cotcamp McGrew, have field-tested 15 news-literacy tasks of varying difficulty, with about 50 more in the works. Sam Wineburg, Stanford University education professor. Janis Schachter, Northport (N.Y.) High School social studies teacher.

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Social Media Learning Facebook Analysis 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

One of education technologies’s greatest luminaries passed away this year. Either way, he’s gone too soon; we’ve lost too much , too many in 2016. Seymour, as my friend Gary Stager has described him , was the “inventor of everything (good) in education.” Read Mindstorms.

Technology 85

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2016

Certainly we address “policies” – we often have no choice – but less often do we really dig into “politics” and even less often into the ideologies of education technologies. Education technologies – and technologies more broadly – are typically seen as politically neutral and ideology-free.

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Conference Course MOOC Technology 63

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

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

Education 54

Education Common Core Company Facebook 54

Hack Education

AUGUST 10, 2018

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.

E-rate 44

E-rate Education Robotics Elsevier 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Always eager to associate itself with the latest tech craze, education technology embraced Pokémon Go with great gusto: “ Why Pokemon Go shows the future of learning gamification.” ” “ The Educational Potential of Pokémon Go.” ” “ Why Pokémon Go marks a new step forward in education.”

Data 40

Data Technology Education Software 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

” With all the charges of fraud and deceptive marketing levied against post-secondary institutions this year – from the University of Northern New Jersey too ITT, from Trump University to DevSchool – we might ask if, indeed, this is the way it works. So I thought maybe this is the way it works.” Or it was.).

Technology 40

Technology Education Secondary Pearson 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Good for you. But that’s not my job. And honestly, it’s probably not your job either.).

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

Education Politics. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Gov. .” ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Gov. .” ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Gov. ” Education in the Courts. “ Spending Bill Could Revive Year-Round Pell Grants.”

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

This is part eight of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In previous years, I’ve looked at how education technology is intertwined with narratives about “ skills ,” “ competencies ,” and “ credentialing.” “Lower ed” is far more pervasive.

Robotics 59

Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

(National) Education Politics. Thoughts on how this might effect education from Inside Higher Ed , from NPR , from Internet2 (via Bryan Alexander), from The Washington Post , and from Edsurge. Via Education Week : “President Donald Trump has tapped Frank Brogan , who served as former Florida Gov. Education in the Courts.

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Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50