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?Blockchain, Bitcoin and the Tokenization of Learning

Edsurge

Google gave a similar live lesson service a shot—minus the cryptocurrency—where viewers and experts could connect via Google Hangout to learn skills such as photography, cooking or education. billion in 2017 alone so far, roughly 13 times more than the amount raised in 2016. Sony says it is working towards a 2018 rollout.

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Impatient with universities’ slow pace of change, employers go around them

The Hechinger Report

The courses employers have been helping to create don’t just teach skills students need to work for Microsoft, Amazon or Google, like the highly specialized training classes that are longtime industry standards — Linux System Administration, for example, or Office 365 Fundamentals. Soni is more blunt.

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8 tips for your best Google Expeditions VR pilot

eSchool News

As recently as the 2016-2017 school year, nearly one-quarter (23 percent) of schools responding to a survey said they have tested virtual reality solutions, and while that number could certainly be higher, it’s an indication that the technology is expanding. Next page: 8 steps to your best virtual reality pilot).

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Four Ways to Keep Track of Who Uses eReaders

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

eReader 2012-2016 Forecast which covers statistics for Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo Inc., If you''re really serious about knowing about the status of the ereader industry, you can fork over $4500.00 (!) for International Data Corporation ''s Worldwide and U. Pandigital Inc., Look for infographics on the subject.

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Five Ethical Considerations For Using Virtual Reality with Children and Adolescents

MindShift

In an address to the VRX conference in San Francisco, noted game developer and tech wizard, Jesse Schell predicted that over 8 million VR gamer headsets will be sold in 2016. All the major players, including Microsoft, Sony, Samsung, Google and an HTC and Valve partnership are jostling for the consumer headset market.

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Education Technology and the History of the Future of Credentialing

Hack Education

2016 was, as the president of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation wrote earlier this month in Inside Higher Ed , a “ Pivotal Year for Accreditation.” In February, Sony issued a press release, “ vowing ” to bring the blockchain to education in the form of a new testing platform. The Techdegree.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Lots of details this week as tech executives testified in front of Congress about Russian interference in the 2016 election. Via Vice : “ Google Docs Is Randomly Flagging Files for Violating Its Terms of Service.” Via Techcrunch : “Sony reboots Aibo with AI and extra kawaii.” Who’d have guessed?!