Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

Last week I participated in the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) 2016 conference. The event became much more dramatic than expected, once the hosting city, Washington DC, was clobbered by the great snowpocalyspe of 2016. Let me share some materials here, along with reflections on the conference.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed. billion for 2016, the largest loss in its history.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference. “ OER-Enabled Pedagogy ” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. For more news about robots not taking jobs, see the HR section above.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. “ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” .” Me, I cannot stop looking at that hand-clapping Vine. ” Rebrand. Updates from ISTE. “ Commerce Dept.

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy.

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Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

” The school recently announced that it would end its attempts to regain accreditation after the Department of Education withdrew recognition for the for-profit in 2016. Perhaps it should go in the “robots” section. Lisa Petrides, Douglas Levin, and Eddie Watson introduce The CARE Framework for OER.

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Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

The robot startup, formerly known as Play-i, has raised $35.9 From Berkery Noyes, the “ Mergers and Acquisitions Trend Report ” for the first half of 2016. ” Phil Hill also weighs in on the latest Babson survey on OER. Software,” says Education Week. The company has raised $61 million total.

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