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US Edtech Policy Conversations Amidst Coronavirus Concerns with Tom Murray

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter What is happening at the US policy level with the coronavirus health crisis? Advancement Courses has a free micro-course – Launching Online Learning. You can connect with Tom on social media. Register for this free micro-course.

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Storms over liberal education: notes on the 2016 AAC&U conference

Bryan Alexander

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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How Do You Teach Art, Music and PE Online? In China, They’re Figuring It Out.

Edsurge

17, officials launched the National Public Service Platform for Educational Resources (also known as “national cloud classroom”), a collection of online resources compiled by education authorities across the country. Huamu, a sophomore from a university in the northeastern city of Jinan, has been actively sharing her experiences online.

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Camden and Discovery Education Launch New PK-12 Partnership Supported by the Subaru

eSchool News

I am thrilled for all the teachers and students in our district as we start a new chapter in online learning with Discovery Education. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram. Director of Special Content Area Support at the Camden City School District. “I About Camden City School District.

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Tart Retorts and Tools: Overheard at SXSWedu

Edsurge

But this year, the company is less visible on the SXSWedu floor, and the Amazon Education Twitter handle has been quiet since February 7 of this year. However, his LinkedIn profile shows that he left Amazon in October of 2016. But 76 percent of kids prefer to get their news from social media (especially from Facebook).

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How free is open? #EDENchat

Learning with 'e's

Today at 8pm GMT, the second #EDENchat of 2016 will be live on Twitter. Follow the hashtag and join in the chat as we discuss issues around open learning and open scholarship. What can we learn from the open and free social media tools we use? Do we ourselves become the 'product' of those tools?

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Future Trends Forum #8, with Jim Groom: full recording, notes, and Storify

Bryan Alexander

Twitter activity during the hour was also very energetic, so I Storified it. He cited Jon Udell ‘s vision of Wikipedia as a place where knowledge is socially constructed. I asked Groom to describe the Domain of One’s Own movement’s state of the union in 2016. And Jim blogged about it.

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