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SXSWedu 2017: Ones to Watch and What to Know

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Let’s Chat.Bots in Higher Education : What if all of your college questions could be answered by sending a text or Facebook message? Companies like Microsoft, Facebook and Google are all dipping their toes into virtual and augmented reality. Higher Ed 12:30 p.m. Will VR Really Impact Student Outcomes?

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Seven Questions for Sandra Liu Huang, Chan Zuckerberg's New Head of Education

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After a career working at tech-centric companies including Google and Quora in product roles, Liu Huang joined CZI in 2017 to oversee the product development, notably the Summit Learning platform. The development of the technology platform has been run by CZI since 2017.)

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REINVENTING.SCHOOL Live Show Today - The Exploding Trend of "Pandemic Pods" and Micro-Schools #reinventingschool #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our professional guests: Lian Chikako Chang, a "data storyteller," started the Pandemic Pods group on Facebook in July; just weeks later, the group includes more than 35,000 members. I work on a freelance basis, turning your company's data into earned media coverage by telling compelling, data-driven stories through graphics and text.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare. “Why are there 72 slides about gaming, from a company invested in EA, Zynga, Mobcrush, and Magic Leap?” There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” ” he asks.

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Global Leadership Week - Information and Schedule

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Global Education Leadership Week (GLW) is a week-long celebration of leadership through global action in K-20 education, taking place this week, April 24 - 28, 2017, and organized by the Global Education Conference (GEC) Network. Our current plan is to stream this event live from our Facebook page: [link]. Free and open to the public.

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Education Technology and the New Behaviorism

Hack Education

I mean, 2017 really sucked, and we’re all feeling it. He’s put $100 million of his own money into his company Kernel (which I guess means we’re supposed to believe it’s a real, viable thing) with the promise of developing computer chip implants that will bolster human intelligence.

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From here to there: Musings about the path to having good OER for every course on campus

Iterating Toward Openness

As of 2017, the Linux operating system: ran 82 percent of the world’s smartphones, had 99 percent of the supercomputer market share, ran 90 percent of the public cloud workload, and. Developers who are known to be doing this work on their own, with no financial contribution happening from any company” represented only 8.2%

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