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Via Wired : “ Koch Brothers Are Cities’ New Obstacle to Building Broadband.” Mark Zuckerberg describes the “ Lessons in Philanthropy in 2017.” iContracts has acquired the EasyCampus LMS from Educadium. Billion in 2017.” ” Education in the Courts. (It’s

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Edsurge runs with Trump’s promise to boost rural broadband like it’s a truth anyone can count on. LMS news from Edsurge : “​ University of Michigan ’s Gamified LMS Opens Up to Other Institutions.” Among those cringeworthy ideas: the LMS. “technologizing” the government.

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Via WaPo’s Valerie Strauss : “ Trump ’s rather weird meeting with the 2017 Teachers of the Year.” The NAACP endorses OER. ” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” Not much,” says The LA Times’ Joy Resmovits.

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From the FCC : “Fact Sheet on Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal.” Via Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill : “About That Cengage OER Survey.” ” Via The Atlantic : “How ‘ Daycare ’ Became ‘ School ’ ” Via Edutechnica : “4th Annual LMS Data Update.”

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link] pic.twitter.com/XT9iGmcrJs — Jack Clark (@jackclarkSF) September 13, 2017. IBM wants us to believe that Watson is incredibly powerful – powerful enough, even, to search 1000 OER. Absorb Software has raised $59 million from Silversmith Capital Partners to build an LMS. Horrible message. Unacademy has raised $11.5

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Still in its early stages, this ambitious project relies on a little-known public resource – a slice of electromagnetic spectrum the federal government long ago set aside for schools – called the Educational Broadband Service (EBS). ” “​ OER Researchers Don’t Disaggregate Data on Diverse Students.