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So Much More Than Letters and Numbers

The Principal of Change

“Teachers would tell me at conferences what I needed to help my son with, they would tell me how he was behaving and everything they did in class, like what they were studying,” said Carolina Rosales, a mother of two elementary-school kids. IMMOOC April 21, 2017 Focus on the “Learner”

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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. ” (For what it’s worth, Kleiner Perkins made just one major investment in education in 2017, participating in Coursera’s $64 million round this summer. Venture Capital in 2017. Is this really a trend?

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Khan Academy redux

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

My daughter’s elementary school has a curriculum — a focused course of study that is implemented by the teachers in the school. It would be absurd to say that her elementary school is a curriculum. In 2013 it was all about Khan Academy; in 2017, MOOCs; today the new hotness is AI. What will it be next?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Sante Fe University of Art and Design will close at the end of the 2017–2018 school year. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” Via Edsurge : “Tech Needs More Than Coders. ” LOL, okay.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Education Next on “Interpreting the 2017 NAEP Reading and Math Results.” Via The Washington Post : “The new lesson plan for elementary school: Surviving the Internet.” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. NAEP NAEP NAEP NAEP !

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Student-Loan Borrowers , by Age Group, Amount Owed, and Repayment Status, 2017.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Gotta keep hyping that MOOC thing. Via Edsurge : “ MOOCs Are No Longer Massive.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via WaPo’s Valerie Strauss : “ Trump ’s rather weird meeting with the 2017 Teachers of the Year.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” percent from 2017 to 2021.” a month.). .”