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SXSWedu 2017: Ones to Watch and What to Know

Edsurge

Lightning Talks: When Learning Goes Digital : Join EdSurge’s Allison Dulin Salisbury (Director of Higher Education Strategy) and Jeff Young (Senior Writer) for a series of TED-style talks around what’s happening and what’s next for digital learning. and insights into how edtech can help schools support individualized learning.

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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. She also noted the growth of markets in China and in India.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Congratulations, STEM folks and learn-to-code evangelists, for being featured in President Trump’s list of his 2017 accomplishments. More on the for-profit formerly known as Kaplan University in the online education section below. Subscription boxes for teachers are somehow “ personalized learning.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The as-yet unnamed online university resulting from the proposed acquisition of Kaplan University by Purdue University has set discounted tuition rates for in-state students and free tuition for Purdue employees.” Via The 74 : “ Montessori Was the Original Personalized Learning.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalized learning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” ” More pushback on the US News and World Report 2017 high school rankings. “Why the U.S.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The former: Purdue University ; the latter: Kaplan University. ” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ IBM’s Watson Education , an artificial intelligence platform that uses data trends to provide insights to teachers and students, is partnering with Edmodo and Scholastic in an effort meant to personalize learning.”

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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.” Purdue University is buying Kaplan University for a dollar. Me, I wrote about how far Kaplan Inc ’s reach is in education politics and products. Not much,” says The LA Times’ Joy Resmovits.