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(The Very Last) Hack Education Weekly News

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This is the last Hack Education Weekly News of the year because next week I am publishing a very abbreviated review of 2018, and I won’t need to study in detail what happens each week anymore. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Racist Rant Roils Columbia.” ” Oh.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via EdScoop : “ USC launches edtech research center focused on underrepresented youth.” “‘Eton for all’: will robot teachers mean everyone gets an elite education? ” This, from Edsurge , is pretty awful: “Why Edtech Executives Are Keeping a Close Eye on Preschool Demographics.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. — Rochelle (@Rochelle) November 25, 2018. Learn more about #EarlyFutures and watch the full video: [link] pic.twitter.com/s7HHq7hT8r — Sesame Workshop (@SesameWorkshop) November 27, 2018. Tutoring company Topica Edtech Group has raised $50 million from Northstar Group.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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I don’t recall if I talked about Elsevier when I wrote about platforms as part of my 2017 review. Anyway, here’s Richard Smith on Elsevier and “A Big Brother future for science publishing.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. That’s certainly it’s aspiration. ” Empathy?!

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Also via WaPo : “Here are K–12 education programs Trump wants to eliminate in 2018 budget.” ” “ Elsevier Wants $15 Million Piracy Damages From Sci-Hub and Libgen ,” says TorrentFreak. “​ Intel Hits Pause on Edtech Accelerator,” says Edsurge. ” This includes $10.1

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Hack Education Weekly News

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. “The Future of AI, Data, and Education,” says Udacity , as it announces a new advisory board… You have got to be f **g kidding me pic.twitter.com/cPiW548WHR — Audrey Watters (@audreywatters) February 21, 2018. pic.twitter.com/xtYTB3rE2F — rat girl (@stephdriggs) February 21, 2018. Via the Hypothes.is

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Hack Education Weekly News

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It’s 2018, and folks are still so desperate to make VR a thing. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Elsevier on “The Augmented Researcher: What Does 2018 Hold for AI in Publishing ?” ” From Educause : “ Higher Education’s Top 10 Strategic Technologies and Trends for 2018.”