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From the SPARC press release : “Congress Funds $5 Million Open Textbook Grant Program in 2018 Spending Bill.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Andrea Zafirakou has won the 2018 Global Teacher Prize. Via Campus Technology : “Recipients of 2018 McGraw Prize in Education Revealed.”

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” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Jeff Sessions remarks on student data privacy laws and how they may inhibit school shooting prevention efforts pic.twitter.com/h3mOcqWo1F — Caitlin Emma (@caitlinzemma) July 11, 2018. ” “How do children of color learn to draw themselves?

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Although sometimes talked about as a “movement,” Mozilla’s Open Badges Project was really more of a technical specification, one that was transferred from Mozilla to IMS Global Learning Consortium in 2017. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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A bill in Missouri would end tenure for all new faculty hires starting in 2018 and require more student access to information about the job market for majors. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” edX is offering an online master’s degree with Georgia Tech : an OMS (online master’s in science) in Analytics.

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Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via Politico : “ Elizabeth City State University , UNC Pembroke and Western Carolina University will each offer $500 in-state tuition starting in fall 2018.” Via New America : “The Promise and Peril of Predictive Analytics in Higher Education.”