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Next Week - The Library 2.0 "Emerging Technology" Mini-Conference - All Keynotes and Sessions Posted!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our third Library 2.019 mini-conference, "Emerging Technology," will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, October 30th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to register now to participate in this event.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

From the SPARC press release : “Congress Funds $5 Million Open Textbook Grant Program in 2018 Spending Bill.” For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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COVID-19 Is Accelerating the Digital Blending of Working and Learning

Edsurge

Retailers such as The Gap are accelerating the adoption of robots in their warehouses. In a 2018 survey of hiring leaders , we found that online pre-hire assessment was the single most likely “disruptor” of the reliance on degrees in hiring, followed by simulation-based hiring.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Meanwhile on Campus… If anybody from Baraboo High School in Wisconsin can clue me in on why it appears the entire male class of 2018 is throwing up a Sig Heil during their prom photos - that would be great. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

And congrats on being first off the blocks to f**k up education in 2018! And the business of student loans is off to a strong start in 2018 with fundraising news in the venture capital section below. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. They’ll tell ya.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via Techcrunch : “ Facebook launches a digital literacy library aimed at educators.” ” Via Edsurge : “Behind Closed Doors: Edtech Entrepreneurs’ Biggest Challenges in 2018.” ” JFC.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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hey siri show me a vision of hell made especially for me pic.twitter.com/wbs9E7BuKf — Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) July 19, 2018. Swedish student single-handedly prevents deportation of Afghan asylum seeker by refusing to sit down on flight pic.twitter.com/5YdS7EBF9X — The Independent (@Independent) July 25, 2018.