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Facebook Seems to Be Adding Video-Course Features. For Edtech, That Raises Old Fears.

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If you’re interested in learning to code: I’m creating a Facebook group where I and others are going to teach free classes - enough to get you to the point you could start charging a bit, so you can get paid to learn the rest. link] — Austen Allred (@Austen) May 26, 2022. Completely free.

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Good analysis of higher ed trends and strategy: Jon McGee’s _Breakpoint_

Bryan Alexander

The discussion of digital changes (76-82) touches on high points (cost, commodification, MOOCs), but comes to no conclusions or recommendations. Those residential campuses tend to be the ones most resistant to online learning, and the wealthiest tend to retain classic patterns of largely tenure-track faculty. ” (30).

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Good analysis of higher ed trends and strategy: Jon McGee’s _Breakpoint_

Bryan Alexander

The discussion of digital changes (76-82) touches on high points (cost, commodification, MOOCs), but comes to no conclusions or recommendations. Those residential campuses tend to be the ones most resistant to online learning, and the wealthiest tend to retain classic patterns of largely tenure-track faculty. ” (30).

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MIT Professors Propose a New Kind of University for Post-COVID Era

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Oh, and there’s the COVID pandemic, which jolted all professors into using more online tools, and has brought further changes to the job market. So what if there was a new model of university designed from scratch for 2022? And there's the tougher question: "If remote education is worth the tuition, then what is the worth of college?"

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Lots of MOOC PR appeared in the news this week. ” “What if MOOCs Revolutionize Education After All?” “Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” billion in revenue by 2022.