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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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There are a variety of reasons for this: language barriers, lack of Internet access, incompatible devices, lack of training. In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” More on the new for-profit higher ed – coding bootcamps – in the job training section below. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Responses to last week’s news about Western Governors University and the audit of its competency-based offerings: Via NPR : “Who Is A College Teacher, Anyway?