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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Teachers Are Moonlighting As Instagram Influencers To Make Ends Meet,” Buzzfeed reported in 2018. billion by 2025. In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon. The Teacher Influencer Hustle.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “ Roger Ailes ’ name will be removed from a WOUB newsroom, Ohio University President Roderick McDavis announced Monday during a Faculty Senate meeting,” the Post Athens reports. ” More on test scores and ed-tech in the research section below.

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Education Technology and the History of the Future of Credentialing

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The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior College (ACCJC), the accreditor for California’s community colleges, lost its appeal to the Department of Education in January and will have a year to resolve the issues surrounding its not meeting federal accreditation standards. ” MOOCs for credit. Microcredentials.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Broadly : “ Betsy DeVos to Meet with Men’s Rights Groups , Reports Say.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “After Meeting With DeVos, Title IX Activists Say They Still Have Many Questions.” ” Via The New York Times : “ DeVos Says She Will Revisit Obama-Era Sexual Assault Policies.”