Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. Disclosure/disclaimer: I am a folklorist by training. I don’t believe that robots will take, let alone need take, all our jobs.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

.” Note the significant difference in language in this headline from The Verge , for example – “ Harvard’s Root robot teaches kids how to code ” – and the way in which Seymour would describe the LOGO Turtle – that students would using programming to teach the robot. ” Train and retrain.

Technology 85

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

There are a variety of reasons for this: language barriers, lack of Internet access, incompatible devices, lack of training. 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. Interactive Whiteboards.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

On the US House of Representatives’ proposed budget : “$2 Billion for Teacher Training, Salaries Eliminated in House Budget Plan,” Education Week reports. ” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. The Business of Job Training. for Robotics Contest.” Contests and Awards.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

” More on the new for-profit higher ed – coding bootcamps – in the job training section below. Via The Pacific Standard : “For the First Time, a Female Officer Completed the Marines’ Grueling Infantry Officer Training Course.” The Business of Job Training. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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