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The Winners and Filmstrips of An (Almost) Decade in Education Technology

Edsurge

Digital badges. Three types of edtech joined the “filmstrip” category in this decade: Learning Management Systems , MOOC s, and digital badges. They are a perfect example of what you get when you simply transfer analog practice to digital form and don’t make use of the advantages of the new medium. underwhelming.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” 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. ” asks Michael Petrilli.