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“ Apple and Maine education officials are allowing school districts to trade in iPads for laptops after teachers and students say the computers are better for schoolwork,” according to The Sun Journal. “ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.”

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Via The San Jose Mercury News : “In a direct challenge to California ’s landmark law guaranteeing public access to beaches, Silicon Valley billionaire Vinod Khosla on Thursday filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that he should not be required to allow public access to Martins Beach in San Mateo County.”

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The for-profit Charlotte School of Law says it might get its access to federal financial aid restored. Via Edsurge : “ Apple iPad Sales to Schools Jump 32%, Selling 1M Tablets in Fiscal Q3 2017.” ” From the Pearson blog : “The future of language learning: Augmented reality vs virtual reality.”

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The program will focus on nonprofits that help refugees, which will be able to apply for fee waivers to access the Coursera course catalog.” billion it agreed to pay Apple/Pearson for iPads, but what do I know). Elsevier has acquired Hivebench. The adaptive learning company has raised $4.57 million total.