Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.”

Education 46

Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

…This is key to its advantage over traditional business models when it comes to data, since a platform positions itself (1) between users, and (2) as the ground upon which their activities occur, which thus gives it privileged access to record them. Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?).

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Tech devices won't fix our education system | Lockport Union Sun & Journal → Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan recently issued a plea for greater student access to high-tech tools. "This Tagged on: March 10, 2017 State reaches $3.5 Case in point: Chrome extensions gone bad.

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. The Flipped Classroom". Um, they do.)

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

Teacher on Paid Leave After Confederate Flag Found Hanging in Classroom.” ” “Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. ” “ Robots and drones take over classrooms,” according to the BBC. ” Via The Root : “ Calif.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Testing, Testing… Via the Hechinger Report : “On a classroom-based test for new teachers , black teachers score lower.” Via eCampus News : “ Barnes & Noble Education announces advanced OER courseware.” Blackboard has acquired Fronteer , a software company that helps make course materials accessible.

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40