Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

According to the fact sheet that the White House recently released, here’s what we know: Adobe has delivered creativity and e-learning software to over 950,000 students and teachers at more than 1,450 schools and launched more than 20 district-wide Adobe & ConnectED programs. Did companies fully deliver on their ConnectED promises?

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Adobe Broadband E-rate Future Ready 60

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

The Department of Education , under the auspices of “transparency,” promises more access to data about financial aid. Via The New York Times : “ Big Ten Universities Entering a New Realm: E-Sports.” ” Via Campus Technology : “ Pearson to Lower Cost of E-Books, Textbooks.”

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Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

The School Library Journal reports that “ New York DOE Green Lights Amazon eBook Deal.” Hat tip to Kirsten Winkler for catching the “redesign” of the startup’s landing page. “ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” ” Funding and Acquisitions (The Business of Ed-Tech).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

" The sustainability of these courses – including the persistence of students’ own work – is precarious at best, as Coursera students discovered when the company informed them it would remove hundreds of old courses, along with their access to their coursework, from its site. percent to 11.3 percent to 11.3

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MOOC Technology OER Coursera 40