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A glimpse : “In China ’s Silicon Valley, Edtech Starts at the ‘MOOC Times Building’ ” Via Class Central : “By The Numbers: MOOCs in 2018.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via The New York Times : “ Facebook Says Bug Opened Access to Private Photos.”

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The lawsuit contends that the publisher is “ predatory ” because it charges scholars to have their work published in open-access journals. ” Among its cargo: a Facebook / Internet.org satellite that was supposed to provide Internet access Facebook to African countries. Robots probably won’t take your jobs.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via EdScoop : “ USC launches edtech research center focused on underrepresented youth.” Let’s not worry that there are many people who do not have access to electricity, let alone Internet, let alone digital devices.). Via Edsurge : “NYC Keeps Its Edtech Accelerator Revving With New Funders and Markets.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Nature : “One of the world’s largest science publishers, Elsevier , won a default legal judgement on 21 June against websites that provide illicit access to tens of millions of research papers and books. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Education in the Courts. ” More via The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Tutoring company Topica Edtech Group has raised $50 million from Northstar Group. RELX is the former weapons dealer known as Reed Elsevier. ” Another remembrance via NPR : “‘Harold Believed In Me’: Remembering A College Access Advocate And NYC Schools Leader.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Edsurge : “How Proposed Title I Changes Impact School Funding and Edtech Vendors” – “ A Win for Edtech Vendors.” Under current law, student veterans affected by an accreditor shutdown immediately lose access to their GI Bill benefits, including housing.” ” Meanwhile on Campus.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via Infodocket : “ Louisiana State University is Suing Elsevier For Breach of Contract.” ” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” From the HR Department.

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