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Colleges Are Striking Bulk Deals With Textbook Publishers. Critics Say There Are Many Downsides.

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Now something similar may be happening with textbooks, as publishing giants start to broker campuswide deals with colleges that give students unlimited access to a publisher’s digital textbooks at cut-rate prices. There’s a surprising amount of momentum behind it,” said Phil Hill, a longtime edtech consultant.

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(The Very Last) Hack Education Weekly News

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Each week for the past eight or so years, I have gathered a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. A glimpse : “In China ’s Silicon Valley, Edtech Starts at the ‘MOOC Times Building’ ” Via Class Central : “By The Numbers: MOOCs in 2018.” ” Phew.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Paul LePage has called for a review of his state’s groundbreaking 1-to–1 student computing initiative, highlighting the growing pains nagging an educational-technology movement now well into its second decade.” Via the EFF : “Stupid Patent of the Month: Elsevier Patents Online Peer Review.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via EdScoop : “ USC launches edtech research center focused on underrepresented youth.” ” Via Education Week : “In hurricanes ’ aftermath, technology eases return to school.” 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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technologizing” the government. 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. Google ’s chairman Eric Schmidt praises Trump.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Trump’s education platform promises to “make post-secondary options more affordable and accessible through technology enriched delivery models.” Via Edsurge : “ New Markets Venture Partners Adds $30 Million, Former Gates Foundation Executive to Edtech Fund.” — Donald J. Is that possible?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Idaho Ed News quotes local high school students who protested the visit and their school’s reliance on technology. Tutoring company Topica Edtech Group has raised $50 million from Northstar Group. The company has raised $16.6