Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ MOOCs May Still Be Reshaping Higher Education, Just Not In the Way That Was Initially Predicted.” There’s more MOOC news in the contests and competition section below. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

” There’s more news from the White House in the job training section below. “The FCC Is Threatening to Gut a Program That Provides Internet Access to Minorities,” Pacific Standard reports. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The Business of Job Training. ” Testing.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Libraries can and should be the epicenter of exploring, building and promoting these emerging techs, assuring the better futures and opportunities they offer are accessible to everyone. She is currently working on her upcoming book Libraries Supporting Online Learning: Digital Literacy, Open Access and Local Connectivity from ABC-CLIO.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Politico : Western Governors University , “the nation’s leading provider of competency-based educatio n – which the Education Department’s independent watchdog last month said violated federal student aid rules – is expanding into North Carolina.”

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RafranzDavis.com

MAY 22, 2016

I took courses online and I mean that I took everything from CS50 (an amazing MOOC taught by a Harvard Professor) to courses on web design, CSS and Python from Code Academy and General Assembly’s Dash platform. I also went to Raspberry Pi Academy and brought in code.org to train all of our grades 3-5 teachers…twice.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

” Via Edsurge : “From Neutrality to Inequality: Why the FCC Is Dismantling Equal Access and What It Could Mean for Education.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). A call to rebrand MOOCs , from Edsurge. ” The Business of Job Training. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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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. Um, they do.) Despite a few anecdotes, they’re really not.).

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

” More on bootcamps in the job training section below. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). It’s baaaaack: “Return of the MOOC ,” The City Journal tells us. There’s some (sorta) MOOC-related news in the venture funding section below. The Business of Job Training.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” The Business of Job Training. Via CNBC : “ Amazon ’s cloud is looking at building a corporate training service.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Feds Prod Universities to Address Website Accessibility Complaints.” ” The subhead asks if “fully accessible” is possible, which… sucks. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Why Haven’t MOOCs Eliminated Any Professors?” The open-access publisher PLOS has a new CEO : Alison Mudditt. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. This robot is called Robota and is the creation of a team from Rutgers University.

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Hack Education

JULY 6, 2018

Via NPR : “‘Access to Literacy ’ Is Not a Constitutional Right , Judge in Detroit Rules.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The Business of Job Training. ” Via Education Week : “ Texas educators training to shoot back at school shooters.” 40 Languages.

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Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news from Edsurge in the “job training” section below. Via The Economist : “Universities withstood MOOCs but risk being outwitted by OPMs.” The Business of Job Training. ” asks Inside Higher Ed.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

The lawsuit contends that the publisher is “ predatory ” because it charges scholars to have their work published in open-access journals. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Humans, the Latest MOOC Feature.” ” More via Techcrunch. Meanwhile on Campus.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

” I suppose I could put this in “the business of job training” section, but as Woz U has partnered with the for-profit Southern Careers Institute , it probably should remain here in this section despite the glowing press it received from tech publications about how this venture is going to unlock tech careers.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “A graduation rate requirement for access to special funds for minority-serving institutions in a proposed House Republican rewrite of the Higher Education Act would exempt historically black colleges and universities.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “Huh?”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Stop Asking About Completion Rates: Better Questions to Ask About MOOCs in 2019,” says Edsurge. .” ” “Stop Asking About Completion Rates: Better Questions to Ask About MOOCs in 2019,” says Edsurge.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the job training section below. . A new project from the Learning Policy Institute and EducationCounsel : “Reimagining College Access: Performance Assessments From K–12 Through Higher Education.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The New York Times notes it’s not just rural students who struggle with broadband access : “Why San Jose Kids Do Homework in Parking Lots.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” The Business of Job Training (and Educational Benefits for Employees). on Coursera.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Via Politico : “The Trump administration has removed documents from an Education Department website aimed at transgender students , including those intended to help students fight for access to bathrooms of their choice.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Vive la MOOC révolution.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Via Pacific Standard : “Why Is the FCC Considering Cutting Broadband Access for Students?” ” Via CJR : “‘This is unprecedented’: Public colleges limiting journalist access.” ” The Business of Job Training. MOOCs are out. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Department of Education has placed restrictions on access to federal student aid for West Virginia public universities after the state was late submitting required annual financial statements for the third year in a row. ” “What if MOOCs Revolutionize Education After All?”

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Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

” Via The Dallas News (one of many publications I cannot access from here in Europe, incidentally, so I think this is the headline): “ Charter School Founded by Southwest Key Wants to Educate Immigrant Kids Housed in Its Shelters.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Hack Education

AUGUST 18, 2017

Meanwhile, in the UK: “ Learndirect training contract withdrawn over standards concerns,” the BBC reports. “Learndirect, which offers apprenticeships and adult training at sites across England, is responsible for almost 73,000 trainees and employs more than 1,600 staff.” The Business of Job Training.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “Trump’s proposed education budget: more for school choice, less for teacher training.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The Business of Job Training. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. That’s what I do here. ” Hooray. million total.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

” She promises that every kid will learn to code (of course) by having the private sector train CS teachers. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” Hillary Clinton unveiled her tech platform this week.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ MOOCs : A Postmortem” by Jonathan Rees. Meanwhile, Campus Technology offers “7 Tips for Listing MOOCs on Your Résumé.” See also: “ George Mason U Signs with Outsourcer to Train Students in Coding” via Campus Technology.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Brown University joins edX. “ Y Combinator MOOC for Tech Startups Attracts Thousands of Views,” says Campus Technology. Not sure why this is called a MOOC. The Business of Job Training. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” asks CMRubinworld.

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Hack Education

APRIL 7, 2017

” In other financial aid news – via Buzzfeed’s Molly Hensley-Clancy : “Hackers Had Access To Tax Data For Up To 100,000 FAFSA Users.” Via The LA Times : “ Westech College ’s abrupt closure raises questions about training options.” The Business of Job Training. Remember MOOCs?

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Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “The MOOC is not dead, but maybe it should be,” says Rolin Moe. The Business of Job Training. ” Via Techcrunch : “What Apple ’s education announcements mean for accessibility.” ” “Homework therapist.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s New Strategy Takes Inspiration From Netflix – and LinkedIn.” ” There’s more MOOC-related research in the research section below. The Business of Job Training and Job Placement.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

The for-profit Charlotte School of Law says it might get its access to federal financial aid restored. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “As In-Person Bootcamps Falter, Codecademy Introduces Paid Online Options.” The Business of Job Training. Put ’Em to Work.”

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Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

” Also via NPR : “‘I Hope This Will Set A Precedent,’ Says Trans Teen Who Won Case Over Bathroom Access.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs are back in the headlines again. Via Edsurge : “The Second Wave of MOOC Hype Is Here, and It’s Online Degrees.”

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Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

” The test in question in ACCESS 2.0 , which recently changed how it was scored. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The LA Times asks , “ In this digital self-help age, just how effective are MasterClass ’s A-list celebrity workshops?” ” The Business of Job Training.

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Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” The proposed bill would eliminate the 15-year time limit on accessing education benefits. On the US House of Representatives’ proposed budget : “$2 Billion for Teacher Training, Salaries Eliminated in House Budget Plan,” Education Week reports. The Business of Job Training. for Robotics Contest.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 17, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “By taking about a third of the program’s multi-billion-dollar surplus and cutting other college access programs, [advocates for low-income students] assert, the new administration would jeopardize Pell’s long-term sustainability and harm the prospects of low-income students.” Are MOOCs webinars?

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Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Career Training Groups Encouraged by Trump Pick for CTE Job.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” The Business of Job Training. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Techcrunch : "Starting a robotics company out of school?

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