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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) To believe that would require, of course, that we overlook the role that the major technology platforms – Google, Facebook, and Amazon – play in education. If so, what are they?

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $130 million. DadaABC (English language learning): $100 million. Knewton (adaptive learning): $182.3 Age of Learning (educational apps): $181.5 DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $175.6 Vive la MOOC révolution.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Verge : “James Damore sues Google for allegedly discriminating against conservative white men.” ” 69% of Google’s employees are men. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Blackboard’s Chief Financial Officer, Lisa Mayr, is also leaving the company. .

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The Washington Post : “ A South Carolina school district just abolished snow days – and will make students learn online.” “ Blackboard ’s Defense of its Finances is not Persuasive,” writes Michael Feldstein.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news from Edsurge in the “job training” section below. There’s more MOOC news from Edsurge in the “job training” section below. ” Via Bloomberg : “Inside Google ’s Shadow Workforce.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). In related MOOC news, there's more on “ nanodegrees ” in the “credentialing” section below. Speaking of loans, Google will ban ads for payday loans. Because up ’til now, MOOCs were the most brilliant data mining app ever.).

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness. People were relieved that there was a new alternative to Blackboard. Google Reader.

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