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5 Ed-Tech Ideas Face The Chronicle’s Version of ‘Shark Tank’

Wired Campus

So my concept is, let’s get away from this framework, and think about this in terms of learning outcomes and pedagogy, and get rid of the classic schedule. So, first move to a framework based on student learning outcomes, faculty-student interactions based on pedagogy — not schedule. Cedel: Yeah, in a way.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Kno was headed by Osman Rashid, the co-founder of the textbook rental company Chegg, and the tablet was aimed at the college market. He told NPR in 2015 that Knewton’s adaptive learning software was a “mind-reading robo tutor in the sky.” Among Neurocore’s investors: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. Crested Pigeon.

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