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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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There’s an understanding – even if it’s a disgruntled one – among those in the classroom and those making procurement decisions of what the LMS is for, what it should do, and so on. Pearson promises “personalization” through its “adaptive learning” products, for example. (It

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Pearson CEO Fallon Talks Common Core, Rise of ‘Open’ Resources

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You have to work with the gray—that is the day-to-day reality of the classroom. We [made] probably the biggest single investment [in the Pearson System of Courses , which] completely rethinks the way that numeracy and literacy are taught in the classroom. The company recently agreed to pay more than $6 million to the district.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his kids have iPads. At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. The Flipped Classroom". Bill Gates wouldn’t let his kids have cellphones.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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The New York Times on The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow , an online charter school: “Online School Enriches Affiliated Companies if Not Its Students.” “ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). million total.