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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via the EFF : “Stupid Patent of the Month: Elsevier Patents Online Peer Review.” Shawn Graham responds to this patent on peer review by patenting Elsevier. Here’s a different example of ownership (and the surrender of ownership) of students’ stories via the Star Tribune : “Retired Minn.

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On video games , for example – yes, that old canard. blog : “ Elsevier Collaborates with Hypothesis to Integrate Open Annotation.” The “ invisible ” “adaptive learning” company has raised $38.7 Thomas , that claims it can tell how students are feeling and if they understand.

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Elsevier has acquired Hivebench. The adaptive learning company has raised $4.57 “Examining ethical and privacy issues surrounding learning analytics ” by Tony Bates. .” The median male salary at the Clayton Christensen Institute, for example is $143,000; the media female salary is $112,300.