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” It’s now unclear, observers say, if the FTC can regulate companies like Google or Verizon. 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. school departments employed 8.4

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Via Techcrunch : “ Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support specialists.” “ Google is jeopardizing A frican-American literature sites ,” says The Outline. I don’t recall if I talked about Elsevier when I wrote about platforms as part of my 2017 review. ” asks Edsurge.

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And The Next Web headline makes for… something: “ Facebook and Google could be allowed to award university degrees.” accuse Google of failing to gain their consent before scanning their emails via its Apps For Education suite for advertising purposes,” says Education Dive. ” Presidential Campaign Politics.

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Also via The New York Times : “ Google , in Post-Obama Era, Aggressively Woos Republicans.” Via Campus Technology : “ Harvard Tailoring the MOOC Experience With Adaptive Learning.” Elsevier has acquired Plum Analytics. ” Via Boing Boing : “FBI releases declassified #GamerGate dossier.”

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Via Wired : “Ex- Google Employee Claims Wrongful Firing For Criticizing James Damore ’s Memo.” Via The Verge : “ James Damore ’s labor complaint against Google was completely shut down.” blog : “ Elsevier Collaborates with Hypothesis to Integrate Open Annotation.” Via the Hypothes.is

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Inside Higher Ed reports that “ National University is working to create a personalized education platform that combines three of the buzziest innovations in higher education – adaptive learning, competency-based learning and predictive analytics for student retention.” Elsevier has acquired bepress.

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Via the Providence Journal : “Three teachers have resigned from Blackstone Valley Prep after the charter school confirmed allegations that they posted hurtful messages about some of their students” into a Google Doc shared with the entire school. Elsevier has acquired Hivebench. The adaptive learning company has raised $4.57