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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

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“Hardly Anyone Wants to Take a Liberal Arts MOOC,” Edsurge informed its readers in February. ” The technology revolution has delivered Google searches, Facebook friends, iPhone apps, Twitter rants and shopping for almost anything on Amazon, all in the past decade and a half. See: the LMS, the MOOC.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The New York Times : “ Apple Investors Warn iPhones and Other Technology May Be Hurting Children.” The English-language-learning company has raised $608 million total. More funding for coding schools in the venture capital section below. ” JFC.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ California Should Watch Arkansas Process for Creating New Online Institution,” says Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill. ” Among the new features: facial recognition to unlock the new iPhone. Upgrades and Downgrades. Apple had a thing.