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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes. ” (Amazon Inspire is the company’s OER platform.)

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ California Should Watch Arkansas Process for Creating New Online Institution,” says Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill. It points to policies the university can pro-actively ennact, and laws that could have been enforced by university police.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news from Edsurge in the “job training” section below. There’s more MOOC news from Edsurge in the “job training” section below. ” ( Not mentioned : Penn was one of the very first investors in Coursera.).

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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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. In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via NPR : “ Wyoming School District Stalls On Transgender Student Policy.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” From iNACOL: “ Promising State Policies for Personalized Learning.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The New York Times : “ Trump Orders Review of Education Policies to Strengthen Local Control.” The NAACP endorses OER. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” Education Politics. a month.). .”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). More, via Inside Higher Ed , on various colleges’ OER initiatives. The adaptive learning company has raised $4.57 “Examining ethical and privacy issues surrounding learning analytics ” by Tony Bates. “Is Estonia the new Finland ?”