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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

But Posterous, if you’ll recall, was acquired by Twitter in 2012 and shut down one year later. Pearson promises “personalization” through its “adaptive learning” products, for example. (It How is Google influencing policy? They’re amazing. How is Google influencing research?

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How did edtech impact learning in 2023?

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Decision-makers rose to the challenge in the initial waves of the pandemic, enacting temporary policies to permit and reimburse for online education services. Though these policies made a big impact, many have expired in favor of returning to the status quo. –Joy Smithson, Ph.D.,

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

” “Trump’s neo industrial policies won’t create these jobs,” he added. Nor, I’d argue, will a fixation on simply “learning to code.” We also see it in many instances of adaptive-learning software. What it hasn’t delivered are many jobs. Google’s Alphabet Inc.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

It points to policies the university can pro-actively ennact, and laws that could have been enforced by university police.” ” According to WCET , “Developing Effective Courses Using Adaptive Learning Begins with Proper Alignment.” ” Research, “Research,” and Reports.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The Guardian : “ Student Loans Company ‘spied on vulnerable students’ social media’ ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. ” Via The Wall Street Journal : “More Schools Are Buying ‘ Active-Shooter ’ Insurance Policies.” ” That’s at Smith College.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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. “High school students will be allowed to carry mace in the 2016–2017 school year after the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education agreed to remove prohibitive language and amend its policy,” the Salisbury Post reports. Also via The LA Times : “LAPD investigating apparent grade tampering at West L.A. charter school.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Chalkbeat : “ DeVos criticizes Bush-Obama policies , saying it’s time to overhaul conventional schooling.” “PISA for personality testing – the OECD and the psychometric science of social-emotional skills ” by Ben Williamson. Monstrous, really. ” Here are the “Prepared Remarks by U.S.