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STEMxCon - Today Is the Final Deadline for Proposals; Great Keynotes + Sessions; Need Volunteers!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Rivers, Executive Director Online Communities of Practice - Are They Worth it? Candidate VoiceThread for Digital Education - Kelli Stair- teacher/ writer An Example STEAM and Maker-Education Curriculum: From Puppets to Robots - Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D. Cantwell, Instructional Services Librarian (Asst. Derek Barkalow, Ph.D.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Hechinger Report : “ Virtual charter schools need ‘bold action’ for change, says national charter school advocacy group.” Headline changed from “ Coursera ’s Update Will Eliminate Hundreds of Courses” to “Coursera’s Update Will Migrate Hundreds of Courses to a New Platform.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms. Robot essay graders — they grade just the same as human ones. See David Kernohan’s excellent keynote at OpenEd13 for more.) But the “spying” has continued.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” An op-ed in Forbes by University Ventures’ Ryan Craig : “Make Online Education Great (For The First Time).” ” Via The Financial Times : “ Coursera chief on the future of online learning and the Trump era.”