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8 Ed-tech organizations every teacher should know about

Neo LMS

Focus: EdTech Access and Advocacy. Focus: Digital Learning Advocacy and Research. The largest single challenge in this regard is access to internet, and FLE has developed an offline program called Kolibri, essentially an offline Khan academy. Level: K12. iNACOL (International Association of K-12 Online Learning).

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Do We Need a National Open Education Strategy?

Iterating Toward Openness

Consequently, even very well-funded nonprofits like Khan Academy charge a fee to use their generative AI tool ( Khanmigo ). If OER advocates’ zero-cost generative AI strategy is to argue for the use of models that can be run locally on a student’s laptop (i.e., All because connecting to the internet costs money.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

It’s always fascinating to look at ed-tech companies’ job postings – this one is from Khan Academy. iNACOL has released a report on advocacy for competency-based education. .” “If free college required a dramatically higher adjunct percentage, should we do it?” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “ Khan Academy introduces something big for little learners,” says the Khan Academy blog. ” (This is a good example of how ed-tech advocacy-posing-as-journalism operates – you get funded by an organization and then you get to “break the news” about that organization.

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The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

” The Gates Foundation is perhaps the best known organization for furthering political advocacy through its funding mechanisms. The College Board also boasted about its partnership with Khan Academy, which would make SAT test prep materials freely available online. Metaphors in ed-tech are so confusing.)

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

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. Or rather, their interest wasn’t in the features of the new LMS. The LMS isn’t the only platform in education to be sure. Bridge International Academies.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Education Week : “Parent Advocacy Group Warns of Ed-Tech ‘Threats’ ” Via PC World : “Why Google plans to stop supporting your Chromebook after five years.” The Omidyar Network has invested $3 million in Khan Academy. ” Via Fast Company : “How Musical.ly