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Hack Education Weekly News

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.” Via Techcrunch : “ Duolingo ’s chatbots help you learn a new language.” Via Edsurge : “ Salesforce Announces Mobile App for Advising at Dreamforce.” It includes all the buzzwords : competency-based education, personalized learning, and even blockchain!

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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. They contend that their schools expand on Montessori’s vision by adding new digital technologies to “personalize learning,” as well as to surveil students.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Economic Boom Isn’t Helping Some Student-Loan Debtors , Advocacy Group Says.” 750,000 to the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning ; $685,000 to Roses in Concrete Community School ; $700,000 to Peer Health Exchange ; and the rest to GripTape.