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Colleges Are Striking Bulk Deals With Textbook Publishers. Critics Say There Are Many Downsides.

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And of course there are other vendors, like Elsevier and Wiley (like Jones Soda and RC) and openly-licensed resources known as OER, or open education resources (which are something like a Sodastream homebrew). There’s a surprising amount of momentum behind it,” said Phil Hill, a longtime edtech consultant.

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(The Very Last) Hack Education Weekly News

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A glimpse : “In China ’s Silicon Valley, Edtech Starts at the ‘MOOC Times Building’ ” Via Class Central : “By The Numbers: MOOCs in 2018.” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ Digital Tools Are Everywhere – and Largely Unused – in Many Schools, New Analysis Shows.”

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Via the EFF : “Stupid Patent of the Month: Elsevier Patents Online Peer Review.” Shawn Graham responds to this patent on peer review by patenting Elsevier. ” Education in the Courts. Last week , the CFPB announced the bank would have to pay $4 million to settle a probe into Wells Fargo student loan practices.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Nature : “One of the world’s largest science publishers, Elsevier , won a default legal judgement on 21 June against websites that provide illicit access to tens of millions of research papers and books. Stanford University’s Larry Cuban continues his analysis of behavioral management tool ClassDojo.

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” Via Infodocket : “ Louisiana State University is Suing Elsevier For Breach of Contract.” ” I’m considered an “expert” here (among others) featured in IHE with thoughts and questions and analysis on the “ Purdue - Kaplan marriage.”

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I don’t recall if I talked about Elsevier when I wrote about platforms as part of my 2017 review. Anyway, here’s Richard Smith on Elsevier and “A Big Brother future for science publishing.” That’s certainly it’s aspiration. ” Henry Jenkins interviews Justin Reich on “ ed tech and equity.”

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Via Edsurge : “ Jefferson Education Accelerator Winds Down, Rebrands to Focus on Edtech Reviews and Procurement.” Speaking of feedback, Inside Higher Ed also profiles a sentiment analysis surveillance tool , developed at the University of St. blog : “ Elsevier Collaborates with Hypothesis to Integrate Open Annotation.”