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How a University Took on the Textbook Industry

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And some credit it for helping kick-start a trend—now known as open educational resources, or OER—that has sent shockwaves through the traditional publishing industry. professors enjoy academic freedom to select their own course materials, it can take a lot of personal persuasion to convince each to try teaching a new text.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via the BBC : “ Accenture and Microsoft plan digital IDs for millions of refugees.” ” The charter school, which is closing it doors, is the Merit Preparatory Charter School , run by “personalized learning” charter chain Matchbook Learning. ” What could possibly go wrong?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via E-Literate : “ Hawai’i Senate Bill: Would mandate OER material for all U Hawai’i system courses.” ” And later in the week, an update : “Hawai’i Senate OER Bill Update: Amended language saves the day.” Emmersion Learning has raised $600,000 from Zylun Global and Access to Education.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. As such these companies – Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, and the like – are the most significant education companies. ” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe.

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” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. “ Does tech designed to personalize learning actually benefit students? Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “First Ed-Tech Trade Mission by U.S.

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Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalized learning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” Microsoft had a media event this week. Here is the Microsoft blog post announcing its new products.

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schools in recent years, according to an Associated Press analysis, but few have shown any indication that they’ll follow the lead of businesses that are cutting ties with the group following last month’s massacre at a Florida high school.” Edsurge on the business of OER. Memos from HR. PHEW, RIGHT?