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(This Is Not a Morphology of) The Monsters of Education Technology

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A bit of history: Around the turn of the twentieth century, folklorists – many most academics at the time – became particularly enthralled with creating classification systems. Not a list of titles; a classification system of tale types. ” (This time, of course, with an Android phone strapped to their face.).

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Billion in Android Antitrust Case.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The nonprofit National University System announced today that it plans to acquire the for-profit Northcentral University , which specializes in online education in graduate and doctoral-level programs.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Under the new system, most students who have been approved for test accommodations in high school will receive accommodations as long as their high school can answer two questions in the affirmative: ‘Is the requested accommodation(s) in the student's plan? ’ and ‘Has the student used the accommodation(s) for school testing?’”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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For nearly 30 years, Medicaid has helped school systems cover costs for special education services and equipment, from physical therapists to feeding tubes. ” The Department of Education has rehired student loan debt collectors fired by the Obama Administration: Enterprise Recovery Systems and Navient-owned Pioneer Credit Recovery.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education. Chatbot Instructors.

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Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Key Data Systems has acquired Progress Testing. Via Education Week : “Thousands of Android Mobile Apps Improperly Track Children, Study Says.” ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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The court has said that schools will have to close if the Legislature does not correct inequity in the system by the end of June.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” UNC system president Margaret Spellings says that UNC will not try to enforce the state’s controversial “ bathroom law.”