Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

Via The Washington Post : “SEC settles fraud charges against defunct for-profit college company ITT.” Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill follows up on the Edsurge article with his own analysis : “ MOOCs Now Focused on Paid Certificates and OPM Market.” ” The company in question is called Sqore.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 6, 2020

Learn how to learn. Here’s how to make this easy, from an Ask a Tech Teacher contributor: In the past, a university degree provided a majority of graduates with the skills they needed to succeed in their chosen careers. Yet many students do not have a solid understanding of how to effectively go about the process of upskilling.

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

.” Via The New York Times : “ New Mexico Outlaws School ‘Lunch Shaming’ ” Via Buzzfeed : “ California Shows The Rest Of The Country How To Boost Kindergarten Vaccination Rates.” Via The New York Times : “ Rolling Stone Settles Lawsuit Over Debunked Campus Rape Article.”

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Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

I’d hardly know where to begin in writing one, but I want to open this particular article – one that focuses, in part, on the whole “everyone should learn to code” craze – recognizing his great contribution to educational computing as well as his loss. Read Mindstorms. ” ).

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Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

" Tagged on: March 10, 2017 Drop it like it's bot: Brands have cooled on chatbots | Digiday → Many companies have begun dropping their bots, saying that they don't do what they were supposed to: “I would call it overpromising."

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Edsurge profiles Dr. Chuck about his work on MOOCs with Coursera. ( No disclosure in this or its Class Central article that it shares investors with these MOOC companies.). From the Coursera blog : “Building India ’s Workforce for 2020.” Via Politico : “ Kevin Chavous is joining K12 Inc. ,

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Via Politico : “A complex legal battle involving dozens of debt collection companies fighting over contracts with the Education Department has essentially suspended the government’s ability to collect defaulted student loans , the Trump administration disclosed in a court filing on Monday night.”

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Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Students selling notes online a legal gray area, schools say | ArkansasOnline → University of Arkansas faculty members are debating how to best deal with the selling of lecture notes by students, spurred on by the practices of online study resource companies known for aggressive recruiting tactics.

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EdTech Coursera Data Case Study 170

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

In previous years, when I’ve written about this topic, I’ve saved “The Business of Ed-tech” for one of the last articles in my “ Top Ed-Tech Trends" series. " I will do that in a separate article at the end of the year. Daphne Koller left Coursera this year.

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Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2016

I briefly mentioned the ongoing Trump University lawsuits in that article. According to an investigation by The Associated Press , “dozens of those hired by the company had checkered pasts – including serious financial problems and even convictions for cocaine trafficking or child molestation.”

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Education Technology Company Industry 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Um, they do.)

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Via ABC News : “ A defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine over the magazine’s debunked article about a University of Virginia gang rape was tossed out by a judge Tuesday. From the edX blog : “How to be a Better Learner: Determine Your Learning Style.” District Judge P. Updates from ISTE. Clair Smith.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “What If a DNA Test Could Show How to Teach a Student With Dyslexia ?” The featured article : “13 Stories of Life on a Teacher’s Salary.” The textbook company has raised $6 million total.

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Education MOOC Blackboard E-rate 54

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Although the shooting is a local story, I am putting many of the articles here in the national section because, over a week later, it is still very much in the national headlines. National) Education Politics. “Open.”

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Education Company Data Elsevier 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

“ From the article that ”innovative teaching practice" appears to be project-based learning. ” The article is accompanied by a photo of a classroom full of Asian students – as if Asian is not American. Shernaz Daver , Udacity ’s chief marketing officer, is leaving the company.

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Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

*Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “ Coursera ’s 2018 Revenue Estimated to be $140 million,” Class Central estimates. Doesn’t look like the company has anyone to take his place yet. National) Education Politics. Indiana University has joined edX.

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” And I am not even linking to the National Review article promoting this racist crap. In Move Towards More Online Degrees, Coursera Introduces Its First Bachelor ’s.” The skills identification company has raised $76.2

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