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Paying to Turn in Homework? ASU Prof's Viral Email Raises Questions About Online Textbook Model

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That charge, by Brian Goegan, clearly struck a nerve with students around the country, leading to memes on social media portraying the professor as a hero fighting corrupt university officials, as well as t-shirts with the slogan: “ my homework was more expensive than this t-shirt.” I’m so tired of spending just pointless money.”

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The Fault Lines Between Sharing and Shilling for an Edtech Product

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At issue is whether “ambassador” programs and other branding efforts, wherein companies give teachers T-shirts, gift cards and other perks, constitute ethical violations. Clearly, the article has touched a nerve in the education community about the fault lines between preaching and pitching products.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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.” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms.

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A Guide to Picking a Learning Management System: The Right Questions to Ask

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And with certain established companies like Pearson pulling out of the LMS ranks , where do you start? Given communication is important, it’s also worth checking whether or not social media platforms can plug directly into an LMS that doesn’t have those features.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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Tom Webster, the VP of strategy at the market research firm Edison Research, argued that the report should be viewed as “an extremely effective piece of content marketing,” pointing to the number of slides that cite data about or by a portfolio company of Meeker’s employer, the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Smith Caulfield.

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The Stories We Were Told about Education Technology (2019)

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That's what a decade of ed-tech social media and PR have wrought: hashtag gurus and fake news. Far too many articles — and this is surely what its venture capitalist and philanthropist backers hope — have not reflected the landscape but have tried instead to shape it. Good work, Adam and Rebekah. Operation Varsity Blues.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “Publishers Wiley , Cengage , Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education have won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a seller of fake textbooks ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. The company sells a tablet for use in prison.