The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Can middle-school students spot “native advertising” (ads masquerading as articles) on a crowded news website? Can high-school kids check the authenticity of an alarming image posted on Facebook? If that tantalizing headline in our Facebook newsfeed fits our political outlook, why do the digging that might undermine it?

Social Media 40

Social Media Learning Facebook Analysis 40

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.” Not really.

Education 44

Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update April 22nd The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn.and change. Carl Rogers The technologies of the Internet and the Web are reshaping where, when, and from whom we learn--and even how we think about learning. Learn how to leverage web 2.0

Conference 51

Conference Digital Citizenship Libraries Common Core 51

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. ” ). Only “1.86

Technology 85

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” That’s Dallas Dance , who was the subject of another story the NYT’s Natasha Singer wrote last year , “ How Silicon Valley Plans to Conquer the Classroom.” National) Education Politics. Then it re-opened.

Education 46

Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” MOOCs. “Learning Creative Learning: It’s not a MOOC , it’s a community,” says the MIT Media Lab. “A Proposal to Put the ‘M’ Back in MOOCs ” – an op-ed by Class Central ’s Dhawal Shah in Edsurge.

MOOC 47

MOOC Education Company Coursera 47

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

“Free College” “How to Pay for Free Community College ,” according to Inside Higher Ed. In the future, you might want to look for most MOOC-related news in the “business of job training” section below. .” The case involves the Michigan affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers ( AFT ).

Education 49

Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Brown University joins edX. “ Y Combinator MOOC for Tech Startups Attracts Thousands of Views,” says Campus Technology. Not sure why this is called a MOOC. Via Gizmodo : “ Facebook Will Add 3,000 More People to Watch Murders and Suicides.”

Kaplan 46

Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The Post and Courier : “ South Carolina ’s online charter schools: A $350 million investment with disappointing returns.” Here’s a sponsored article , paid for by the Gates Foundation and published by Edsurge promoting the school and its technology.).

Education 53

Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). So much MOOC news! (Or “ MOOCs Are Global. Also via Edsurge : “How Harvard Is Trying to Update the Extension School for the MOOC Age.”

MOOC 42

MOOC Education Robotics Company 42

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Lots of MOOC PR appeared in the news this week. ” “What if MOOCs Revolutionize Education After All?” “Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” And more on MOOCs in the credentialing section below as well.

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.”

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” A MOOC consortium , that is, with member institutions Davidson College , Colgate University , Hamilton College , and Wellesley College. ” asks Edsurge.

Education 50

Education Facebook Khan Academy MOOC 50

Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

There was a regularly updated Facebook page, a Twitter account, as well as a LinkedIn profile for its supposed president. In May, Buzzfeed reported that the ACICS had held a training session at its annual conference in which it explained to for-profit universities how to avoid scrutiny and lawsuits from states’ attorneys general.

Technology 40

Technology Education Secondary Pearson 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ Monetizing A MOOC Platform.” “What If a DNA Test Could Show How to Teach a Student With Dyslexia ?”

Education 54

Education MOOC Blackboard E-rate 54

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The Question Is How to Pay for Them.” It’s Computer Science Education Week , which means everyone had to crank out articles on why, to prepare for the future of work, “everyone should learn to code” (or not): Edsurge. “Huh?”

Education 48

Education Robotics Company Report 48

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). University of Nebraska political science professor Ari Kohen “liked” a photo on Facebook depicting a defaced campaign sign for Congressman Jeff Fortenberry.

Education 53

Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

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. ” Of course.

Education 46

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. Facebook breaks democracy and then turns around and sells you the fix. Education in the Courts.

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

According to the article, it’s looking to sell off its two remaining schools, Arizona Summit Law School and Florida Law School. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” These headlines just kill me. ” More MOOC data in the “research” section below. But stop anyway. Loss In 2016.”

Knewton 46

Knewton Education Company MOOC 46

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “That Hilarious Tweet About an Instructor’s Big Mistake? ” The first article claims that “The college lecture is dying. ” There’s more research on for-profits in the research section below.

Education 45

Education Broadband Company Data 45

Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

*Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news down in the “labor and management” section below. Speaking of Google, “ Google Is Teaching Children How to Act Online.

Education 60

Education Khan Academy Company MOOC 60

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. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Vive la MOOC révolution. National) Education Politics.

Education 47

Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

. “ President Trump Earmarks $200 Million in Federal Grants for STEM , Computer Science Programs ,” says Edsurge , later swooning that “ Google , Facebook , Amazon Among Tech Titans Committing $300 Million to K–12 Computer Science.” ” See how many factual errors you can find in this article!

Education 47

Education Company Data Report 47