Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. Are any education technologies, for that matter? 70+ million users’ account details. One might ask, I suppose, if LMSes are platforms. They’re amazing.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hapara

MARCH 17, 2022

One of Mrs. Perkins’s learners uses assistive technology , a screen reader, to read and can also access the digital materials. Thanks to the Student Dashboard Digital Backpack’s technology, the content within the system is compliant with accessibility standards, all without Mrs. Perkins needing to do any work on her part.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” 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. Because technology imperialism. National) Education Politics.

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Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

eSchool News

MARCH 10, 2016

The companies will provide users of McGraw-Hill Education’s Engrade, a learning management and assessment platform for K-12 education, access to the Knovation Content Collection with more than 360,000 online learning resources, including videos, white papers, games, podcasts and articles using a single integrated search.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Comprised of a coalition of state teams, private sector partners, and interoperability leaders, SETDA’s working group looked at three key areas: the future state of teaching and learning with interoperable data, the importance of interoperable data, and how states can achieve it. This article was modified and published by EdScoop.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2018

Can open educational resources, or OER, truly create more equity and access? That was the question at the heart of our #DLNchat on January 9, which centered around OER in Higher Education. To me OER is also about the democratization of access to education, and the pursuit and sharing of knowledge.

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OER Resources Education Digital Learning 82

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 27, 2016

A recent New York Times article detailed how humans can get goose bumps when we experience awe, that often-positive feeling of being in the presence of something vast that transcends our understanding of the world. They are reflective of the real world, leverage the outdoors, and capitalize on mobile technology.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

” From the article: Zuckerberg revealed that he wants to ensure that education has a chance to flourish in VR. That led to him announcing a $10 million fund specifically for learning applications. It includes all the buzzwords : competency-based education, personalized learning, and even blockchain!

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Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

This isn’t a “meanwhile on campus story,” but I’m not sure where else to put articles about sexual harassment and sexual assault. Via The MIT Technology Review : “Finally, a Useful Application for VR: Training Employees.” The business of OER. ” Project-based learning, FTW.

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Education Khan Academy Company Training 44

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

“technologizing” the government. ” The charter school, which is closing it doors, is the Merit Preparatory Charter School , run by “personalized learning” charter chain Matchbook Learning. Via The 74 : “ Montessori Was the Original Personalized Learning.

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Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Educause has published an article about “ The Mastery Transcript Consortium ,” a group of independent schools that are “reinventing” the college transcript. (I’m ” According to WCET , “Developing Effective Courses Using Adaptive Learning Begins with Proper Alignment.”

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Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

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.” “ Y Combinator MOOC for Tech Startups Attracts Thousands of Views,” says Campus Technology.

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. 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. ” Rebrand.

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Via Campus Technology : “ Columbia U Opens Research Center Devoted to Blockchain Tech.” All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. ” More via the AP.

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Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

Also via Chalkbeat : “Black and white students score far apart on a new test of technology skills.” ” Here’s the WaPo headline : “Girls outscore boys on inaugural national test of technology, engineering skills.” “ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.”

Education 46

Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “ Artificial Intelligence: Could emerging technologies ‘humanize’ teaching & learning? “ Will these four technology trends change education in India? National) Education Politics.

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Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

” asks WaPo’s Valerie Strauss, before reprinting an article by UVA professor Dan Willingham.). The NAACP endorses OER. Via Campus Technology : “ Pearson Expands Textbook Rental Program.” MarcoPolo Learning has raised $8.5 ” (“What do we really know about the value of prekindergarten?”

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Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” asks Campus Technology. Via The New York Times : “Colleges Grapple With Teaching the Technology and Ethics of A.I. I’m starting on that project soon, and my god, this all looks so grim. ” asks Edsurge.

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Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via E-Literate : “ Hawai’i Senate Bill: Would mandate OER material for all U Hawai’i system courses.” All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education.

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Education Robotics Company OER 49

Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

” From Data & Society : “ Personalized Learning : The Conversations We’re Not Having.” ” Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill has updated a 2015 article with new data : “How Much Do Community College Students Actually Pay For Textbooks ?” Surprising results from new study.”

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Education Company Report Data 40

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. “ Coursera More than Doubles Number of Degrees on Its Platform,” says Campus Technology. National) Education Politics.

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Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

.” For those keeping track of how great social media is for the future of education and knowledge and civics and such: “Last Year, Social Media Was Used to Influence Elections in at Least 18 Countries ,” says the MIT Technology Review. “If We Talked About the Internet Like We Talk About OER” by Stephen Downes.

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Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

“Can Venture Capital Put Personalized Learning Within Reach of All Students?” It’s so revealing how this is framed – the problem with “personalized learning” up ’til now? More, via Inside Higher Ed , on various colleges’ OER initiatives. ” Hell no.

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Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

“ The Office of Educational Technology Under DeVos” by Doug Levin. A report from VC firm GSV Acceleration : “It’s a Breakout: Capital Flows In the Learning and Talent Technology Market.” ” ( No disclosure in this article that Edsurge shares investors with Guild Education.).

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

Via the MIT Technology Review : “For $14,000, a Weeklong Firehose of Silicon Valley Kool-Aid.” “Learning technology once reserved for special needs students is now in everyone’s hands. “The Growing Role of Technology in Personalized Learning ,” according to KQED’s Mindshift.

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Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

But DeVos “believes that technology has a role to play in the classroom,” Edsurge writes in response to the confirmation , which I guess means ed-tech can overlook all of her horrible beliefs that further educational inequalities as long as it means more people buy digital things and hire Edsurge to facilitate that process.

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