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APRIL 13, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Via MIT Technology Review : “ DNA tests for IQ are coming, but it might not be smart to take one.” ” Via Campus Technology : “ NYC Data Science Academy Launches Online Bootcamp.”

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MAY 25, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Speaking of predictions about the “future of work,” Campus Technology says that “ Skills Deficit Will Imperil U.S. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. National) Education Politics.

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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. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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JUNE 23, 2017

“technologizing” the government. Here’s a sponsored article , paid for by the Gates Foundation and published by Edsurge promoting the school and its technology.). Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Edsurge : “Why a Robot-Filled Education Future May Not Be as Scary as You Think.”

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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 Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. IBM wants us to believe that Watson is incredibly powerful – powerful enough, even, to search 1000 OER.

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MAY 5, 2017

“ Y Combinator MOOC for Tech Startups Attracts Thousands of Views,” says Campus Technology. ” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference. “ OER-Enabled Pedagogy ” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. ” Sigh. .”

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JANUARY 18, 2017

And this prompted me to update my list of education / technology companies that are ALEC members.). ” Rhose Island ’s governor Gina M. ” Let’s all point out how this article gets “the pioneers of the MOOC” wrong. ” Via Campus Technology : “ Pearson to Lower Cost of E-Books, Textbooks.”

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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.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. National) Education Politics. ” Don’t worry.

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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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MARCH 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Perhaps it should go in the “robots” section. “ Artificial Intelligence: Could emerging technologies ‘humanize’ teaching & learning? Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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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.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” (“What do we really know about the value of prekindergarten?”

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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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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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NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” asks Campus Technology. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via The New York Times : “Colleges Grapple With Teaching the Technology and Ethics of A.I. National) Education Politics. ” asks Edsurge.

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JULY 29, 2016

The robot startup, formerly known as Play-i, has raised $35.9 ” Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill has updated a 2015 article with new data : “How Much Do Community College Students Actually Pay For Textbooks ?” ” Phil Hill also weighs in on the latest Babson survey on OER. million total.

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

*Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Futurism.com : “Here Are the States Where a Robot Is Most Likely to Steal Your Job.” Oh my god, it’s almost time to start working on that year-end project.).

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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. Edsurge on the business of OER.

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JUNE 8, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “Some Thoughts on OER ” by Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. National) Education Politics. ” Via Edsurge : “ Amplify ’s Been Quiet. .”

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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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JANUARY 26, 2017

Via the MIT Technology Review : “For $14,000, a Weeklong Firehose of Silicon Valley Kool-Aid.” “Can robotics teach problem solving to students?” “Learning technology once reserved for special needs students is now in everyone’s hands. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” (I admit.

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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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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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OCTOBER 28, 2016

Apple , as always, helps us see how criticism-free technology journalism can be. Via eCampus News : “ Barnes & Noble Education announces advanced OER courseware.” Via Campus Technology : “ Learning Objects Debuts Competency-Based Education Platform.” Microsoft is doing a desktop PC thing.

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