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Worldwide, Online, and Free - The Library 2.013 Conference Starts Friday

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, doctoral student research, library and information center "tours," and more! We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses.

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5 Ed-Tech Ideas Face The Chronicle’s Version of ‘Shark Tank’

Wired Campus

Blumenstyk as a reporter surveying the landscape, Mr. Jones as a professor and administrator at a college, and Mr. Freedman as an investor looking for the next big thing in education technology. Freedman: I love where you started with the criticism of the MOOCs. I mean, MOOCs aren’t learning platforms, they’re distribution platforms.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“The Trump Administration Has Revoked A Federal Directive On Campus Rape ,” Buzzfeed reports. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “Peter Thiel May Finally Get His Flying Cars, Thanks to a New Udacity Nanodegree in 2018.” (National) Education Politics. Percent Return.”

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Education Technology and the 'New' For-Profit Higher Education

Hack Education

” The Wall Street Journal reported in April. Funnily enough, many of the very publications who consistently made fun of the offerings from Trump University rarely offer any critical analysis of the structure or content of MOOCs or coding bootcamps. But again, it’s not clear this was any sort of pay-to-play deal.)

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“Former Lobbyist With For-Profit Colleges Quits Education Department ,” ProPublica reports. Via PR Watch : “ Betsy DeVos Ethics Report Reveals Ties to Student Debt Collection Firm.” It’s just getting started,” says The Hechinger Report’s Jon Marcus. Education Politics.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Nikki Haley of South Carolina has signed into law a measure that requires the state’s public colleges and universities to publish reports of conduct violations involving alcohol, drugs, sexual assault, and hazing at fraternities and sororities.” “ Light Sentence for Brock Turner in Stanford Rape Case Draws Outrage.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

On the Republican Party platform and presidential ticket: “ Trump plan would base student loans on employability,” the Hechinger Report says. Following a failed coup attempt in Turkey , some 15,000 education staff have been suspended, the BBC reports. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).