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(The Very Last) Hack Education Weekly News

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” “ University of California System is playing hardball with Elsevier in negotiations that could transform the way it pays to read and publish research,” says Inside Higher Ed. Several “rethinking assessment” stories, sponsored by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, in Edsurge this week. ” Testing.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” “Two assessment companies – Educational Testing Service and Data Recognition Corp. The framework demands that schools be assessed “according to their performance on student satisfaction, retention and graduate employment, as well as through institutional submissions.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Meanwhile on Campus… Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Florida State Cancels Bundled Journal Deal With Elsevier.” Via EdScoop : “‘Deliberate cyberattack ’ delays online assessments in five states.” Via The New York Times : “Is Facebook’s Campbell Brown a Force to Be Reckoned With?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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blog : “ Elsevier Collaborates with Hypothesis to Integrate Open Annotation.” Do note all the stories this week that are intertwined with predicting and assessing people’s “moods” – that is, some sort of “social emotional” thingy. Because god forbid you actually ask them.