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Khan Academy Has Inspired Imitations Across Disciplines. MEDKSL is the Latest.

Edsurge

If imitation is the highest form of flattery, Salman Khan should feel honored. Since he introduced Khan Academy in 2006, the free, open-access education platform has inspired several knock-offs focused on specific disciplines. MRU courses also include discussion forums and practice assessments.

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Notes from Leadership for the Digital Age with Alan November - Day 2

EdTechSandyK

edX - www.edex.org - MOOC site, courses are all free, people who teach the courses are from Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, University of Texas, etc. Coursera is another option for higher ed MOOCS. High school library prediction - Librarians will become resources to help students find online courses. Here is November''s Diigo library.

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Is the new education reform hiding in plain sight?

The Hechinger Report

Rogers Elementary School here set a three-alarm fire in the library. We discuss their goals and what they are working on, and if they had an assessment we might talk about that,” she said. It’s why a fire in the library tarnishes a school’s reputation in the minds of parents, sometimes for years. But it left an impression. “My

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A Call For Homeschool 2.0

TeachThought - Learn better.

Khan Academy. Same with a school or curriculum or assessment. Or should be think of why libraries came to be in the first place–their function–and rethink them in light of modern technology? I can see that happening with school. So much of that stuff is just up for grabs.” Adaptive learning apps.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The Guardian : “US library to enforce jail sentences for overdue books.” ” That’s the Athens-Limestone public library in Alabama (and that’s completely f *d up). Testing, Testing… “Big changes ahead for how California assesses school performance,” KPCC reports.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

And like so many products on this list, 3D printing was hailed as a revolution in education, and schools were encouraged to reorient libraries and shop classes towards “maker spaces” which would give students opportunities to print their plastic designs. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

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Education Technology and the History of the Future of Credentialing

Hack Education

One of the ways in which we define a “real college” – and perhaps punish those which might not be sufficiently “real” – is by assessing the employability of its graduates. ” MOOCs for credit. .” ” MOOCs for credit. By Khan Academy. Jobs for Grads. For fun. (