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What Happens When Ed-Tech Forgets? Some Thoughts on Rehabilitating Reputations

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Some of these other examples appear in the introduction of my forthcoming book, which I won't spoil since I have to save a chapter like that for the book tour — if we can do book tours. A critic of the company, Linkletter posted links to unlisted YouTube videos — that is, publicly available information — on Twitter.

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Thursday - Roger Schank on Cognitive Science and Saving Schools

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join me Thursday, February 28th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com conversation with return guest Roger Schank to talk about his book Teaching Minds : How Cognitive Science Can Save Our Schools , why MOOCs won''t save schools or the world, and why everything you think you know about education is wrong. Log in at [link].

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

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If they are right, it would mean short-circuiting the famous “10,000-hour rule” based on studies by education researcher Anders Ericsson and popularized by bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell in his book “Outliers.” Newkirk calls his company Acuitus , in hopes of encouraging sharpness of thought.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs.

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Interview with Terry Anderson

Learning with 'e's

Steve: You wrote a book recently with Olaf Zawacki-Richter - what are the main themes of this volume? Terry: The book, Online Distance Education - Towards a Research Agenda will be published by the time of the EDEN conference. The book is part of the Athabasca University Press Issues in Distance Education series and available here.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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When I first started working as a tech reporter, I assumed – naively – that venture capitalists were smart people who did thorough research before funding a company. I assumed that they looked to see if the company could do what it promised – financially, technologically. One should be conscientious, as such.

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Stale Words and Hackneyed Ideas That Make Edtech Investors Cringe

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Bloomz , ClassDojo , Remind ), established companies ( SchoolMessenger ), and other deep pocket players from learning management system providers that already boast significant traction here. Do you know what company is “Facebook for country X?” Yet another student book exchange. MOOCs or General Assembly for country X.

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