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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) To believe that would require, of course, that we overlook the role that the major technology platforms – Google, Facebook, and Amazon – play in education. If so, what are they?

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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” Tutoring is the cornerstone of technological fantasies about “personalized learning.” Investors in tutoring companies this year included Warbug Pincus, Goldman Sachs, Learn Capital, Y Combinator, the Omidyar Network, Sequoia Capital, TAL Education, Tencent, Google, and of course, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Fines Google $5.1 Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the credential section below. Via Class Central : “Analysis of 450 MOOC -Based Microcredentials Reveals Many Options But Little Consistency.” “ Is Blackboard dying? Because of course.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Verge : “James Damore sues Google for allegedly discriminating against conservative white men.” ” 69% of Google’s employees are men. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Blackboard’s Chief Financial Officer, Lisa Mayr, is also leaving the company. .

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “Free MOOCs Face the Music,” writes Inside Higher Ed on edX ’s decision to start charging fees. More “MOOC” news under the job training section below. Via Wired : “ Google’s Diversity Stats Are Still Very Dismal.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). E-Literate claimed this week that “ Canvas Surpasses Blackboard Learn in US Market Share” – with some additional analysis about “What’s Important about the Blackboard Market Share News.” ” Markets responded.