Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

But Posterous, if you’ll recall, was acquired by Twitter in 2012 and shut down one year later. Indeed, while there are handful who work arduously to undermine its privileged position in education technology – god bless them – to many more , it is simply impossible to imagine a future of teaching and learning without the LMS.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

It was one of two social media messages – the other a Twitter photo of Tunsil smoking marijuana through a gas mark – that were posted during the NFL draft. “ Blackboard Partners with Fishtree for Personalized Learning,” says Campus Technology. ” [Insert Course Signals learning analytics joke here.].

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

It is the instructional designer and tenured professor’s signal — “to the barricades!” — and everyone snipes at the other side from the Twitter trenches for a week, until there’s an unspoken truce that lasts until the next “ban laptops” op-ed gets published. A “ban laptops” op-ed may be the greatest piece of ed-tech clickbait ever devised.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Twitter announced big layoffs this week – 9% of its staff – and said it would shutter its video app Vine. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “When the Teaching Assistant Is a Robot.” Blackboard has acquired Fronteer , a software company that helps make course materials accessible.

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40