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Facebook Seems to Be Adding Video-Course Features. For Edtech, That Raises Old Fears.

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Users who follow Meta’s monetization policies can offer paid live events, allowing them to offer things like cooking classes or fundraisers. There was speculation early on in the development of the Blackboard learning management system, for example, that a company like IBM or Microsoft would acquire a company and eat the market for LMSes.

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

Hack Education

I talk a lot about the problems of industry when it comes to ed-tech — how venture capital and venture philanthropy have enormous influence on shaping the direction of education policy. For a long time, arguably Blackboard was one of the major ed-tech villains. " Let's not forget that. What kind of leader does that? Unfathomable.

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Keith Devlin from Stanford: Talking Media, Math, MOOCs, and Silicon Valley Money in Education

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Date : Tuesday, May 8th, 2012 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8 pm Eastern ( interna tional times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). The Blackboard Collaborate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. Log in at [link].

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Week of August 22nd, 2011 - Live and Interactive Webinars in Blackboard Collaborate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Below are this week''s public, free, and interactive Webinars through LearnCentral.org , the social learning network for education that I work on for Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). link] EPCOP MOOC WEBINAR ( Australia Series ) Mon 22 Aug 09:00PM New York / Tue 23 Aug 01:00AM GMT / Tue 23 Aug 11:00AM Sydney Coach Carole.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) The LMS giant Blackboard celebrated its 20th anniversary this year. (I ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes.

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The Free, Amazing, Library 2.014 Online Events This Week

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

- Nancy Faget, Federal Librarian 8:00pm Cultural Literacy as Information Literacy at HBCU Libraries - Ana Ndumu, Reference Librarian turned Doctoral Student DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS: Christine Bruce, Ian Stoodley & Hilary Hughes on "Information Experience: New approaches to theory and practice" Facing a Rising Tide: Using Blackboard to Navigate a (..)

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STEMxCon - Today Is the Final Deadline for Proposals; Great Keynotes + Sessions; Need Volunteers!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MP3 and MP4 versions will be available as well as the full Blackboard Collaborate recordings, although they take some days to process. Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary? Be sure to come sign up on the conference website to be notified of recording availability.

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