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School Work and Surveillance

Hack Education

The company was founded in 1998 by UC Berkeley doctoral students who were concerned about cheating in the science classes they taught. Is it the vast corpus of data that the company has amassed — decades of essays and theses and Wikipedia entries that it uses to assess student work? The company works both ends of the plagiarism market.

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Mobile learning and personal metrics

Learning with 'e's

It can be actuated via a smartphone or iPad, laptop or in-person, but access is constant–which in turn shifts a unique burden to learn on the shoulders of the student." Gathering ''big data'' from learning analytics is perhaps the motherlode for most large scale course providers such as EdX , Udacity and Coursera (MOOC platforms).

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

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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Implementing education technology by pursuing technology education: Professional Development ideas for educators

Neo LMS

Students use laptops, tablets, and myriad software to complete in-class work and at-home assignments. In a survey of 1,000 long-time high school teachers, 73% say their classrooms use laptops and tablets daily. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are also excellent resources, offering free classes from world-renowned universities.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

million laptops to all public primary schools. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Aftermath of the MOOC wars: Can commercial vendors support creative higher education ? .” ” Coursera highlights its mentors – its volunteer mentors – on its blog. Raise $146.1

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “ Khan Academy introduces something big for little learners,” says the Khan Academy blog. Then you reprint a blog post from the organization so you get all the clicks.) The company has raised $20.4 Upgrades and Downgrades.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. And “free” doesn’t last. WTF is Unizin ?!

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