The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Welcome to week two of this new weekly blog post / email, including the round-up of the week''s news and podcast with Audrey Watters. The Library 2.011 worldwide virtual conference starts in just over a week! We did try to keep the podcast a little shorter this week--although it wasn''t easy--to much to talk about, and too fun!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 16, 2022

While volunteering at an afterschool code club at the library, he got excited about the power of self-learning. He blogs, speaks, and consults on education and technology, and his virtual and physical events and online communities have over 150,000 members. He started a microschool around his kitchen table in January 2018.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

“ Purdue-Kaplan online university one step closer to reality,” the Journal & Courier reports. Via the Coursera blog : “What’s Next in Employee Learning: Virtual Reality.” Jen Howard on “What Happened to Google’s Effort to Scan Millions of University Library Books ?”

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JUNE 23, 2017

A New York district court awarded Elsevier US$15 million in damages for copyright infringement by Sci-Hub , the Library of Genesis (LibGen) project and related sites.” Saxberg had previously been the Chief Learning Officer at Kaplan (and Edsurge, when covering the news , fails to disclose its financial ties to Kaplan ).

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JUNE 29, 2018

” Wired on the project : “‘ ICE Is Everywhere’: Using Library Science to Map the Separation Crisis.” The former: Purdue University ; the latter: Kaplan University. Via the Google blog : “ Google ’s IT Support Professional Certificate enrolls in community college.” ” Testing.

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APRIL 28, 2017

Purdue University is buying Kaplan University for a dollar. Me, I wrote about how far Kaplan Inc ’s reach is in education politics and products. But do strive to maintain the narrative that universities are out-of-date and irrelevant, tech blog. Davis on the DML Central blog. Or something else? ” asks Jade E.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

And like so many products on this list, 3D printing was hailed as a revolution in education, and schools were encouraged to reorient libraries and shop classes towards “maker spaces” which would give students opportunities to print their plastic designs. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

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JUNE 16, 2017

An op-ed in Inside Higher Ed from EAB’s Melanie Hoe : “What the Purdue-Kaplan Deal Means for You.” ” Via Education Dive : “The Purdue-Kaplan Earthquake.” ” Student workers at the University of Chicago’s library have voted to unionize. ” Fox.

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MAY 19, 2017

” The New York Times looks at “ anti-tax fervor ” in southern Oregon , which will result in the one public library in Roseburg closing its doors. Via Edsurge : “Why Donald Graham Sold Kaplan University to Purdue for $1.” From the WCET blog : “Using Artificial Intelligence for Personality Insights.”

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