Hack Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Some of these other examples appear in the introduction of my forthcoming book, which I won't spoil since I have to save a chapter like that for the book tour — if we can do book tours. " Cop s**t supposedly brings order to the classroom by demanding compliance. What kind of company culture sanctions that?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Some of the podcasters got their start making educational videos or or producing MOOCs, those free online classes that were all the rage a few years ago, but ended up not living up to the hype. That’s the case for Davis, who for several years was a producer of video classes for HarvardX, Harvard’s MOOC production wing. “I

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

He also knew that the notion of introducing what he called “learning engineers” would face resistance from faculty convinced they already knew perfectly well what they were doing in their classrooms. “A Newkirk calls his company Acuitus , in hopes of encouraging sharpness of thought.

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Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

” Some of these experimental sites included MOOCs and coding bootcamps. The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow is appealing a lower court’s ruling that it must repay $60 million to the state of Ohio as it cannot document students “attended” its online charter school. State and Local) Education Politics.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

If I was still doing that now, I would be incredibly excited because so many wonderful resources would be available to my classroom. We could participate in a number of free Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs), including over a dozen on Chinese History from Harvard University. million book images from the Internet Archive. .

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

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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Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2017

As online learning companies compete for the attention and wallets of learners, players like MasterClass , Linked Learning , Cognotion and Harvard are investing in producing videos that are so beautiful they could be National Geographic documentaries or sitcom pilots. These efforts are not cheap.

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Hack Education

MAY 6, 2020

As school buildings were shuttered, the district turned to the radio to replace classroom instruction. As with so many new technologies forced into the classroom, the experiment deepened many teachers' "feelings of insecurity and fear that radio, this new technology, might one of these days take away their jobs."

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Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2017

Amazon has become one of the most valuable companies in the world—with a current market value of $475 billion —based on its domination of e-commerce (holding an astounding 50 percent share of all online retail sales); its leadership in the cloud computing business ; and the strength of its software algorithms. Earlier this month, M.I.T.

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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

VCs often speak of having an “investment thesis” – a strategy for why they fund certain companies. And those were mostly administrators and administrative staff, I’d say, rather than classroom teachers.) Who do they listen to, what stories do they hear, and what stories do they tell in turn?

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Companies like Microsoft, Facebook and Google are all dipping their toes into virtual and augmented reality. This panel asks how this technology might expand the walls of the classroom—or isolate students from the learning environment. Monday, March 6 9:30 a.m. Will VR Really Impact Student Outcomes? 2:00 p.m.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

These are my prepared remarks, delivered on a panel titled “Outsourcing the Classroom to Ed Tech & Machine-learning: Why Parents & Teachers Should Resist” at the Network for Public Education conference in Indianapolis. Their products will make teachers’ work easier, faster, companies have always promised.

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 12, 2017

I would love your feedback and any examples of classrooms doing this already.). That being said, no matter how well funded a school is, and how well those resources are managed, there are still things that we could use for our classrooms. (This is trying to look at something that is an obstacle, and creating an opportunity.

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Wired Campus

MAY 21, 2015

The result is an unusual look at five colleges trying high-tech classroom experiments and wrestling with how new teaching methods change the role of students and teachers. The case studies, divided into short segments covering different topics, together resemble a MOOC. ”

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” There’s more on legal battles involving student loan companies in the business of financial aid section below. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” NPR asks whose bones made up those old classroom skeletons. The student loan company has raised $803.6 million total.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 17, 2017

The company failed to see “the writing on the wall” and failed to innovate. Now I accept this Couros tenet; the most important tool in any classroom is the mindset of the teacher. Eight Things to Look For in Today’s Classroom. Again, before you read on, examine Sylvia’s sketch note and give your classroom a score.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 6, 2020

Free lesson plans for helping teachers integrate technology into their digital classrooms. Massive Open Online Courses (Sometimes referred to as MOOCs) – MOOCs are readily available courses that are presented online. MOOCs are not an ideal way for most students to learn. Tech ed resources – online classes .

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Tom Webster, the VP of strategy at the market research firm Edison Research, argued that the report should be viewed as “an extremely effective piece of content marketing,” pointing to the number of slides that cite data about or by a portfolio company of Meeker’s employer, the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Smith Caulfield.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 20, 2014

Steve: You wrote a book recently with Olaf Zawacki-Richter - what are the main themes of this volume? Terry: The book, Online Distance Education - Towards a Research Agenda will be published by the time of the EDEN conference. The book is part of the Athabasca University Press Issues in Distance Education series and available here.

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GoConqr

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Technology and the classroom – major trends and challenges. With an increased presence of BYOD and 1:1 programs in classrooms, schools today are faced with the challenge of transforming traditional learning spaces to seamlessly connect pedagogy, technology, and space. Web-based classroom solutions also offer apps in most cases.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

When I first started working as a tech reporter, I assumed – naively – that venture capitalists were smart people who did thorough research before funding a company. I assumed that they looked to see if the company could do what it promised – financially, technologically. One should be conscientious, as such.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

One of my favorites: “Books will soon be obsolete in schools,” Thomas Edison said in 1913. ” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. .” Any day now. Any day now.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2017

A venture-backed company today announced a new educational offering billed as an alternative to the standard undergraduate experience. MissionU won’t build a traditional campus: Teaching will be done online—although classes will be held at set times in virtual classrooms (in other words, synchronously).

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

I’ve written two books on the monsters of education technology; I’m publishing a third in the series at the end of the year. We tend to read the book as a cautionary tale about science gone awry. “Books will soon be obsolete in schools” – Thomas Edison, 1913. I will still try to be brutally frank.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Yet, at the same time, many college leaders are finding that institutions can learn from tech-savvy companies, especially when it comes to kind of creating a culture of innovation and trying new things. But that’s not recognizing the value of what happens in the classroom is oftentimes very emergent. It's a discovery process.

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Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

In the TV series Shark Tank, entrepreneurs with budding companies pitch their ideas to a panel of investors who ask probing questions and then decide whether to back the proposals. Freund: When I sold my previous company, I had some time at my hands for the first time really in my life. Each spoke from a different perspective — Ms.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Chopra worked at the CFPB and, while there, “sued two for-profit-college companies – ITT Educational Services Inc. ” It’s now unclear, observers say, if the FTC can regulate companies like Google or Verizon. ” “Two assessment companies – Educational Testing Service and Data Recognition Corp.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

” The company – funded by Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Pearson, Learn Capital, and others – says it will remain open. ” Via the Dallas Morning News : “Professors who ban guns in their classrooms will be punished, UT lawyer says.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

But Gloria Larson argues in a new book that all of higher education should embrace this mixture, and move past the notion that a college has to focus on either liberal arts or practical workplace preparation. The book is called PreparedU: How Innovative Colleges Drive Student Success. This is not a shy group.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2017

Bloomz , ClassDojo , Remind ), established companies ( SchoolMessenger ), and other deep pocket players from learning management system providers that already boast significant traction here. Do you know what company is “Facebook for country X?” Yet another student book exchange. MOOCs or General Assembly for country X.

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” ” Udacity has updated its online "classroom." The adaptive learning company has raised $16 million total. The learn-to-code company has raised $1.19

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Hack Education

AUGUST 17, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Related, I guess: “In her new book, controversial former aide to President Trump offers views on education secretary and support for black colleges,” Inside Higher Ed tells us. .” ” “This company” is Wordpress.com.

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

” Via KMOV , news from Montville High in Montville, Connecticut : “ Substitute teacher arrested for starting ‘ fight club ’ in classroom.” The seller: Book Dog Books. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The company sells a tablet for use in prison.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The Atlantic : “ Virtual Classrooms Can Be as Unequal as Real Ones.” MOOC hype deja vu.). Via Edsurge : “A Timeline of Google Classroom ’s March to Replace Learning Management Systems.” ” Shocking, I know.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Via The Guardian : “US library to enforce jail sentences for overdue books.” Via the AP : “A South Carolina solicitor says a sheriff’s deputy will face no charges for tossing a student across a classroom after she refused to put away her cellphone.” ITT has closed its doors. Buyer beware, FFS.

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Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” If you can’t create revenue, raise venture capital. ” The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow has been in trouble with Ohio about how it reports attendance. That’s despite privacy concerns about the company. Venture Capital and the Business of Ed-Tech.

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EdTechTeacher

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The companies who succeed began because they want to make the world a better place. Guy then shows a number of companies that succeeded. These companies all changed the world and made meaning for the world. Think about a 2-word statement about your school, classroom, or environment. Make a Mantra for the Meaning.

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