The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

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STEM 47

STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. Overall, young people’s ability to reason about the information on the Internet can be summed up in one word: bleak. For more information.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Education Dive makes claims about “ MOOCs as tools for equity in under-resourced high schools.” ” Elsewhere, more claims about “the global poor” and MOOCs (and other ed-tech companies) in Edsurge. .” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Education MOOC Facebook Company 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2014

Visit www.edtechmonth.com for more information. We''ve also just added information about the Invent to Learn workshop on Saturday with Gary Stager and Sylvia Martinez (which is the same day as our Global Ed event , but we''re magnanimous around here). More information at https://www.iste.org/. Learn how to leverage web 2.0

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Conference Digital Citizenship Libraries Common Core 51

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

“Trump Taps Common-Core Foe Mick Zais for No. Just 22 schools with running water and basic supplies will start holding informal classes today in an attempt to kickstart recovery.” In the future, you might want to look for most MOOC-related news in the “business of job training” section below.

Education 49

Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” Via Chalkbeat : “‘ Common Core ’ no more: New York moves to adopt revised standards with new name.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ California Should Watch Arkansas Process for Creating New Online Institution,” says Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill.

Education 51

Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The story examined a proposed practice: “Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).” And digital bits have replaced the need to cut down trees to make paper and waste ink to create those books.”

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” Via Chalkbeat : “They rejected multi-state Common Core exams. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). In related MOOC news, there's more on “ nanodegrees ” in the “credentialing” section below. – this time in science. “How Hard Is the New SAT ?”

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Testing, Testing… Via Education Week : “After seven years of tumult and transition fueled by the common core, state testing is settling down, with most states rejecting the federally funded PARCC and Smarter Balanced assessments, and nearly one-quarter embracing the SAT or the ACT as their official high school test.”

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Education Company MOOC Khan Academy 45

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

I was recently informed that my pointing out the relationships between politics, tech investors, and their investment portfolio constitutes an “ad hominem” attack. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs for credit ! For more on MOOCs for credit, see the “MOOCs” section above.

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

As if applying for financial aid wasn’t difficult enough already, it appears that the IRS Data Retrieval Tool, which pulls tax information into the FAFSA app, “ will be unavailable for several weeks.” Tressie McMillan Cottom’s new book on for-profit higher ed reviewed by The New York Times. Education Politics.

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

AUGUST 18, 2017

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “In a letter sent today to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos , Senator Elizabeth Warren , a Massachusetts Democrat, asked for information about the work of senior counsel Robert Eitel to determine if he broke conflict-of-interest laws.” Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security.

Education 49

Education MOOC Report Data 49

Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

The Guardian’s Julia Carrie Wong summarizes the comments : “Zuckerberg: white male Facebook board member’s Trump support provides ‘diversity’ ” Also via Wong : “Peter Thiel once wrote a book calling date rape ‘belated regret’ ” Thrilling that these are the folks bankrolling ed-tech, no?

Education 40

Education Company Pearson E-rate 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ MOOCs : A Postmortem” by Jonathan Rees. Meanwhile, Campus Technology offers “7 Tips for Listing MOOCs on Your Résumé.” Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” Story says “could be.” ” Tech PR gonna PR.

Education 40

Education MOOC E-rate Robotics 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

” I’m a little surprised that either of these women – both Democrats, both Common Core supporters, if nothing else – would be under serious consideration. Judy Chu asks President Obama to protect the information of ‘ Dreamers ’ before Trump takes office.” ” The book was racist.

Education 40

Education Company Data Pearson 40