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JUNE 9, 2017

“ Digital Badges Are Gaining Traction,” according to MIndwire Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. Related, via Doug Belshaw : “Some thoughts on the future of the Open Badges backpack.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Accreditation and Certification. powered teaching method.”

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The key word in that headline isn’t “digital”; it’s “force.” 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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DECEMBER 17, 2017

But this year, I’m reorganizing my analysis of these “trends,” partly because I think they can all be subsumed under the larger theme of “the new economy.” Read The New York Times review of her book. We must encourage people to pursue “robot resistant” majors in college.

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

I’ve got Joshua Hunt’s new book The University of Nike sitting here on my desk. Here he is in The New York Times : “Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: College Athletics and Its Corporate Sponsors.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via The College Board : “Trends in College Pricing 2018.”

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

“Dear Mrs. Trump” by Liz Phipps Soeiro – why the librarian refused the books the First Lady sent to her school. Via the Northeastern press office : “ Northeastern University and IBM partnership first to turn digital badges into academic credentials for learners worldwide.”

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