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Hack Education Weekly News

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From the FCC : “Fact Sheet on Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal.” ” Coursera highlights its mentors – its volunteer mentors – on its blog. That led to him announcing a $10 million fund specifically for learning applications. Investor Fred Wilson on “ Chromebooks in K–12.”

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition)

Doug Levin

million Idaho Education Network settlement | Idaho EdNews → After eight years - and with state-issued checks totaling $3.4M - the state has closed the costly and convoluted case of the Idaho Education Network broadband project. " Hopefully, not shades of future conversations about learning analytics.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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.” “Modern E-Rate Puts Telephones On Hold in K–12,” Education Week reports , noting that schools are struggling to pay for phone service (still totally necessary) as well as expanded broadband. ” “ Chromebooks destroyed Apple in back-to-school shopping,” says MarketWatch. Or something.

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” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Big HR news about Coursera in the HR section below. Coursera has a new CEO: Jeff Maggioncalda. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Facebook , an Online Learning Platform?” Entangled Solutions’ consultants Deborah Seymour and Michael B.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“Higher education and library associations called on the Federal Communications Commission Thursday to uphold Obama-era rules requiring broadband providers to treat all traffic on the internet equally,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ” (She is the CEO is Dreambox Learning.). The Business of Job Recruitment and Training.