Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

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. Now, city leaders are trying to figure out how to spread the digital wealth to residents left behind.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Via Education Week : “ FCC Delays, Denials Foil Rural Schools’ Broadband Plans.” Edsurge profiles Dr. Chuck about his work on MOOCs with Coursera. ( From the Coursera blog : “Building India ’s Workforce for 2020.” “Reviving the MOOC ” – an op-ed by Stephen Downes.

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” 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 NPR : “How To Apply The Brain Science Of Resilience To The Classroom.” Entangled Solutions’ consultants Deborah Seymour and Michael B.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Daphne Koller left Coursera this year. This fall, the EducationSuperHighway released a price comparison tool so that districts could see neighbors’ broadband costs and ideally leverage that information to get a better deal. Sebastian Thrun stepped down as Udacity’s CEO. Jen Medbery stepped down as CEO of Kickboard.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Via Wired : “ Ajit Pai ’s Plan Will Take Broadband Away From Poor People.” Imperial College London will teach a class on artificial intelligence on the Coursera platform. “No one is teaching kids how to spot fake news ,” says The Outline , with a look at the history of media literacy programs.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Beyond providing technology, there is hope that Biden’s focus on supporting teachers extends to providing training to ensure that they know how to implement the latest technology and instructional practices effectively. We’ve also heard from teachers and parents that they didn’t know how to use these tools well.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

These 11 Cases Show How.” ” “Republicans try to take cheap phones and broadband away from poor people,” Ars Technica reports. monthly subsidies toward cellular phone service or mobile broadband. ” Codecademy, Edsurge contends, is now a competitor to Coursera and Udacity.

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