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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

From the FCC : “Fact Sheet on Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal.” ” Coursera highlights its mentors – its volunteer mentors – on its blog. ” Via The Atlantic : “How ‘ Daycare ’ Became ‘ School ’ ” Via Edutechnica : “4th Annual LMS Data Update.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” “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. ” I look forward to the opinion pieces on how Workplace by Facebook will replace the LMS.

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The Business of Education Technology

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Daphne Koller left Coursera this year. If those two say “ the LMS market glacier is melting ,” it’s probably melting. (I’m The LMS, of course, needn’t be a permanent line item in schools’ budgets. Sebastian Thrun stepped down as Udacity’s CEO. Metaphors in ed-tech are so confusing.)

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” 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. ” – data about LMS adoption from Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill. Entangled Solutions’ consultants Deborah Seymour and Michael B.