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From the FCC : “Fact Sheet on Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal.” ” “The Weak Evidence Behind Brain-Training Games ” by The Atlantic’s Ed Yong. Via Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill : “About That Cengage OER Survey.” The results are concerning.”

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Via Wired : “ Koch Brothers Are Cities’ New Obstacle to Building Broadband.” ” The Business of Job Training. iContracts has acquired the EasyCampus LMS from Educadium. Via Motherboard : “ New York City Passes Bill to Study Biases in Algorithms Used by the City.” ” Contests and Awards.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via The New York Times : “ Trump Move on Job Training Brings ‘ Skills Gap ’ Debate to the Fore.” ” More on the business of job training in its own section below. Edsurge runs with Trump’s promise to boost rural broadband like it’s a truth anyone can count on.

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IBM wants us to believe that Watson is incredibly powerful – powerful enough, even, to search 1000 OER. ” Inside Higher Ed on Robot-Proof : “Northeastern president discusses his new book on how higher education can train students for careers where technology cannot make them redundant.” Unacademy has raised $11.5

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The NAACP endorses OER. ” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” ” The Business of Job Training. ” Google announces more updates to its pseudo-LMS, Google Classroom. ” (In Cleveland.). MarcoPolo Learning has raised $8.5

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Still in its early stages, this ambitious project relies on a little-known public resource – a slice of electromagnetic spectrum the federal government long ago set aside for schools – called the Educational Broadband Service (EBS). The Business of Job Training. ” More on HR changes in the sports section above.