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The top 10 school IT leader concerns

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Annual survey outlines broadband, instructional materials, student data privacy as top among school IT leaders’ concerns. Broadband and network capacity is school technology leaders’ top priority, according to the results of an annual IT leadership survey from CoSN.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

From the FCC : “Fact Sheet on Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal.” ” “ Deloitte Publishes 2016 Digital Education Survey,” says Edsurge. Via Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill : “About That Cengage OER Survey.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Wired : “ Koch Brothers Are Cities’ New Obstacle to Building Broadband.” The Chronicle of Higher Education on the latest report from the Babson Survey Research Group on OER adoption: “Use of Free Textbooks Is Rising, but Barriers Remain.” ” Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Edsurge runs with Trump’s promise to boost rural broadband like it’s a truth anyone can count on. million project to use open educational resources (OER) to create degree programs at 38 community colleges. Tech CEOs visited the White House to talk about “modernizing” a.k.a.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

IBM wants us to believe that Watson is incredibly powerful – powerful enough, even, to search 1000 OER. Via Brookings : “Signs of digital distress: Mapping broadband availability and subscription in American neighborhoods.” ” Via USA Today : “Survey: Millennials hold complex views on education.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The NAACP endorses OER. ” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” Via The Cambridge Student : “National student boycott invalidates National Student Survey data.” ” (In Cleveland.).

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Hack Education Weekly News

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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). ” “​ OER Researchers Don’t Disaggregate Data on Diverse Students.