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Hack Education Weekly News

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Larry Cuban on personalized learning : part 1 and part 2. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. I missed this news back in February: Chegg acquired RefMe. Khan Academy, for example, had $27.9 Upgrades and Downgrades. Jen Howard on “What Happened to Google’s Effort to Scan Millions of University Library Books ?”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Look at former Harvard President Drew Faust , for example! Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Pearson today signaled an increased focus on artificial intelligence and personalized learning with the appointment of former Intel executive Milena Marinova.” million total.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools.

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