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Hack Education Weekly News

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“ Purdue-Kaplan online university one step closer to reality,” the Journal & Courier reports. Larry Cuban on personalized learning : part 1 and part 2. I missed this news back in February: Chegg acquired RefMe. Via The New York Times : “$78,000 of Debt for a Harvard Theater Degree.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Also Facebook ’s DC lobbyist, Joel Kaplan, who was sitting right behind Kavanaugh as he screamed at Senators. “ Learning Engineers Inch Toward the Spotlight,” Inside Higher Ed claims. ” A data breach at Chegg – more details in the data and surveillance section below. Watch and see).

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” That’s Kaplan , in case you can’t keep all these for-profit disasters straight. 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.” He wrote a very good response.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Kno was headed by Osman Rashid, the co-founder of the textbook rental company Chegg, and the tablet was aimed at the college market. They contend that their schools expand on Montessori’s vision by adding new digital technologies to “personalize learning,” as well as to surveil students.

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