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Stale Words and Hackneyed Ideas That Make Edtech Investors Cringe

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Hint: “It’s mobile,” “We have a better UI,” and “It’s for millennials” are not the answers. Student engagement and retention mobile apps. It’s mobile,” “We have a better UI,” and “It’s for millennials” are not the answers. Chegg (or Amazon for that matter)? Yet another LMS. Yes, this is a big problem. Facebook is.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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The Wall Street Journal predicts “The End of Typing: The Next Billion Mobile Users Will Rely on Video and Voice.” Phil Hill on an “LMS Revival: D2L picking up new customers and showing they can listen.” I missed this news back in February: Chegg acquired RefMe. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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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. Or rather, their interest wasn’t in the features of the new LMS. The LMS isn’t the only platform in education to be sure. Truly some stellar reporting, Mike. Automated Essay Grading.

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.” Via Techcrunch , which never ceases to amaze me with how readily it acts as a stenographer for the tech industry: “As some pricey coding camps fade away, Codecademy barrels ahead with affordable paid offerings and a new mobile app.” ” Contests and Awards. This Week in Betteridge’s Law of Headlines.