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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Udacity has updated its online "classroom."

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The Wall Street Journal predicts “The End of Typing: The Next Billion Mobile Users Will Rely on Video and Voice.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. I missed this news back in February: Chegg acquired RefMe. Via The New York Times : “A Few Telling Freshman Trends.” Tech Researcher Costumed as Car Seat.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Kno was headed by Osman Rashid, the co-founder of the textbook rental company Chegg, and the tablet was aimed at the college market. But the “spying” has continued. Chatbot Instructors.

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