Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Law Could Force Rural Residents Off Information Superhighway.” Via the EFF : “Stupid Patent of the Month: Elsevier Patents Online Peer Review.” Shawn Graham responds to this patent on peer review by patenting Elsevier. Robots probably won’t take your jobs.

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Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52

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AUGUST 11, 2017

” The New York Times on “ mastery based learning ” : “A New Kind of Classroom: No Grades, No Failing, No Hurry.” ” The Chronicle of Higher Education on Elsevier “becoming a data company.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

Just 22 schools with running water and basic supplies will start holding informal classes today in an attempt to kickstart recovery.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Salesforce , the world’s largest customer relationship management platform, has announced a new classroom-ready training scheme called Trailhead for Students.”

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AUGUST 10, 2018

Via Education Week : “ Students With Disabilities Sue ACT Over Release of Personal Information.” Google has updated its pseudo-LMS, Classroom. More Google PR, this time from The Verge : “ Google is adding ARCore support to the Chromebook Tab 10 with Classroom updates.” Elsevier has acquired Aries Systems.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Buzzfeed on the Parkland school shooting survivors : “‘It was like a war in the classroom. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. RELX is the former weapons dealer known as Reed Elsevier. Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. It was a nightmare.’” “FTSE giant RELX plots £100m?

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Education MOOC Social Media E-rate 58

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MAY 5, 2017

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The IRS data retrieval tool that let financial aid applicants automatically import income information into the FAFSA won’t be restored for the current aid cycle, said James Runcie, chief operating officer of the Office of Federal Student Aid, in written testimony to Congress Wednesday.”

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

I’m not sure why Inc calls ClassDojo “Slack for Classrooms” when it’s really much more “operant conditioning and surveillance for schools.” Via The Backchannel : “ Microsoft Weaponizes Minecraft in the War Over Classrooms.” ” But hey. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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