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K-12 Dealmaking: Barnes & Noble Ed. Acquires LoudCloud; Volley Labs Raises $2.3 Million

Marketplace K-12

Barnes & Noble Education Buys LoudCloud Systems: The college bookstore operator and provider of digital education services has acquired LoudCloud Systems, a digital platform and analytics provider to clients in higher education, the for-profit sector, and the K-12 community. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Trends to watch in 2015: education and technology

Bryan Alexander

Big data and data analytics : interest in this is widespread and has some hefty power behind it. Personalized learning is winning a growing amount of attention, but no off-the-shelf tech solutions. Let’s see if 2016 doesn’t see more tv-studio-style classrooms. Social media is something higher ed is ambivalent about.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.” ” “ No, YouTube is not a library – and why it matters” by Sarah T. ” NPR asks whose bones made up those old classroom skeletons.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). “Now Any Organization Can Create Content for LinkedIn Learning,” Edsurge reported in June.

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The Stories We've Been Told (in 2017) about Education Technology

Hack Education

Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech. Learning to Code. The Flipped Classroom. Education Data and Learning Analytics. Social Media: Adoption and Crackdown. The Digital Library. Online Learning. Mobile Learning. Social Learning, Social Networks.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “Frustrated with how colleges have handled their claims of sexual abuse , more students are turning to social media to publicize their cases,” Inside Higher Ed reports. The ALA has released library privacy guidelines for students in K–12 schools. charter school.” Accreditation and Certification.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

And like so many products on this list, 3D printing was hailed as a revolution in education, and schools were encouraged to reorient libraries and shop classes towards “maker spaces” which would give students opportunities to print their plastic designs. The Flipped Classroom". WTF is Unizin ?! Collared Dove. Ban Laptops" Op-Eds.

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