Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Consider, for example, what might happen if data show that students who fit a certain profile struggle in a core course. McKay attended the summer meeting at the Asilomar Conference Grounds in California. moment about the need for a big data code of ethics came soon after “MOOC mania” struck higher education in 2012.

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Edsurge

JULY 26, 2018

Udacity helped start the whole MOOC craze several years ago, offering online courses that drew tens of thousands of students and sparking a conversation about whether these new online programs could replace college as we know it. Then there are things like—I'll take quantum computing as an example. Udacity COO Clarissa Shen.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

These are my prepared remarks, delivered on a panel titled “Outsourcing the Classroom to Ed Tech & Machine-learning: Why Parents & Teachers Should Resist” at the Network for Public Education conference in Indianapolis. Their products will make teachers’ work easier, faster, companies have always promised.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Tom Webster, the VP of strategy at the market research firm Edison Research, argued that the report should be viewed as “an extremely effective piece of content marketing,” pointing to the number of slides that cite data about or by a portfolio company of Meeker’s employer, the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Smith Caulfield.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

The 8th Annual Global Education Conference (GEC) All Online, All Free November 13 - 16, 2017 The Global Education Conference Network's eighth annual worldwide collaboration on globally-connected education starts today, Monday, November 13, and continues through this Thursday, November 16. David Stoloff, Ph.D.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

There have been some calls recently that education technology needs to become a discipline – which I guess implies that the field is not one already, despite all the journals and departments and degrees and jobs and conferences and gatherings (like this one). Or perhaps he’s an example of what Carroll called “massification.”

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Wired Campus

MARCH 13, 2015

. — Student privacy, easier-to-use digital tools for instructors, and efforts to offer alternative credentials were some of the most-talked-about topics this week at the South by Southwest Edu conference, an offshoot of the popular South by Southwest music festival. Helping Instructors Build Learning Gadgets.

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Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

In the TV series Shark Tank, entrepreneurs with budding companies pitch their ideas to a panel of investors who ask probing questions and then decide whether to back the proposals. Freund: When I sold my previous company, I had some time at my hands for the first time really in my life. Each spoke from a different perspective — Ms.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Aftermath of the MOOC wars: Can commercial vendors support creative higher education ? It’s always fascinating to look at ed-tech companies’ job postings – this one is from Khan Academy. Raise $146.1 Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2016

This keynote was delivered today at the Irish Learning Technology Association's annual conference, EdTech2016, in Dublin. All this makes it imperative for us to ask – in the formulation of this conference theme, certainly, but obviously well beyond this event – who is reconstituting technology-enhanced learning.

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

“The Year of the MOOC” – I was summoned to Palo Alto, California for a small gathering to discuss the future of teaching, learning, and technology. Perhaps with this data, the MOOC providers can build a map of professional if not cognitive pathways. Google versus Didi (a Chinese self-driving car company).

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

” At least the e-cigarette company (which targets teens) offers a social-emotional learning curriculum, right? Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the credential section below. I mean, clearly the company has a strong grasp on the politics of information.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 12, 2018

“Technology companies can no longer turn a blind eye to the human rights abuses of one of their largest investors.” When the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman toured the US recently, he hung out with Mark Zuckerberg , Jeff Bezos , and Sergey Brin , for example. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

Via The Conversation : “What we can learn from closure of charter school that DeVos praised as ‘shining example’ ” The school in question: the Excel Academy Public Charter School in DC which was closed for poor performance. Yes, “that pays superintendents to attend meetings with educational tech companies.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

awards debt collection contract to company with ties to DeVos.” ” Via Buzzfeed : “Here’s How A Student Loan Debt Relief Company Preyed On Its Customers.” ” The company: the Student Loan Assistance Center. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Without revenue the company will go away. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Elsewhere in MOOC research… From Campus Technology : “Grouping MOOC Students by Communication Mode Doesn’t Help Completion.” ” More on MOOC (and related) research in the research section below. ” Try learning styles, maybe.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ Monetizing A MOOC Platform.” “ Alibaba’s Jack Ma , China ’s Richest Man, to Retire From Company He Co-Founded,” The New York Times reports. The textbook company has raised $6 million total.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

In May, Buzzfeed reported that the ACICS had held a training session at its annual conference in which it explained to for-profit universities how to avoid scrutiny and lawsuits from states’ attorneys general. Jobs for Grads. If you want a job as a software developer in the technology industry, you’ll need a college degree.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2016

There were several points in the presidential campaign that some pundits argued the Trump University scandal would torpedo Trump’s political aspirations: when news broke that Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi had sought a donation from Trump before nixing a fraud investigation into Trump University in her state, for example.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Black preschool children, for example, are 3.6 Take, for example, ProPublica ’s article on Donald Trump’s son-in-law and “consigliere”: “ The Story Behind Jared Kushner’s Curious Acceptance into Harvard.”). times more likely to be suspended than white preschool children. ”). .”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Wayne Johnson, the head of the department’s financial aid division and a former executive at a student loan company , says that those “non-traditional” servicers could include companies like Visa , Amazon , or Goldman Sachs. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” These headlines just kill me.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The White House said Friday it would delay an annual conference for historically black colleges and universities that had been scheduled for mid-September.” ” It’s full of examples of lecturing, but now that they’re recorded as videos somehow it’s innovation.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Buzzfeed : “ Online Charter Schools Prepare For A Trump-Era Boom.” My bet is he joins the Trump administration; Edsurge thinks he’ll start a new company. ” Contests and Conferences. UC Irvine is launching a coding bootcamp.

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

.” Testing, Testing… Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “These days, everyone’s talking about ‘equity,’ and now a testing company has affixed the word to a new effort. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “Is Estonia the new Finland ? .” “Can U.S.

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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Contests and Conferences. Bush Defends Legacy of No Child Left Behind at Education Business Conference.” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ ISTE Unveils Plans to Match Ed-Tech Companies With Educators for Feedback on Apps.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

The Rebranding of MOOCs. Remember 2012 , “ The Year of the MOOC? Remember in 2012 when Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller said in her TED Talk that her company’s goal was to “take the best courses from the best instructors at the best universities and provide it to everyone around the world for free”?

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