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Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

Edsurge

From the very start of digital education, the big question has always been: ”How can students learn effectively, if they’re not face-to-face with their instructors?” Some of the systems also offer video editing, recording and screen downloading options.

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?Why an iTunes Model for Online Learning Is Bad for Educators

Edsurge

Many online learning platforms, such as LinkedIn Learning and MasterClass, are indeed pivoting towards business models that look a lot like subscription-based streaming services Pandora, Spotify or Netflix. Today, few higher-ed institutions are able to sustain the ongoing costs associated with producing and running MOOCs.

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Stanford Calls for Responsible Use of Student Data in Higher Ed

Edsurge

There are laws, both state and federal, and protocols that were established long before big data and the influx of outside companies into higher education. At the same time, professors and students freely download apps or use online education services, often without their schools’ knowledge. “So For Stevens, his “aha!”

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What these teens learned about the Internet may shock you!

The Hechinger Report

The group also created a free, digital curriculum called “Reading Like a Historian” that’s been downloaded more than three million times, according to Wineburg. “We In January, they plan to launch a massive online open course (aka a MOOC) called Making Sense of the News: News Literacy Lessons for Digital Citizens.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Sometimes they strike a deal.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). UC Berkeley says it will remove online course content in response to a Department of Justice assertion that the materials violate the ADA as they are not fully accessible to those with disabilities. – to the New York-based company Cyndx. million total.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

SoFi is the ed-tech company that has raised the most venture capital. And more on who’s buying student loan companies in the “business of ed-tech” section below. More MOOC job changes: Techcrunch reports that “ Coursera ’s chief product officer just left to become a VC.” Pay attention.).