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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

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If both happen together, that’s a 9x improvement in the rate of learning.” Newkirk calls his company Acuitus , in hopes of encouraging sharpness of thought. He co-founded the company in 1999 with Maria Machado, who also got her start in the semiconductor industry before turning her attention to education.

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Via The Washington Post : “ Student loan companies reach $21.6 Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “Peter Thiel May Finally Get His Flying Cars, Thanks to a New Udacity Nanodegree in 2018.” From the Knewton blog : “ Introducing Knewton Product Updates for Fall 2017.”

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According to excerpts of speeches published by Wikileaks – stolen data – Clinton called the Common Core a “political failure” in a speech she gave to Knewton. Neither Knewton nor the Clinton campaign have confirmed the veracity of this leaked speech. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

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.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ For-Profit Companies With the Highest Enrollments at Their Colleges, Fall 2016.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Gotta keep hyping that MOOC thing. Via Edsurge : “ MOOCs Are No Longer Massive. ” Labor and Management.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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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.

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“ Apollo Education Group , the parent company of the University of Phoenix and Western International University , announced Thursday that it would eliminate the use of mandatory arbitration clauses in students’ enrollment agreements,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Not Net Neutrality, but another potential FCC move – ending the E-Rate program. ” I’ll be adding student loan company Quiklo to the ed-tech dead pool. MOOCs are out. ” Inside Higher Ed on Knewton ’s “pivot.” ” More on the bill via Inside Higher Ed. Bootcamps are in.

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