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Self-Paced E-Learning Market Evaporating, Report Finds

Marketplace K-12

Future revenue in the $33 billion e-learning market is expected to fall precipitously in the United States and internationally, but sales of other types of digital learning products are predicted to rise, according to a market research report released recently. Unstable Economies Impact E-Learning Market.

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How today’s tech departments are moving into the future

eSchool News

Gabe Soumakian: With E-rate modernization, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), and more taking place at once, what are you looking at in terms of changes to the way you’re funding technology these days? Stuart Burt : When they changed E-rate a couple years ago, it was a learning curve.

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Pearson CEO Fallon Talks Common Core, Rise of ‘Open’ Resources

Marketplace K-12

Few corporate brand names in education are as recognizable, and as polarizing, as Pearson, the giant education provider whose reach extends to virtual schools, testing, language training and an array of other areas. Pearson officials have been talking about shifting away from being identified as simply a publishing company for years now.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” (Juul is an e-cigarette that markets its product to teens and peddles social emotional learning content.). There’s more MOOC news from Edsurge in the “job training” section below. ” Via Cleveland.com : “National e-school figure to test new approach to online learning here in Ohio.”

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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.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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opens door for student loan companies to ignore state authority.” This isn’t really financial aid per se, but it’s part of the larger suite of financial products that schools (and the companies they partner with) push. ” There’s some Udacity-related MOOC news in the job training section below.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The NAACP endorses OER. “5 Reasons Why e-textbooks in Egypt Would Be Inequitable” by Maha Bali. ” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.” Jeff Fernandez, the co-founder of the online learning company Grovo , has resigned. ” asks Jade E.