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What Happens When Ed-Tech Forgets? Some Thoughts on Rehabilitating Reputations

Hack Education

Some of this is a result of an influx of Silicon Valley types in recent years — people with no ties to education or education technology who think that their ignorance and lack of expertise is a strength. "The only thing that matters is the future," Levandoski told the magazine. We cannot forget this.

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29 Sessions to Watch During This Year's SXSW EDU

Edsurge

It’s a real mixed bag, but this year the conference is putting a big emphasis on equity and diversity as well as employability, the implications of artificial intelligence and international education, separating sessions into 25 distinct tracks. The Evolution of MOOCs: Six Years Later : Are MOOCs still around? 3:30 p.m. (Un)Affordability

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How Udacity Could Return to Its Higher Ed Roots

Edsurge

Udacity is one of the few edtech companies to gain “unicorn” status, meaning it is valued by investors at over $1 billion. Is the company a new kind of (unaccredited) university? These days the company does a little bit of all those things, but it doesn’t fit neatly into any of the categories. A publisher?

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. The company has raised some $77.5

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. State and Local) Education Politics. Education in the Courts. Her remarks.) .”

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6 Benefits of Being Self-Taught

Fractus Learning

Moreover, how might the principles of self-education help today’s young people become tomorrow’s movers and shakers? While many autodidacts have a certain amount of formal education in their sphere of interest, others do not. Books written by industry experts abound, as do specialist magazines, textbooks and how-to guides.

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Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics: Some Thoughts from ASU+GSV

Hack Education

I’m also working on a magazine article that’ll come out this fall on education technology and venture capital. VCs often speak of having an “investment thesis” – a strategy for why they fund certain companies. But I’m curious how one forms that thesis in education.

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