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Will 'Publish or Perish' Become 'Clicks or Canned'? The Rise of Academic Social Networks

Edsurge

But just like with Facebook or any other social network, we need to be aware of potential issues we might have with copyright or privacy.” Users can connect in private or public groups, comment on papers and keep track of the connections of other users that they follow via a Facebook-like newsfeed.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Chopra worked at the CFPB and, while there, “sued two for-profit-college companies – ITT Educational Services Inc. ” It’s now unclear, observers say, if the FTC can regulate companies like Google or Verizon. ” “Two assessment companies – Educational Testing Service and Data Recognition Corp.

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(The Very Last) Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “ University of California System is playing hardball with Elsevier in negotiations that could transform the way it pays to read and publish research,” says Inside Higher Ed. The company has previously raised some $10 million for its science curriculum. Follett has acquired NextTier Education. ” Phew.

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Cultural hegemony and disruption

Learning with 'e's

Other commercial companies are also falling foul of disruptive technology. Mail companies are also discovering that e-mail and the cloud (and the capability to send large documents and images instantaneously for very little cost) have undermined what had previously been a very secure monopoly in the physical delivery of letters and parcels.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Not really ed-tech-related, except for all those companies saying they’re “Uber for education.” The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ’s CTO, Brian Pinkerton , is leaving the company. ” The Chronicle of Higher Education on Elsevier “becoming a data company.” The company has $8.3

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Nature : “One of the world’s largest science publishers, Elsevier , won a default legal judgement on 21 June against websites that provide illicit access to tens of millions of research papers and books. “Mark Zuckerberg just unveiled Facebook ’s new mission statement,” says The Verge.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Shares in for-profit higher education companies were up on news of Trump’s election. ” Via AFR : “ Peter Thiel’s company Palantir Defense could win contracts under Donald Trump.” Inside Higher Ed profiles homework help company Course Hero. ” Emphasis on “pays.”