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Hack Education
AUGUST 11, 2017
Not really ed-tech-related, except for all those companies saying they’re “Uber for education.” ISTE has hired Joseph South as its Chief Learning Officer. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ’s CTO, Brian Pinkerton , is leaving the company. Larry Cuban on personalized learning : part 1 and part 2.
Hack Education
JUNE 23, 2017
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. Via The 74 : “ Montessori Was the Original Personalized Learning. Education in the Courts.
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Hack Education
OCTOBER 6, 2017
Via the AP: “A new federal lawsuit by Pennsylvania ’s attorney general says the nation’s largest student loan company engaged in abusive practices that have cost borrowers billions of dollars.” ” The largest student loan company is Navient. “ Is Homework Compatible With Personalized Learning?
Hack Education
MAY 5, 2017
Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalized learning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” ” Via Infodocket : “ Louisiana State University is Suing Elsevier For Breach of Contract.”
Hack Education
APRIL 27, 2018
Meanwhile on Campus… Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Florida State Cancels Bundled Journal Deal With Elsevier.” ” WeWork, an eight-year-old company that has raised almost $7 billion in funding, has committed to pay some $18 billion in rent. ” That’s history professor Julio Pino. Sounds totally sustainable.
Hack Education
MAY 20, 2016
And The Next Web headline makes for… something: “ Facebook and Google could be allowed to award university degrees.” Via The Verge : “Lawsuit claims Facebook illegally scanned private messages.” The company, which allowed students to buy and sell their class notes, has raised over $14 million.
Hack Education
FEBRUARY 23, 2018
” Oh sure sure, this isn’t exactly education technology news, except for the part where Khosla invests in education technology companies and his wife founded the open education organization CK–12. Wikispaces Classroom (and free wikis from the company, now owned by TES ) joins the ed-tech dead pool. “Open.”
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