Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2017

Scholars want peers to find—and cite—their research, and these days that increasingly happens on social media. Among the most widely-villified are ResearchGate and Academia.edu , which is evident by griping on social media and elsewhere.) “The The old adage ‘publish or perish’ could soon go digital as ‘clicks or canned.’

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

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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Learning with 'e's

APRIL 28, 2012

I emphasise here the power of participatory media to promote democracy and to a strengthening of the influence of the voice of the people. The current exponential adoption of social media has huge implications for the system of education, itself a key component of cultural hegemony. Governments can also be disrupted.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

There’s more MOOC news down in the “labor and management” section below, perhaps prompting another question that Edsurge doesn’t think to ask: “How viable are these companies that are being used to outsource and privatize online higher education?” The company has raised $16.6 million total.

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Education MOOC Social Media E-rate 58

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. She’s an investor in a company that targets that group.)

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

” 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. The Chinese online learning company has raised $40.14

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Via Masslive.com : “ Massachusetts state government announced a new partnership with an online education company on Thursday to help public employees and the state’s public universities take advantage of online classes.” ” The company in question: edX. tl;dr: emailing them, holding webinars, using social media.

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