Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5 Okay, okay.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

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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Common Core Pearson Resources Company 76

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

The networks of canals, for example, were built along rivers. ” I’m concerned, in no small part, because students are often unaware of the amount of data that schools and the software companies they contract with know about them. You can’t opt out of the learning management system.

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Data Software Company System 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Without revenue the company will go away. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Testing, Testing… Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “British Officials, Pearson Probe Effort to Leak Test Content.” The learn-to-code company Treehouse has launched “Techdegrees,” “a guided-learning experience designed to prepare students for entry-level developer jobs at companies across the country.”

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Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

On Thursday, the judge gave Google the victory , ruling that the company’s use of the Java API fell under fair use provisions. “ California ’s teacher tenure battle is reignited by Vergara appeal and a new bill,” The LA Times reports. ” (That giant: Pearson , of course.). MOOCs for credit !

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Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

” They’re suing the company. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” edX is offering an online master’s degree with Georgia Tech : an OMS (online master’s in science) in Analytics. in the Classroom” – by Rose Luckin and Wayne Holmes and sponsored by Pearson, of course.

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MOOC Education Robotics Report 40