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eLearning Brothers Expands Family with Two Corporate Training Acquisitions

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The game explains why certain tools—door badge readers, for example—are government mandated and illustrates cybersecurity best practices to employ at work. To support that pursuit, eLearning Brothers has acquired two companies: course-building tools provider Trivantis and learning management system provider Edulence.

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?Blockchain, Bitcoin and the Tokenization of Learning

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Take LiveEdu , for example, a Y Combinator-backed online learning company that touts itself as being the “next-gen Lynda.com,” referring to a platform that offers online courses and skills training. The company claims on its website that it’s near that goal, with more than 7.2 Everything else is like trading penny stocks.

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10 Things To Know about the Future of Blockchain in Education

Doug Levin

However, Bitcoin is not synonymous with blockchain, nor is it even necessarily the best example or tool for every blockchain application. Management and tracking of school assets (like property, buses, furniture, textbooks, library books/journals, and technology). Schools lose track of things – all the time.

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Can You Show Netflix in Class? Copyright for Teachers Made Simple

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For example, some might let you make multiple copies of an article or story less than 2,500 words. For example, instead of completing a worksheet on graphs, have students collect data, analyze the results and create their own graphs. There is no hard-and-fast rule, although some districts may set specific guidelines of their own.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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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. Jen Howard on “What Happened to Google’s Effort to Scan Millions of University Library Books ?” million total.

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Education Technology and the History of the Future of Credentialing

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“Conflicts of interest” persist, needless to say, and there are multiple think-tanks and companies eager to have a role in deciding “who counts” as an accreditor and “what counts” as a “real” post-secondary education. Jobs for Grads. Preferably from Stanford.) emphasis mine).

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“Free College” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Bard College opens its second ‘microcollege’ in Brooklyn Public Library. Via Marketwatch : “One company will now handle close to half of all student-loan payments.” Via Fast Company : “How Software Is Taking On School Shootings.”