Edsurge

MAY 24, 2019

When executives at tech giants Salesforce and Microsoft decided in fall 2017 to turn to an online education platform to help train potential users of products for their vendors, they turned to Pierre Dubuc and his team in fall 2017. Two years later, Dubuc’s company, OpenClassrooms , has closed deals with both of them.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Law Could Force Rural Residents Off Information Superhighway.” Chopra worked at the CFPB and, while there, “sued two for-profit-college companies – ITT Educational Services Inc. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). and Corinthian Colleges Inc.

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JUNE 17, 2016

Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly sharing five school districts’ private information with an advisory company while it was negotiating for the districts’ contracts.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” (Hmm. .” What could possibly go wrong?

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APRIL 13, 2018

Via ProPublica : “Teen Who Faced Deportation After He Informed on MS–13 Gets Temporary Reprieve.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Apple and Microsoft Now Offer $100 Styluses. The company sells a tablet for use in prison. ” Immigration and Education.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOC hype deja vu.). You can get a Microsoft certification! Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Workday ’s Full Student Information System Launches.” The company, which makes games to teach preschoolers to code, has raised $5.75 It lives.).

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NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Mostly tutoring companies.). “ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The University of Iceland has joined edX.

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

” Microsoft acquired Minecraft in 2015 – which probably speaks volumes right there about its progressive potential – and in January of this year, Microsoft bought TeacherGaming, the maker of a Minecraft version aimed at classroom usage. Only “1.86 unique users have enrolled 4.1

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NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Information was control,” Didion writes. In January, “brain-training” company Lumosity agreed to pay $2 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it had deceived customers with its claims that its games improved cognitive functions. Or MOOCs even. So who do you believe? The scientists? Hype wanes.

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JANUARY 26, 2018

” There’s more information about lawsuits against Betsy DeVos in the courts section below. Yes, “that pays superintendents to attend meetings with educational tech companies.” ” Here’s a list of the companies that work with ERDI. Bush administration, as senior policy adviser.”

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OCTOBER 12, 2018

“Technology companies can no longer turn a blind eye to the human rights abuses of one of their largest investors.” And there’s a blog post on Medium , because I guess someone thinks it’s a good idea for the Office of Ed Tech to outsource its website to a for-profit company. Edsurge was there too.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2018

” Via The Verge : “ Microsoft secures $480 million HoloLens contract from US Army.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Stop Asking About Completion Rates: Better Questions to Ask About MOOCs in 2019,” says Edsurge. .” The company has raised $16.6

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MAY 5, 2017

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The IRS data retrieval tool that let financial aid applicants automatically import income information into the FAFSA won’t be restored for the current aid cycle, said James Runcie, chief operating officer of the Office of Federal Student Aid, in written testimony to Congress Wednesday.”

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JUNE 23, 2017

” Via the BBC : “ Accenture and Microsoft plan digital IDs for millions of refugees.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The Post and Courier : “ South Carolina ’s online charter schools: A $350 million investment with disappointing returns.” Education in the Courts.

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AUGUST 4, 2018

.” Sandler is also the founder of the ed-tech company Nibletz. ” I’m putting this story here as it discusses VCs’ willingness to continue to invest in Mike Cagney , the former head of the student loan company SoFi. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” JFC.

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JULY 13, 2018

Via Politico : “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said on Wednesday that the Education Department is stonewalling its attempts to gather information about Navient as part of the CFPB’s lawsuit against the student loan giant.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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AUGUST 31, 2018

Prior to the department spending $6 million on iPads, Apple spent more than $5300 on meals and lodging for state Superintendent Mark Johnson and five other education officials to visit the company’s HQ. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Data, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). 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.

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APRIL 3, 2017

It ignores what happens in Seattle: the home of Amazon, Microsoft, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. A belief in the freedom of information technologies, in information technologies as freedom. ” Despite thinking of themselves as liberal-learning, today’s tech companies re-inscribe much of this.

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JULY 28, 2017

” Via Politico : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has increased her financial stake in a ‘neurofeedback’ company that says its technology treats attention deficit disorder and the symptoms of autism. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Lots of MOOC PR appeared in the news this week.

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JULY 1, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Elsewhere in MOOC research… From Campus Technology : “Grouping MOOC Students by Communication Mode Doesn’t Help Completion.” ” More on MOOC (and related) research in the research section below. ” Try learning styles, maybe.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Sometimes they strike a deal.

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MARCH 17, 2017

” EdWeek’s Market Brief on “Implications for K–12 Companies in Trump’s Big Proposed Cuts to Ed. ” Last year , the Ugandan government decreed that company’s schools be shut down because they failed to meet education and sanitation requirements; Kenyan courts have also ordered the schools to close.

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JULY 6, 2018

Via The Wall Street Journal : “ California plans to sue one of the nation’s largest student loan companies.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” Another court case in the financial aid section below. The Business of Financial Aid.

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APRIL 27, 2018

For your “yes, Microsoft is still horrible files,” this from The Washington Post : “ E-waste recycler Eric Lundgren loses appeal on computer restore disks, must serve 15-month prison term.” ’” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). .” Education in the Courts.

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DECEMBER 13, 2016

“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.)

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APRIL 28, 2017

It’s a partnership with Microsoft. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” ” From the press release : “ MOOCs and books initiative launched by Springer and Federica Weblearning.” ” (Wow.

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JUNE 16, 2017

Via The Washington Post : “The National Women’s Law Center filed suit Monday against the Education Department in an effort to force the release of information about federal enforcement of Title IX , a law that governs how schools handle campus sexual harassment and assault.” ” The company has raised $16.5

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MARCH 24, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ Coursera Removes Biometric Identity Verification Using Keystroke Matching,” Class Central reports. ” “Universities are changing their business model,” Microsoft’s Ray Fleming claims. The robotics company has raised $36.03

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Iowa City Press-Citizen : “ Iowa families foregoing classroom for virtual school.” Acumen “senior innovation associate” writes about +Acumen in Edsurge : “The Flip Side of Abysmal MOOC Completion Rates ? Go, School Sports Team!

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

The move comes after criticism from government watchdogs who warned of financial entanglements with private companies vying for millions in GI Bill tuition.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” MOOCs are dead , according to Udacity ’s VP. “MOOCs Are ”Dead.“

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). It’s baaaaack: “Return of the MOOC ,” The City Journal tells us. There’s some (sorta) MOOC-related news in the venture funding section below. Because MOOCs on an airplane proved to be such an effective mode of instruction.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Via Marketwatch : “One company will now handle close to half of all student-loan payments.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The 74 interviewed Sal Khan on personalized learning and his goal to create a “ global diploma ,” which he says his company can “uniquely” do.

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MAY 27, 2016

I was recently informed that my pointing out the relationships between politics, tech investors, and their investment portfolio constitutes an “ad hominem” attack. On Thursday, the judge gave Google the victory , ruling that the company’s use of the Java API fell under fair use provisions. MOOCs for credit !

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JANUARY 12, 2017

A bill in Missouri would end tenure for all new faculty hires starting in 2018 and require more student access to information about the job market for majors. ” Via McClatchy DC : “Forced to watch child porn for their job, Microsoft employees developed PTSD, they say.” ” They’re suing the company.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

If you’re going to talk about the importance of digital literacy or information literacy or media literacy or what have you, then you best practice it. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “How Much Hollywood Glitz Should Colleges Use in Their Online Courses ?” Immigration and Education.

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JUNE 22, 2018

” After someone noticed that Microsoft had boasted that it was working with ICE , Nitasha Tiku says that “Microsoft’s Ethical Reckoning Is Here.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). To borrow from Jello Biaffra, “MOOCs aren’t dead, they just deserve to die.”

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Inside Higher Ed on the “Return of the College Scoreboard” : “The Department of Education published updated information on the College Scorecard Thursday, including a new feature that allows students to compare data from up to 10 institutions at once.” ” See how many factual errors you can find in this article!

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