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Harvard and MIT Launch Nonprofit to Increase College Access

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That’s a private company that helps colleges start online degree or certificate programs, usually in exchange for a cut of tuition revenue. Some critics saw the sale to a for-profit company as a breach of trust. The company that bought edX, 2U, is now valued at less than the $800 million purchase price, says Hill.

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Using Augmented Reality for Engaging Learning Experiences

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Providing students with engaging augmented-reality experiences help them learn and recall information, and excite and motivate them to learn. This broadcast was hosted by edWeb.net and sponsored by Kaplan Early Learning. She is a contributing writer on the subject of educational technologies and student engagement.

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Wednesday's "Emergency Remote Teaching & Learning" Mini-Conference - New Sessions Added

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Bell 1:30 PM Empowering Students in a Distance Learning Environment with John Spencer (60 minutes) 3:00 PM Personalizing the Online Classroom Through Creative Teaching and Learning (60 minutes) with Candy Mowen 4:00 PM Rethinking Students Evaluations as a Tool to Improve Online Instruction (30 minutes) with Steven J.

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Stale Words and Hackneyed Ideas That Make Edtech Investors Cringe

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Student engagement and retention mobile apps. Most of them offer some variation of the thesis that improving how “engagedstudents are in their coursework and community will boost academic outcomes which will then increase retention. Do you know what company is “Facebook for country X?” Yes, this is a big problem.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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From the Amazon PR department : “ University of Oklahoma Expands Student Engagement with Alexa Skills.” “A TurboTax for student loan applications” according to Techcrunch, the company has raised $15.5 Edsurge reports that Weld North Education will still be run by former Kaplan exec Jonathan Grayer.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

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. Student engagement can now be measured in real time. ” The company in question: Spyfone.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. And “free” doesn’t last. Sometimes they strike a deal.

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