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What Happens When Ed-Tech Forgets? Some Thoughts on Rehabilitating Reputations

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"The only thing that matters is the future," Levandoski told the magazine. I talk a lot about the problems of industry when it comes to ed-tech — how venture capital and venture philanthropy have enormous influence on shaping the direction of education policy. What kind of company culture sanctions that?

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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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. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs.

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(This Is Not a Morphology of) The Monsters of Education Technology

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. “Nothing has more potential to enable us to reimagine higher education than the massive open online course, or MOOC, platforms that are being developed by the likes of Stanford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and companies like Coursera and Udacity.” ” – Thomas Friedman, 2013.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” The Fordham Institute’s Michael Petrelli has declared “ The End of Educational Policy.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). is the new company of Andrew Ng , Coursera’s co-founder.) More robot news up in the MOOC section above. on Coursera.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Washington Post : “ Student loan companies reach $21.6 Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “Peter Thiel May Finally Get His Flying Cars, Thanks to a New Udacity Nanodegree in 2018.” The literacy software company has raised $14.8 ” The watchdog: the CFPB.

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The Rough Beasts of Ed-Tech

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Certainly we address “policies” – we often have no choice – but less often do we really dig into “politics” and even less often into the ideologies of education technologies. Just call your credit card company and ask for an extension on your line of credit, instructors purportedly told students.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ TU Delft Students Can Earn Credit For MOOCs From Other Universities.” ” Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein on his company’s new event series, The Empirical Educator Project. Smart Sparrow has raised $7.5

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