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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

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This talk was delivered at Virginia Commonwealth University today as part of a seminar co-sponsored by the Departments of English and Sociology. ” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity.

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Today’s Awkward Zoom Classes Could Bring a New Era of Higher Education

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In fact, if we pull back from the immediate horrors of this moment, the move to online learning has actually been underway since around 2010, when universities and private entrepreneurs first began to experiment with Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs. Small-scale seminars can be intimate and powerful.

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Education Technology and the 'New' For-Profit Higher Education

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Trump University promised that the instructors for the real-estate and business seminars were “hand-picked” by Trump. ” The Wall Street Journal reported in April. million from the company between 2010 and 2015 before he stepped down from his role there. Students say they were pressured to give good reviews.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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the Virginia company at the heart of the operation.” Nikki Haley of South Carolina has signed into law a measure that requires the state’s public colleges and universities to publish reports of conduct violations involving alcohol, drugs, sexual assault, and hazing at fraternities and sororities.” ” Ugh.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

. “ Digital Promise Global has received a three-year, $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to address equitable access to computational education in public schools,” Education Week reports. “ James Damore is moving his lawsuit against Google out of court,” The Verge reports. million total.