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Hack Education Weekly News

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There’s more on the GED, that very old competency-based learning exam, in the research section below. ” Contests and Conferences. ” The conference in question: The Future Investment Initiative. “ Does OER Actually Improve Learning? Go, School Sports Team! ” asks Edsurge.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. Perhaps the district didn’t know what New York City learned when it audited its old data portal : it found that less than 3% of parents had ever logged in.

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