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April 22 Learning Revolution Mini-Conference: Emergency Remote Teaching & Learning: Survive, Thrive, & Plan for What Comes Next

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DATE: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 COST: Free REGISTRATION: To register for the mini-conference, join LearningRevolution.com. ATTENDING: The sessions and links will appear in the regular conference schedule pages for each time zone. PLATFORM: The mini-conference platform is Zoom.

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

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DATE: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 COST: Free REGISTRATION: To register for the mini-conference, join LearningRevolution.com. ATTENDING: The sessions and links will appear in the regular conference schedule pages for each time zone. PLATFORM: The mini-conference platform is Zoom.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” “Personalized learning” has powerful advocates, least of which US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos who talks about it as part of her broader initiative to “rethink school.” Manufacturing Trends.

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This Year’s ASU+GSV Summit Is Hard to Describe. Here’s Our Best Attempt.

Edsurge

Each year, the conference organizers try to broaden the conversation. happened on the Sunday evening before the first day of the conference. million seed round to build a learning management system modeled after WhatsApp and Slack. Women entrepreneurs made up more than a third of the presenting companies.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

More on the for-profit formerly known as Kaplan University in the online education section below. ” This new school is a result of Purdue’s acquisition of the for-profit Kaplan University. “UCL to investigate eugenics conference secretly held on campus,” says The Guardian. It’s charter schools.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalized learning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” ” Immigration and Education. . The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The former: Purdue University ; the latter: Kaplan University. ” Contests and Conferences. ” Via Edsurge : “ ISTE Wants to Be More Than Just a Conference. Learn How They Are Expanding.” ” There’s more “upgrade” news in the conference section above.