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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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.” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ”) It was certainly the outcome that investors were hoping for Edmodo , which raised $25 million in 2012, boasting that it had 15 million users. Remember Edmodo?

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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Investors in tutoring companies this year included Warbug Pincus, Goldman Sachs, Learn Capital, Y Combinator, the Omidyar Network, Sequoia Capital, TAL Education, Tencent, Google, and of course, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Perhaps the biggest acquisition of the year was Edmodo. Vive la MOOC révolution.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via the AP : “ Mississippi ’s Supreme Court says a state lawsuit against Google alleging violations of student privacy should stay in a northeast Mississippi court.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). That would be Omarosa Manigault Newman , of course. " But hey.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via Chalkbeat : “With union’s blessing, students at 15 schools in the Bronx will take courses taught remotely.” ” Navitas is a for-profit education company that runs courses in Australia (and elsewhere). Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Evil. .”

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The Top Ed-Tech Trends (Aren't 'Tech')

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It’s a look back at what’s happened over the course of each year, not simply – to counter that totally overused phrase from hockey player Wayne Gretsky’s dad – to “skate to where the puck is going,” but to examine where it has been. This is part of the push for MOOCs, we must be honest.).

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. Um, they do.) Despite a few anecdotes, they’re really not.).

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Why Haven’t MOOCs Eliminated Any Professors?” I’d totally forgotten that Zynga was still a thing, but apparently the company has enough money to subsidize gaming courses. ” asks IHE blogger Joshua Kim. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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