The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

That’s the fastest the university has ever introduced a new degree program, a feat it achieved by adopting off-the-shelf course materials already developed by Microsoft that the company is distributing to help turn out more employees with data and computer-science skills. The first trickle of graduates is expected next summer.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

They use the Blackboard platform to communicate with professors and engage fellow students in their courses. This fall, the first cohort of Dream Academy students will begin their junior year taking several courses at Brookdale Community College, before becoming full-time college students and completing their senior year on campus.

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Robotics Sony Student Data Privacy Outcomes 108

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Take LiveEdu , for example, a Y Combinator-backed online learning company that touts itself as being the “next-gen Lynda.com,” referring to a platform that offers online courses and skills training. Of course, there’s no guarantee that EDU coin will have any value in any digital market.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Given a desired outcome, feedback is what tells me if I should continue on or change course. We use that information to either stay on the same course or adjust course. It was a transformative experience for me when I did it 40 years ago (using a big Sony reel-to-reel deck before there were VHS cassettes!). References.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

BLACKBOARD AND READSPEAKER ( www.blackboard.com ) & ( www.readspeaker.com ) Blackboard and ReadSpeaker are furthering their partnership to help instructors worldwide improve course content accessibility. The course takes students up to four hours and can be completed over several weeks. KANO EDUCATION PACKAGES ( kano.me/educators/packages

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

Via The New York Times : New York governor “ Cuomo to Give Colleges $7 Million for Courses in Prisons.” ” Testing, Testing… The Chronicle of Higher Education reads “New Venture Will Offer Free Courses That Students Can Take for College Credit.” The Business of Job Training.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

“But nor do they tend to have the full features we associate with universities: multiple schools and departments with a heavy focus on research, scholarship and training new Ph.Ds. Credential creep doesn’t solve the problem of credentialing at all, of course. ” “ Flexible, stackable courses.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Of course, Dick DeVos also works for Trump in a way – or at least, he’s now on an FAA civilian panel. ” Via The New York Times : “ Navy Orders New Training After Deadly Ship Collisions.” ” Apparently watching CD-ROMs isn’t sufficient training for driving Navy destroyers.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Robots are much more ideal as workers, because of course they cannot unionize. ” “The right skills,” of course, are the skills that employers expect potential employees to possess, largely eschewing training themselves and instead offloading the risk and responsibility of training onto individuals.

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Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “Trump’s proposed education budget: more for school choice, less for teacher training.” Via E-Literate : “ Hawai’i Senate Bill: Would mandate OER material for all U Hawai’i system courses.” There are, of course, many departments at many universities where it is.)

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