Coursera Data Mobility Social Media 
Doug Levin
MARCH 12, 2017
Ever wonder how stories promoted by ‘thought leaders’ on social media get selected? This from the school district that is still reeling from a major student data privacy breach. Filter bubbles are bad, including in educational technology. No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 16, 2016
Pokémon Go, a free augmented reality game developed by Niantic (a company spun out of Google in 2015), became the most popular mobile game in US history this year. Pokémon Go generated more than $160 million by the end of July, hitting $600 million in revenue within its first 90 days on the market – the fastest mobile game to do so. .”
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Hack Education
DECEMBER 29, 2017
Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare. There are, after all, only so many times you can put “mobile” on your list of “what’s on the horizon” before folks begin to suspect your insights might not be that… insightful. How accurate is her data? (I’d
Hack Education
DECEMBER 30, 2019
That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.
Hack Education
AUGUST 31, 2018
” Inside Higher Ed takes a closer look at a game called Givling , a mobile trivia app “that promises winners a payout of up to $50,000 on their student loan debt.” Via the Coursera blog : “Announcing the Global MBA from Macquarie University.” Thank you, big data, for giving people this insight.
Hack Education
JULY 27, 2018
Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s First Ivy League Degree: An Online Master’s From the University of Pennsylvania.” ” ( Not mentioned : Penn was one of the very first investors in Coursera.). “ Are Universities Training Socially Minded Programmers? Data, Surveillance, and Information Security.
Hack Education
JUNE 22, 2018
From the Department of Education press release : “ Federal Commission on School Safety Meeting to Focus on the Effects of Entertainment , Media , Cyberbullying and Social Media on Violence and Student Safety.” Or this one: “A Growth Mindset Can Reduce the Gender Gap in STEM,” claims Coursera’s blog.
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