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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via the Coursera blog : “Coming soon to all courses: Flexible session-based schedules.” ” Via Education Week : “Personalized learning pioneer Summit Public Schools is expanding its network to include 100 new schools, CEO Dianne Tavenner announced via a Facebook post today.” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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That seems to be Coursera ’s business model. “ Digital Badges Are Gaining Traction,” according to MIndwire Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. Related, via Doug Belshaw : “Some thoughts on the future of the Open Badges backpack.” Kiron and Red Hat have joined edX. powered teaching method.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Or the company will have to start charging for the software. In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky. And “free” doesn’t last. That’s gonna be a “no” for me, dawg.

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” That’s the headline describing a conversation between Recode and Coursera ’s Daphne Koller. ” Try learning styles, maybe. “ What We Learned From Talking with 100 MOOC Students ” by Justin Reich (and George Veletsianos and Laura Pasquini). month gives you a “personalized learning plan.”

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