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STEMxCon - Today Is the Final Deadline for Proposals; Great Keynotes + Sessions; Need Volunteers!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Candidate VoiceThread for Digital Education - Kelli Stair- teacher/ writer An Example STEAM and Maker-Education Curriculum: From Puppets to Robots - Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D. Candidate Advanced math for the young, the very young, and the young at heart - Dr. Rivers, Executive Director Online Communities of Practice - Are They Worth it?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Just a few weeks after Daphne Koller ’s announcement she was leaving the MOOC startup she co-founded, Coursera unveiled “ Coursera for Business ” this week, marking its pivot from “democratizing higher ed” to “ training corporate employees.” Robots probably won’t take your jobs.

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The Stories We Were Told about Education Technology (2019)

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Even if these publications fade away , the breathless stories about the possibilities of brainwave-reading mindfulness headbands and " mind-reading robot tutors in the sky " continue to be told. Carnegie Mellon announced it would open source its digital learning software. Something about "learning engineers".

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” From the Coursera blog : “ Coursera for Business Is Now Available to Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “The ethical dilemma of the robot teacher ” by Neil Selwyn. ” The Business of Job Training. ” Contests and Competitions.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “ State educational technology directors have outlined ambitious targets for increasing school bandwidth capacity in an effort to support digital learning and bridge the technology divide that exists in schools and in students’ homes,” says Education Week. ” The company in question: edX. .”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

I missed this news earlier in April, via Class Central : financial aid applications for Coursera take at least 15 days. ” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Not sure why this is called a MOOC.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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More MOOC job changes: Techcrunch reports that “ Coursera ’s chief product officer just left to become a VC.” Once upon a time, Coursera updates went in the MOOC section. ” From the Coursera blog : “New on Coursera: start-to-finish learning paths for starting a new career.”