Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Fraternity Members Suspended for Racist, Homophobic Video.” ” From the Coursera blog : “ Coursera for Business Is Now Available to Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Then It Wasn’t.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Via Edsurge : “How Proposed Title I Changes Impact School Funding and Edtech Vendors” – “ A Win for Edtech Vendors.” Here is venture capital well spent: “ Coursera Promotes Its ‘Affordable Online Courses’ With New TV Ad Spots ,” says Class Central. Go, School Sports Team!

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

I missed this news earlier in April, via Class Central : financial aid applications for Coursera take at least 15 days. ” Via Business Insider : “ Surveillance videos show police officer allegedly abusing high school students.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

Via The USA Today : “Kids on winning robotics team told, ‘Go back to Mexico’ ” The kids were from Pleasant Run Elementary School in Indianapolis. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ Coursera Removes Biometric Identity Verification Using Keystroke Matching,” Class Central reports.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

It was probably Sal Khan’s 2011 TED Talk “Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education” and the flurry of media he received over the course of the following year or so that introduced the idea of the “flipped classroom” to most people. Why are video-taped lectures so “revolutionary” if lectures themselves are supposedly not? (As

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

“What Betsy DeVos means for edtech ,” according to venture capitalist Ryan Craig. ” The provider in question is Coursera , which has raised some $146.1 ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “In an age of robots , schools are teaching our children to be redundant,” says George Monbiot.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

On video games , for example – yes, that old canard. Imperial College London will teach a class on artificial intelligence on the Coursera platform. Via Edsurge : “ Jefferson Education Accelerator Winds Down, Rebrands to Focus on Edtech Reviews and Procurement.” Faces New Setback in Battle Over GI Bill Funds.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via eCampus News : “The 2 edtech fields with the most potential under Trump.” ” Via The Financial Times : “ Coursera chief on the future of online learning and the Trump era.” ” New Nanodegrees from Udacity : Digital Marketing and Robotics. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

Where Is the Office of EdTech ?” ” Also via Class Central : “ Coursera Lets Instructors A/B Test Their Courses, Experiments With Automated Coaching.” Or this one: “A Growth Mindset Can Reduce the Gender Gap in STEM,” claims Coursera’s blog. “The Dept. Reorganization Plan is Out.

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Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

Coursera has a new partner , the insurance company AXA , which will offer some 300 Coursera classes to its employees. Via NPR : “Students Compete In First-Ever International High School Robotics Competition.” ” The New York Times reports that “ Burundi Robotics Team Vanishes After U.S. Competition.”

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

” “ No Sign of Edtech In Department of Education’s Full Federal Budget Proposal,” Edsurge frets. ” Via The Times-Picayune : “ New Orleans principal loses job after wearing Nazi-associated rings in video.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Implications for K–12 Business.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

” “ Coursera Monthly Subscriptions Channel Lynda and Pluralsight ,” says EduKwest’s Kirsten Winkler. Via Edsurge : “The Edtech World is a ‘ Swamp of Gimmicks ’ – and Here’s How We Can Drain It.” It’s apparently teaching empathy with five-minute animated videos.

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