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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Sueann Galt, STEM Coordinator Does the use of ‘Learning Menus’ increase students’ intrinsic motivation? Cantwell, Instructional Services Librarian (Asst.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition)

Doug Levin

But.truth is, the US government isn't the early adopter here; Amazon, Google and Facebook are really the front-line developers of the surveillance state." Case in point: Chrome extensions gone bad. Without ethical practices, student data could be used to curtail academic success rather than help ensure it."

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Brown University joins edX. I missed this news earlier in April, via Class Central : financial aid applications for Coursera take at least 15 days. CNN tries to explain “Why Google , Apple and Microsoft are battling for education.” Don’t click.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). 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.). The Business of Job Training.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Tony Bates looks at “Brexit and online learning in Europe.” The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. ” That’s the headline describing a conversation between Recode and Coursera ’s Daphne Koller.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Big HR news about Coursera in the HR section below. ” But if you look closer, it’s not a MOOC; it’s just an online class at MIT. .” Coursera has a new CEO: Jeff Maggioncalda. ” From the HR Department. But only if you let it.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. Google Reader. Google shut down Reader in 2013 , citing declining use of RSS. This “reverse engineering,” the publishers claimed, violated copyright.

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