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Pros and Cons of Using eLearning Software in Your Classroom

Educational Technology Guy

Technology allows you to teach and learn from any part of the world with Internet access and electricity. All you need is a device and software, like Google Hangouts Meet, Zoom, Join.me, GoToMeeting, or other tools that facilitate studying. Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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What 2015 Holds for the Future of Education

Digital Promise

“I think instances of personalized learning will become more and more present in classroom settings. ’ A prime example of this work from 2014 are the texts, lesson plans, and pedagogy shared by educators on Twitter through #FergusonSyllabus.” ” Melissa Gedney. League of Innovative Schools.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : ”Why Twitter Is Calling Abigail Fisher ’ Becky With the Bad Grades ’: A Brief Explainer.” From the Coursera blog : “Coursera pilots a new course format.” In other Coursera news : “ Atlassian sponsors computer science learners on Coursera.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

It is the instructional designer and tenured professor’s signal — “to the barricades!” — and everyone snipes at the other side from the Twitter trenches for a week, until there’s an unspoken truce that lasts until the next “ban laptops” op-ed gets published. Google Reader. Google shut down Reader in 2013 , citing declining use of RSS.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Coursera has a new partner , the insurance company AXA , which will offer some 300 Coursera classes to its employees. ” “ Personalized learning ” equals cutting the teacher workforce in Oklahoma. Via the Google blog : “ Google introduces Hire , a new recruiting app that integrates with G Suite.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “ Google Is Being Investigated By Missouri Attorney General,” Fortune reports. Oh and look at this: “Google Critic [Peter] Thiel Gave Money to Official Probing Search Giant,” Bloomberg reports. Coursera announces on its blog that it’s expanding to Brazil. The Business of Job Training.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

As CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski noted on Twitter Tuesday, Eck, who is now a special assistant to Secretary DeVos, tweeted last November that Hamill should ‘stick to playing Han Solo’s short little b—-’ after Hamill tweeted criticism of the Trump administration.” ” An Education Dept. Are MOOCs webinars?