Graphite Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

News literacy is a subset of media literacy focused on helping people process and understand news media messages, to locate more factual and credible information, and to think critically about what counts as news. News and politics have been reshaped by social media and 24-hours news entertainment. E.S.C.A.P.E.

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Resources Classroom Social Media Report 97

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Ever wonder how stories promoted by ‘thought leaders’ on social media get selected? Government Websites | ITIF → The public relies on federal websites to access information and services from the U.S. Filter bubbles are bad, including in educational technology. Tagged on: March 10, 2017 State reaches $3.5

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EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Information technology has already changed the way education is provided and it continues to make even more impact with new apps that are designed every week. Coursera is known to work with both K-12 and higher education institutions and provide them with access to online courses. Interactive Information Providers.

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EdTech Coursera Tools Blended Learning 40

EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Notes from MOOCs for Professional Development Presentation at TCEA 2015 Dr. Kay Abernathy, Lamar University [link] Lamar University sponsored the MOOC on Social Media Communication Tools for Educators which Dr. Abernathy facilitated. Dr. Abernathy also put all of the course information in her Word Press blog.

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MOOC Social Media Coursera Facebook 40

The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 3, 2021

As educators, our repeated thoughts matter because they become the beliefs that inform our teaching practice and presence in the schoolhouse. . Students’ care more about social media and games than their school work. Talk to your manager about unspoken and informal aspects of your role. Students are not really learning!”.

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How To Exercises Outcomes Coursera 79

The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 3, 2021

As educators, our repeated thoughts matter because they become the beliefs that inform our teaching practice and presence in the schoolhouse. . Students’ care more about social media and games than their school work. Talk to your manager about unspoken and informal aspects of your role. Students are not really learning!”.

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How To Exercises Outcomes Coursera 78

Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

That's what a decade of ed-tech social media and PR have wrought: hashtag gurus and fake news. But we can't do so if we keep cultivating an ed-tech (information) ecosystem that fosters inaccuracies and inequalities. Coursera raised $109 million in venture company because investors are cray. Udacity got a new CEO.

Technology 67

Technology Pearson Education MOOC 67

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly sharing five school districts’ private information with an advisory company while it was negotiating for the districts’ contracts.” ” Coursera, initially only emailing former students about their old course work, decided finally to blog about its platform change.

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Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2022

Troy Groom, of Hyattsville, Maryland, was browsing social media this spring when he read something that made him perk up: Gov. Merit America provided a stipend that helped him afford a bus pass to attend job counseling sessions while he completed a 13-week Coursera program to earn a Google IT certification.

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Training Google Report Coursera 126

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

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.”

Education 48

Education Coursera MOOC Report 48

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

In Move Towards More Online Degrees, Coursera Introduces Its First Bachelor ’s.” ” “Coursera and other purveyors of massive open online courses supposedly signaled the end of traditional credentials and, as some told it, universities. Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. Vive la MOOC révolution.

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Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Law Could Force Rural Residents Off Information Superhighway.” More on Coursera and certification in the certification section below.). When Coursera announced its pivot to corporate training, it boasted that its certificates were the second most frequently listed on LinkedIn.

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Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 7, 2018

” Via The Sun Sentinel : “Student made social media threat to kill FAU professor, cops say.” Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill analyzes a recent interview with Coursera ’s CEO and argues the MOOC provider is “betting on OPM market and shift to low-cost masters degrees.”

Education 54

Education MOOC Report Data 54

Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

Via the Coursera blog : “Announcing the Global MBA from Macquarie University.” ” ClassDojo is now a full social media platform for schools - this letter & video just emailed to parents. Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Education Social Media Company Data 41

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

was named in an investigation by The Associated Press last year for sharing racially charged content on social media.” Via The Guardian : “ Trump bans agencies from ‘providing updates on social media or to reporters’ ” This ban has been targeted at scientists at the EPA and USDA in particular.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Of course, teachers have utilized social media sites for years to launch various side-hustles — speaking gigs and “ brand ambassadorships ”, for example — as well as to facilitate their main hustle — you know, teaching. The incident, she added, had also made her aware that “Pearson is monitoring all social media during PARCC testing.”

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

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.). Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. Will Merge Government Data, Social Media Posts.”

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Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Via Techcrunch : “ Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support specialists.” ” More on teen social media usage, this time from Buzzfeed : “‘Tweetdecking’ Is Taking Over Twitter. ” The Atlantic on what it’s like being a parent of a social media star.

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Education Elsevier MOOC Knewton 44

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Here is venture capital well spent: “ Coursera Promotes Its ‘Affordable Online Courses’ With New TV Ad Spots ,” says Class Central. tl;dr: emailing them, holding webinars, using social media. ” Time to buy more TV ads, Khan Academy and Coursera! ” The company in question: edX.

Education 40

Education Coursera Facebook Social Media 40

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

As if applying for financial aid wasn’t difficult enough already, it appears that the IRS Data Retrieval Tool, which pulls tax information into the FAFSA app, “ will be unavailable for several weeks.” ” Via The Financial Times : “ Coursera chief on the future of online learning and the Trump era.”

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

Coursera is another option for higher ed MOOCS. They will complete video showcases at the end of each year to use as a resource for curating best practices through the project and informing future steps across the district. Use every bit of social media that you can. Click here to see all of them.)

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MOOC Khan Academy BYOD Libraries 75

Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

.” IHE blogger Joshua Kim offers “25 Million Reasons Why LinkedIn / Microsoft Will Buy Coursera.” Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” Via NPR : “How Schools Across The Country Are Working To Detect Threats Made On Social Media.” What’s Going On?” million total.

Education 46

Education MOOC Social Media Report 46

Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

” (Edsurge, for what it’s worth, shares investors with Class Central, Udacity, and Coursera (although there’s no disclosure on that article to that end) – funny how the narratives about the “revolutionary” potential of MOOCs get spread, eh?). Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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MOOC Education Robotics Company 57

Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

From the Department of Education press release : “ Federal Commission on School Safety Meeting to Focus on the Effects of Entertainment , Media , Cyberbullying and Social Media on Violence and Student Safety.” Or this one: “A Growth Mindset Can Reduce the Gender Gap in STEM,” claims Coursera’s blog.

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Education Microsoft MOOC Coursera 44

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

” For those keeping track of how great social media is for the future of education and knowledge and civics and such: “Last Year, Social Media Was Used to Influence Elections in at Least 18 Countries ,” says the MIT Technology Review. Coursera announces on its blog that it’s expanding to Brazil.

Education 47

Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

” “ The Most Popular Courses of 2016 ” on Coursera. Edsurge rewrites Coursera’s infographic – because journalism – about which classes are popular in “red states” and which ones are popular in “blue states.” ” Victoria University of Wellington has joined edX.

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Education Coursera lynda.com LMS 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

” Via Campus Technology : “ Coursera ’s CEO on the Evolving Meaning of ‘MOOC’ ” There’s more ECOT news – there’s always more ECOT news – in the “state and local politics” section above. ” Data, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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Education MOOC Blackboard E-rate 54

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

If you’re going to talk about the importance of digital literacy or information literacy or media literacy or what have you, then you best practice it. Maybe social media is broken, Cathy O’Neil suggests. “ Media Literacy When the Platforms Are Complicit ” by Bill Fitzgerald. . ” No.

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Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

As new forms of data are easier to collect and analyze, drawing on and interacting with information to measure the impact of programs and to inform decision-making and policy has emerged as a key strategy to foster improvement in public schools. The Social Security numbers of about 4100 University of Mary Washington students and staff.

Data 40

Data Technology Education Software 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Via Recode : “ Coursera has ousted several senior executives along with many rank-and-file staffers.” ” From Edsurge : “​Invasive or Informative? ” “How Social Media Can Help Teach Good Writing,” according to Edsurge. Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security.

Education 48

Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Social Media, Social Justice and STEM - Eric A Walters, Director of Technology Tikho''s Story: A Quest for Clean Water in Zambia - Natasha Sarkar, CAWST Youth Wavemakers Using VoiceThread to Connect Students with Science Content Specialists - Dr. Derek Barkalow, Ph.D.

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STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

“Hardly Anyone Wants to Take a Liberal Arts MOOC,” Edsurge informed its readers in February. ” Ron Hira, a scholar at Howard University who studies labor and technology, has been one of the most vocal skeptics about shortages in the informational technology fields. Only “1.86 unique users have enrolled 4.1

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The IRS data retrieval tool that let financial aid applicants automatically import income information into the FAFSA won’t be restored for the current aid cycle, said James Runcie, chief operating officer of the Office of Federal Student Aid, in written testimony to Congress Wednesday.”

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

A belief in the freedom of information technologies, in information technologies as freedom. .” A certain optimism for science as the penultimate solution to any of the world’s problems. A belief in technological utopia. A faith in the individual and a distrust for institutions.

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Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

” Via The New Yorker : “Gavin Grimm’s Transgender-Rights Case and the Problem with Informal Executive Action.” ” “ Coursera Monthly Subscriptions Channel Lynda and Pluralsight ,” says EduKwest’s Kirsten Winkler. ” “So-So Social Media Privacy? defamation case.”

Education 40

Education Report E-rate Company 40