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Hack Education Weekly News

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Coursera highlights its mentors – its volunteer mentors – on its blog. ” “ Deloitte Publishes 2016 Digital Education Survey,” says Edsurge. Via Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill : “About That Cengage OER Survey.” Raise $146.1

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Hack Education Weekly News

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His wife is also the founder of the OER organization CK12. Via the Coursera blog : “Announcing the Global MBA from Macquarie University.” ” Edsurge on a YouGov/Microsoft poll of parents: “Survey Says: Parents Think Tech Companies Should Help Build Kids’ Digital Skills.” Because “open.”).

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Hack Education Weekly News

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I missed this news earlier in April, via Class Central : financial aid applications for Coursera take at least 15 days. “ OER-Enabled Pedagogy ” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. Job search site Indeed.com surveyed 1000 HR managers and tech recruiters. Not sure why this is called a MOOC. Well, not quite.

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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. .” Me, I cannot stop looking at that hand-clapping Vine. ” Rebrand. .”

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” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Big HR news about Coursera in the HR section below. Coursera has a new CEO: Jeff Maggioncalda. ” Via Ed Week’s Market Brief : “Wave of New Ed Tech In K–12 to Usher In Classroom Redesigns , Survey Finds.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Recode : “ Coursera has ousted several senior executives along with many rank-and-file staffers.” The company is co-founded by Nick Ducoff, formerly of the OER textbook startup Boundless. ” Inside Higher Ed has posted the results of its latest “ Survey of Faculty Attitudes on Technology.”

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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. For its part, the OECD, the organization that administers the PISA test, has started surveying 10- to 15-year-olds’ social and emotional skills too.

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