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Pros and Cons of Using eLearning Software in Your Classroom

Educational Technology Guy

Coursera | Online Learning News for Learners, Educators, & Employers Coursera is a fascinating medium because it partners with prestigious universities, educational institutions, and even museums to provide students with online courses on a wide variety of topics. 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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Driverless Ed-Tech: The History of the Future of Automation in Education

Hack Education

Travis Kalanick is just one of many tech CEOs who have praised the work of objectivist “philosopher” and “novelist” Ayn Rand, once changing the background of his Twitter profile to the cover of her book The Fountainhead. It just hooked them all up on Twitter.). Computers didn’t cause neoliberalism.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” That for-profit is Laureate Education , the largest chain of for-profit schools in the world and an investor in Coursera. Perhaps, instead of tying “ personalized learning ” to special ed policies of the 1970s, you could read some Rousseau? LinkedIn has published a “35 under 35” list.

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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. A “ban laptops” op-ed may be the greatest piece of ed-tech clickbait ever devised.

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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?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Coursera co-founder “ Andrew Ng officially launches his $175M AI Fund,” says Techcrunch. Anderson on “What Kids Are Really Learning About Slavery.” It isn’t really a fund per se. But that’s okay. MOOCs weren’t really MOOCs either. .” ” The Atlantic’s Melinda D.