Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

” (For what it’s worth, Kleiner Perkins made just one major investment in education in 2017, participating in Coursera’s $64 million round this summer. Coursera (online education) –- $64 million. Absorb (learning management system) – $59 million. Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million.

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Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

Via The Verge : “US denies visas to Afghanistan ’s all-girl robotics team.” Via Edsurge : “Swedish Startup Hopes to Replace Resumes With ‘Gamified’ Job Matching System.” ” Inside Higher Ed profiles EAB , which has trademarked “student success management system.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 6, 2021

C-STEM Studio –download to teach computers, science, technology, engineering and math with robotics. BeeBop –based on the Beebop floor robot–free. Hummingbird Robotics. Osmo Coding- -a purchased game system to teach coding. Click for Robotics 101 lesson plan. Looking for a Class Robot? Coding Curriculum.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

A bit of history: Around the turn of the twentieth century, folklorists – many most academics at the time – became particularly enthralled with creating classification systems. Not a list of titles; a classification system of tale types. The Clever Fox. The Quest for a Lost Bride. The Magic Ring. The Golden Goose.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Candidate VoiceThread for Digital Education - Kelli Stair- teacher/ writer An Example STEAM and Maker-Education Curriculum: From Puppets to Robots - Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D. Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary? Torrey Trust, Ph.D.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2017

Coursera (online education) – $64 million. AltSchool (private school; learning management system) – $40 million. MakeBlock (robotics) – $30 million. Coursera (online education service provider) – $210.1 AltSchool (private school; learning management system) – $173 million.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Via Mother Jones : “How the Justice Department Is Trying to Dismantle Georgia ’s Segregated Special-Education System.” More on Coursera and certification in the certification section below.). Via WaPo : “Study: Robot baby dolls don’t curb teen pregnancies. Robots probably won’t take your jobs.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Even if these publications fade away , the breathless stories about the possibilities of brainwave-reading mindfulness headbands and " mind-reading robot tutors in the sky " continue to be told. Coursera raised $109 million in venture company because investors are cray. Dangerous practices and products are normalized.

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Isn’t Liberia outsourcing its education system to a Gates and Zuckerberg-backed startup , Bridge International Academies ? Headline changed from “ Coursera ’s Update Will Eliminate Hundreds of Courses” to “Coursera’s Update Will Migrate Hundreds of Courses to a New Platform.”

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Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

” IHE blogger Joshua Kim offers “25 Million Reasons Why LinkedIn / Microsoft Will Buy Coursera.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Frontline Education has acquired Prologic Technology Systems. Via Edsurge : “The Second Wave of MOOC Hype Is Here, and It’s Online Degrees.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” " It’s lovely to see the big innovation from the MOOC startups in 2017 involves the learning management system. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

That seems to be Coursera ’s business model. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “White paper explores changing the accreditation system to encourage continuous improvement and open the door to ‘alternative’ education providers.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The school messaging system has raised $6.8

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

” Via The New York Times : “Judge, Citing Inequality, Orders Connecticut to Overhaul Its School System.” ” The for-profit: Laureate Education (which once began as the tutoring chain Sylvan Learning and is now an investor in Coursera, I always like to point out). Meanwhile on Campus.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

.” Note the significant difference in language in this headline from The Verge , for example – “ Harvard’s Root robot teaches kids how to code ” – and the way in which Seymour would describe the LOGO Turtle – that students would using programming to teach the robot.

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

“Robots are coming for your job.” “Robots are coming for your job.” Robots don’t do anything they’re not programmed to do. Robots don’t just roll into the human resources department on their own accord, ready to outperform others. Robots don’t apply for jobs.

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

” From the Coursera blog : “ Coursera for Business Is Now Available to Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.” ” Honestly, people, there is a thing called 'BitSchool' now, doing 'personalized learning solution' through a blockchain 'paid for use system' - how much b t can we take??!!

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Edsurge profiles Dr. Chuck about his work on MOOCs with Coursera. ( From the Coursera blog : “Building India ’s Workforce for 2020.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. . “Reviving the MOOC ” – an op-ed by Stephen Downes. ” Accreditations and Certifications and Competencies.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

For nearly 30 years, Medicaid has helped school systems cover costs for special education services and equipment, from physical therapists to feeding tubes. ” The Department of Education has rehired student loan debt collectors fired by the Obama Administration: Enterprise Recovery Systems and Navient-owned Pioneer Credit Recovery.

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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.). “ Can Richard Carranza Integrate the Most Segregated School System in the Country? ” asks Gizmodo.

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Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

officials approve new rating system.” Via The USA Today : “Kids on winning robotics team told, ‘Go back to Mexico’ ” The kids were from Pleasant Run Elementary School in Indianapolis. An update on Coursera co-founder Andrew Ng’s employment status in the HR section below. million total.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

A public service announcement from the FBI : “ Education Technologies : Data Collection and Unsecured Systems Could Pose Risks to Students.” Faculty leaders see attempt to turn system into a ‘widget factory.’” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” She’s 9.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Via Alternet : “ Gavin Grimm Wants To Fix The Education System That Failed Him.” ” When you hear someone invoke New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina as a model, do remember what happened to all the Black teachers … Via the AP : “ Philadelphia moves to retake control of city school system.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. And everyone clicks and rages and snipes all over again. As the decade went on, the arguments for surveilling students’ social media have changed several times. Chatbot Instructors.

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Hack Education

MARCH 17, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “A Corporate Learning Revolution” – a Coursera webinar. The Summit Learning Platform is the learning management system that Facebook had been building for the Summit Public Schools charter chain. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

“ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” ” That’s the headline describing a conversation between Recode and Coursera ’s Daphne Koller. But oh look, Pearson – which wants you to buy its proprietary badge system, Acclaim. ” Try learning styles, maybe.

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Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “John Behling, the new president of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents , said Friday that he wants institutions to recruit leaders from the private sector and otherwise ‘streamline’ the process for hiring chancellors and other top administrators. .” for Robotics Contest.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

” The provider in question is Coursera , which has raised some $146.1 Here’s an op-ed in The Hill : “College accreditation goes rogue: Another unaccountable system.” Via Edutechnica : “One Course to Rule Them All: A Return to the Course Management System.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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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.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Imperial College London will teach a class on artificial intelligence on the Coursera platform. I’ve got all the “learn-to-code” news in the job training section, because let’s be honest… Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Faces New Setback in Battle Over GI Bill Funds.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Newark has control once again of its public school system, which the state took away from the city 22 years ago. Via BocaNews : “Parents throughout South Palm Beach County are using iReady on behalf of their children, possibly skewing scores – and usefulness – of the $6-Million diagnostic computer system.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 31, 2017

.” Via The New York Times : “ Arizona Summit Law school, a troubled for-profit institution owned by the InfiLaw System, has been placed on probation by its accrediting body, the American Bar Association.” ” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s Rick Levin on the Evolution of MOOCs and Microcredentials.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

11, 2001, has not been in use since 2011, so the move is largely symbolic and appeared to be aimed at distancing the departing administration from any effort by the new president to revive the program, known as the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System, or Nseers.” LMS is learning management system.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Frank Brogan, the chancellor of the Pennsylvania State University System from 2013 until retiring this year, has joined the Department of Education in the Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development – likely ahead of a nomination to a separate position.” More via Politico. ” No.

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Paul School System.” 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. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 19, 2018

” Or at least CZI is trying to convince schools to buy into its Summit learning management system. Via Forbes : “This Company Could Be Your Next Teacher: Coursera Plots A Massive Future For Online Education.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. The robot presents as a black female?

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Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

” Via Wired : “How a Child Moves Through a Broken Immigration System.” ” Also via Class Central : “ Coursera Lets Instructors A/B Test Their Courses, Experiments With Automated Coaching.” Or this one: “A Growth Mindset Can Reduce the Gender Gap in STEM,” claims Coursera’s blog.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A bill backed by President Trump and announced Wednesday aims to reduce overall legal immigration by half while putting in place a new points-based system for applicants for employment-based green cards that would privilege graduates of American universities.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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