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. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. He was a faculty member at Michigan State.

Education 44

Education Elsevier MOOC Knewton 44

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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. ” (Also from Hill : “Timeline of e-Literate Coverage of Blackboard Learn Ultra.”).

Education 54

Education MOOC Blackboard E-rate 54

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MARCH 17, 2017

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.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Education 46

Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

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.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Coursera co-founder “ Andrew Ng officially launches his $175M AI Fund,” says Techcrunch. ” Historian Angus Johnston posted a series of questions on Twitter about the claims made in the Teaching Tolerance report about what students do and do not know about slavery.

Education 45

Education MOOC Company Pearson 45

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

.” Via The New York Times : “ Kremlin Cash Behind Billionaire’s Twitter and Facebook Investments.” ” Via The Guardian : “ Russia funded Facebook and Twitter investments through Kushner associate.” But anyway… Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” The Business of Student Loans.

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45

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JULY 21, 2017

Coursera has a new partner , the insurance company AXA , which will offer some 300 Coursera classes to its employees. Via NPR : “Students Compete In First-Ever International High School Robotics Competition.” ” The New York Times reports that “ Burundi Robotics Team Vanishes After U.S. Competition.”

Education 46

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Coursera announces on its blog that it’s expanding to Brazil. Here’s Coursera arguing “Why Everyone Should Learn Sales.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. .” “Whatever Happened To MOOCs ?” ” asks Stanford’s Larry Cuban. Via Edsurge : “Help! What Does That Mean?

Education 47

Education OER Pearson Report 47

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

” “ Coursera Monthly Subscriptions Channel Lynda and Pluralsight ,” says EduKwest’s Kirsten Winkler. Via The Guardian : “ Facebook , Twitter , Google and Microsoft team up to tackle extremist content.” ” “So-So Social Media Privacy?

Education 40

Education Report E-rate Company 40