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Notes from Leadership for the Digital Age with Alan November - Day 2

EdTechSandyK

Coursera is another option for higher ed MOOCS. Also, realize teachers who have been successful in the current system, with high test scores, etc, may be more resistant. District #5 : Kindergarten teachers started class Twitter accounts! Here is Mrs. Cook''s Twitter. Twitter is his favorite tool for professional learning.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” (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?). ” asks The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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STEMxCon - Today Is the Final Deadline for Proposals; Great Keynotes + Sessions; Need Volunteers!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our Twitter hashtag is #stemx13, and we have some resources for publicizing at [link]. MP3 and MP4 versions will be available as well as the full Blackboard Collaborate recordings, although they take some days to process. Spreading the word : this a free event, so be sure to tell others! See you online! Derek Barkalow, Ph.D.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

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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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

Perhaps, as developmental psychologist Edith Ackermann argued this year, the “ maker ” movement will serve as “ Papert’s Perestroika ,” thawing the school system’s reluctance to embrace constructionist practices. But job protections for teachers have been systemically dismantled in recent years.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” That is, three campuses in the University of Puerto Rico system. 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. Because of course. I Believe Her Accuser.”

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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. ” The answer, in part, is in this Buzzfeed article by Molly Hensley-Clancy : “ Native American Colleges Have Abandoned The Student Loan System.” ” More via The NYT.