Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

” (Juul is an e-cigarette that markets its product to teens and peddles social emotional learning content.). Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news from Edsurge in the “job training” section below. ” My god, that guy. An update on Mark Janus of Janus v.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.

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JULY 28, 2017

” The story contains some machinations at the Department of Education in which the White Hous e tried to fire a Jeb Bush-supporting staffer. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Lots of MOOC PR appeared in the news this week. ” “What if MOOCs Revolutionize Education After All?”

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MAY 20, 2016

” Via PBS Newshour : “GOP reinstates usage of ‘ illegal alien ’ in Library of Congress ’ records.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” More on employment data in the “research and data” section below. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.

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APRIL 28, 2017

Senators Introduce Bill to Keep Government Research Data Publicly Available (Preserving Data in Government Act).” “5 Reasons Why e-textbooks in Egypt Would Be Inequitable” by Maha Bali. ” From the press release : “ MOOCs and books initiative launched by Springer and Federica Weblearning.”

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “With Wearable Tech Deals, New Player Data Is Up for Grabs,” says The New York Times , in a story that explores a $170 million deal between Nike and the University of Michigan. The startup, which something something MOOC something something, has raised $9.69

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MARCH 24, 2017

officials approve new rating system.” ” More on how the IER, the Department of Education’s research arm, fails to protect student data in the infosec section below. Via The New York Times : “ CUNY to Revamp Remedial Programs, Hoping to Lift Graduation Rates.” Racism, Immigration, and Education.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

“ New York City libraries have announced they plan to forgive the late fees of all children aged 17 and under in a one-time amnesty event,” The AP reports. Via CNET : “ Verizon to pay $17M to resolve FCC, Justice E-Rate probes.” Once upon a time, Coursera updates went in the MOOC section.

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JANUARY 12, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Department of Education has released data showing there were 539 institutions placed on heightened cash monitoring as of Dec. More about the politics of education data – particularly regarding undocumented students – in the data and surveillance section below. More via Bloomberg.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Data-Protection Law Looms.” ” Via Bklyner.com : “ Brooklyn Public Library and Bard College to Offer Free College Degree Programs in 2018.” ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “How Much Hollywood Glitz Should Colleges Use in Their Online Courses ?”

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JUNE 24, 2016

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ 14 projects win 2016 Knight News Challenge on Libraries.” Contests and Awards.

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JUNE 8, 2018

Via E&E News : “ Cabinet heads told to praise Paris exit. Via Inside Higher Ed : “The number of career colleges and the number of credentials they award have dropped by roughly 20 percent in the last four years, new data from the U.S. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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DECEMBER 15, 2017

Not Net Neutrality, but another potential FCC move – ending the E-Rate program. Department of Education this week released new federal loan data showing that 4.6 ” The University of Wisconsin at Madison plans to close 22 libraries and create six “hubs” in their stead, says The Wisconsin State Journal.

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

The Rebranding of MOOCs. Remember 2012 , “ The Year of the MOOC? Remember in 2012 when the media wrote about MOOCs with such frenzy, parroting all these marketing claims and more and predicting that MOOCs were poised to “ end the era of expensive higher education ”? MOOCs are not particularly "open."

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DECEMBER 15, 2016

” Via The Detroit Free Press : “ Betsy DeVos ’ trouble with data.” Wheeler supported e-Rate reform and “ net neutrality.” More on MOOC “degrees” and possible legal troubles in the politics section above. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. million fine.”

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JANUARY 26, 2017

.” I tweeted that the DACA database is one of the most important issues in ed-tech right now, and if you’re an ed-tech entrepreneur who says “nobody in ed-tech tracks immigration data,” you need to GTFO. ” Via Real Clear Education : “Connecting Schools to the Future: Rethinking E-Rate.”

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Via NPR : “ Betsy DeVos ’ Graduation Rate Mistake.” “The Education Department is unlikely to be eliminated, particularly by a bill that declines to specify who or what would take over its $68 billion annual budget and the functions of data collection, oversight, civil rights enforcement and student aid, among others.”

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