Hack Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

" I like to cite, as an example, a New Yorker article from a few years ago that interviewed Anthony Levandoski, the Uber engineer sued by Google for stealing its self-driving car technology. "The only thing that matters is the future," Levandoski told the magazine. "I don't even know why we study history.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Opinionated Products : There’s a word for the kinds of tools and products—like say, Google search results—which adapt to a user’s behavior: opinionated. Companies like Microsoft, Facebook and Google are all dipping their toes into virtual and augmented reality. When Public Education Data Isn’t Really Public : The U.S.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Beyond coursework, students swim in a flux of data, buffeted by phone calls, text messages, Facebook updates, Twitter tweets, news crawls, and other sources. Another is the rise of the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) or online instructional platforms like edX, Coursera, or Udacity. And students are changing. This is a vital issue.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

First, the role that corporations and philanthropists play in shaping education policy is not new. Many companies – and certainly these two in particular – also have a long history of data collection and data analysis. MOOCs were going to change everything. They have been at this a long, long time.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

edX - www.edex.org - MOOC site, courses are all free, people who teach the courses are from Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, University of Texas, etc. Coursera is another option for higher ed MOOCS. Close to 10% of students got into MIT by excelling in a MOOC. Workshop needs measurable goals, follow-up, and results based on data.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Mara Cabrera, SLIS Graduate Student, Research Assistant Taming the Quantitative Data Monster with LibPAS: What? 4:00pm Do you have what it takes to manage an eBook library?

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

Google Earth. While the data set isn’t very deep here, the impact of formal academia on all three of them is what you’d guess it might be. While short on experts, rules, and policies, a home has agility and “scale” that a school necessarily lacks. So much of that stuff is just up for grabs.” Khan Academy.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

At Northeastern, for example, we’ve partnered with both Google and IBM to recognize Google’s IT Support Professional Certificate and IBM’s digital badges for academic credit in our degree programs for working adults. It is an exciting road ahead.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Then there was the infamous anti-diversity memo distributed by Google engineer James Damore and leaked to the press this summer that charged that efforts the company (and the industry more broadly) had taken to address diversity were misguided as women are biologically ill-suited to computer science – which is, of course, totally b t.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Lawyers and Title IX practitioners have identified potential conflicts between the Trump administration ’s new proposed regulations on the gender discrimination law and state policy.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). It’s like the MOOC crap all over again.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Via Edsurge : “Experts Look Into the Crystal Ball of the Next Administration’s Ed Policy.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Aftermath of the MOOC wars: Can commercial vendors support creative higher education ? Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. Raise $146.1

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Hack Education

AUGUST 19, 2016

One of the big stories this week: the US Department of Education ’s announcement about which “non-traditional providers” ( MOOCs , coding bootcamps ) will be eligible for financial aid as part of its EQUIP experiment. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Google) biotech company, Calico.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Because it is from their mouths that these lies form the basis for policies and expenditures that have proven to be deeply damaging to education -- public education in particular. ASU ends its MOOC experiment , Global Freshman Academy. Google was fined $170 million for violating children’s privacy on YouTube. LOL LOL LOL.

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Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs are back in the headlines again. Via Edsurge : “The Second Wave of MOOC Hype Is Here, and It’s Online Degrees.” And That Has Given It Some Eye-opening Data.” ” Also from the Google blog : “More tools for homeschoolers.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

” It’s now unclear, observers say, if the FTC can regulate companies like Google or Verizon. ” “Two assessment companies – Educational Testing Service and Data Recognition Corp. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Humans, the Latest MOOC Feature.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

” The Fordham Institute’s Michael Petrelli has declared “ The End of Educational Policy.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more data about online education down in the “research” section at the bottom. on Coursera.” More from Edsurge.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 5, 2018

’s use of earnings data investigated.” " Via The New York Times : “ Met Changes 50-Year Admissions Policy: Non-New Yorkers Must Pay.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s data about distance education enrollments in the US in the research section below.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

“Will Reversal of FCC’s ‘Net Neutrality’ Policy Help or Hurt Schools?” Schools should consider the ways in which their own social media surveillance re-inscribes these sorts of violent, nationalist policies. Department of Labor as a senior policy adviser.” ” “Education Dept. .

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

” Via Gamasutra : “Parents take Subway Surfers devs to court over alleged misuse of kids’ data.” ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” ” The Google Memo.

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Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

’s Mumps Outbreak Tells Us About Our Vaccine Policies.” More on for-profit higher ed policies in the for-profit higher ed section below. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” If you can’t create revenue, raise venture capital. The MOOC provider has now raised $210 million total.

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Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” DonorsChoose data scientist Barbara Cveni? Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “Most Ed-Tech Products Don’t Meet Minimum Criteria in Their Privacy Policies , Report Finds.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “Peter Thiel May Finally Get His Flying Cars, Thanks to a New Udacity Nanodegree in 2018.” The non-speakers: James Damore, the fired Google engineer, and Lucian Wintrich, a journalist with Gateway Pundit. ” “How Big is the LMS Market?”

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Senate to serve as Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical and Adult Education and Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development , respectively.” Fines Google $5.1 Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the credential section below.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Pokémon Go, a free augmented reality game developed by Niantic (a company spun out of Google in 2015), became the most popular mobile game in US history this year. Many students cannot afford the heavy data usage required by geofencing apps, for starters. Many of us have become quite lackadaisical about the data we share.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Funding data about “learn to code” startups can be found at funding.hackeducation.com. The work is also supported by companies including Apple, Google and Expedia, as well as education organizations including the CollegeBoard, Teach For America and STEMx.” Google’s Alphabet Inc. Computer Science For All.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ TU Delft Students Can Earn Credit For MOOCs From Other Universities.” Via The New York Times : “Early Facebook and Google Employees Form Coalition to Fight What They Built.” Data, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

Bush administration, as senior policy adviser.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Civil Rights Groups Sue DeVos Over Title IX Policies.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “A Product at Every Price: A Review of MOOC Stats and Trends in 2017.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via Edsurge : “5 Ways MOOC -Based Degrees Are Different From Other Online Degrees.” ” Not listed: other online degrees simply aren’t hyped the way MOOCs are. Lambda School has raised $14 million from GV (Google Ventures) and Stripe.

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “Free MOOCs Face the Music,” writes Inside Higher Ed on edX ’s decision to start charging fees. More “MOOC” news under the job training section below. Via Wired : “ Google’s Diversity Stats Are Still Very Dismal.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

” It’s pretty terrible to report on how a “ President Oprah ” would shape education policy and not talk about how she has actively promoted pseudoscience. But maybe a lot of education policy is based on pseudoscience, so that’s why we can just let that slide… Via Chalkbeat : “President Winfrey? .”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via The Wall Street Journal : “More Schools Are Buying ‘ Active-Shooter ’ Insurance Policies.” ” Via Edsurge : “With a Year of Crisis Text Line Data, California Community Colleges Launch Mental Health Program.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 10, 2018

Via NPR : Illinois “Lawmakers Looking At How Public Schools Handle Private Data.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Google has updated its pseudo-LMS, Classroom. Google blogs ; tech publications help market the news. Data, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Indeed, Edutechnica, which also tracks LMS data, responds with their own numbers and says that Blackboard still has about two hundred more installations than Canvas and about a million more students using the software. Data, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

.” Via The Atlantic : “A Step-by-Step Guide to Trump’s New College Sexual Assault Policy.” Via Chalkbeat : “How Trump’s tax law may have just gotten in the way of Betsy DeVos ’ favorite policy.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

According to excerpts of speeches published by Wikileaks – stolen data – Clinton called the Common Core a “political failure” in a speech she gave to Knewton. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Microsoft -Branded MOOCs for K–12 Leaders.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

She seemed to fail to grasp some of the basics of education policy – the difference between “ proficiency ” and “ growth ,” for example, and the federal rules surrounding disability rights and education. Via the IEEE Spectrum : “How the Pioneers of the MOOC Got It Wrong.” Gotta sell that tech.

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