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DECEMBER 14, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). A glimpse : “In China ’s Silicon Valley, Edtech Starts at the ‘MOOC Times Building’ ” Via Class Central : “By The Numbers: MOOCs in 2018.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” asks The Atlantic.

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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. ASU ends its MOOC experiment , Global Freshman Academy. Google was fined $170 million for violating children’s privacy on YouTube.

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AUGUST 17, 2018

One Problem: The Data Aren’t All There.” ” Via the AP : “ Mississippi ’s Supreme Court says a state lawsuit against Google alleging violations of student privacy should stay in a northeast Mississippi court.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). " But hey.

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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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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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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more data about online education down in the “research” section at the bottom. Via Techcrunch : “ Google partners with MotherCoders to bring tech training to moms in New York City.” on Coursera.” More from Edsurge.

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MAY 18, 2018

Via EdScoop : “ Google adds new terms to comply with Connecticut student data privacy laws.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). If you Google him, you might surmise there’s a lot more going on here than just textbook sales.). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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JANUARY 5, 2018

’s use of earnings data investigated.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s data about distance education enrollments in the US in the research section below. Via The Guardian : “ Google faces new discrimination charge : paying female teachers less than men.”

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JUNE 1, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via The South China Morning Post : “ China ’s schools are quietly using AI to mark students’ essays … but do the robots make the grade?” Data, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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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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NOVEMBER 24, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The University of Iceland has joined edX. Via the Google blog : “Investing £1 million in training for computing teachers in the U.K. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. Will they make it happen? .”

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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. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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JUNE 9, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” If you can’t create revenue, raise venture capital. Google has launched a curriculum called “ Be Internet Awesome ” to encourage digital safety and citizenship. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The MOOC provider has now raised $210 million total.

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MARCH 30, 2017

“The Year of the MOOC” – I was summoned to Palo Alto, California for a small gathering to discuss the future of teaching, learning, and technology. With enough data and some machine learning, you can identify – statistically – the most common obstacles. Let me begin with a story. Efficiency.

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JUNE 17, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Who owns your data – whether it’s social media or school-related? ” Via the Hechinger Report : “Can a wall-climbing robot teach your kid to code?” ” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. “ Some Observations on Kahoot!

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JULY 20, 2018

Fines Google $5.1 Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the credential section below. Via Class Central : “Analysis of 450 MOOC -Based Microcredentials Reveals Many Options But Little Consistency.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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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. Google’s Alphabet Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Education Department received about 28,000 applications for Public Service Loan Forgiveness as of June 30 of this year but so far has approved just under 300 applications for loan discharge, according to new federal data released Wednesday.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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JANUARY 26, 2018

” 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.” ” There’s more MOOC news in the certification section below. I’m also putting some MOOC news in the job training section.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Politico : Western Governors University , “the nation’s leading provider of competency-based educatio n – which the Education Department’s independent watchdog last month said violated federal student aid rules – is expanding into North Carolina.”

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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.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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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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APRIL 6, 2018

” Via Edsurge : “Data is Good – But Not Enough – to Improve Education, Says Baltimore City Public Schools CEO.” ” There’s more data on debt in the data and research section below. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” This is my shocked face.

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JANUARY 12, 2018

Via The Verge : “James Damore sues Google for allegedly discriminating against conservative white men.” ” 69% of Google’s employees are men. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). That student data is big bucks? Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. 56% are white.

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JUNE 23, 2017

Google ’s chairman Eric Schmidt praises Trump. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The Post and Courier : “ South Carolina ’s online charter schools: A $350 million investment with disappointing returns.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “technologizing” the government.

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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. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

’” Online Education, Beyond “MOOCs” Via Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill : “The Remarkable Transformation at UF Online.” ” No mention that Bertelsmann is an investor in Udacity, or that Udacity’s founder is a former Google exec. Via Techcrunch : “ Google launches App Maker.”

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MAY 5, 2017

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The IRS data retrieval tool that let financial aid applicants automatically import income information into the FAFSA won’t be restored for the current aid cycle, said James Runcie, chief operating officer of the Office of Federal Student Aid, in written testimony to Congress Wednesday.”

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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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JANUARY 18, 2017

The Department of Education , under the auspices of “transparency,” promises more access to data about financial aid. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ MOOC enrollment drops at HarvardX and MITx after free certifications disappear ,” says Techcrunch.

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AUGUST 4, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via Edsurge : “With a Year of Crisis Text Line Data, California Community Colleges Launch Mental Health Program.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” JFC.

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AUGUST 24, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Gotta keep hyping that MOOC thing. Via Edsurge : “ MOOCs Are No Longer Massive. ” Via Class Central : “Class Central’s Top 50 MOOCs of All Time (2018 edition).” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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MAY 4, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “ Betsy DeVos ’s first Detroit visit featured Girl Scouts, robots, and talk of beluga whales.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “New Student Visa Data Show Overall Declines.” ” There’s more financial aid news in the privacy section below – because, you guessed it, data breach.

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JULY 27, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news from Edsurge in the “job training” section below. There’s more MOOC news from Edsurge in the “job training” section below. ” Via Bloomberg : “Inside Google ’s Shadow Workforce.”

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JANUARY 19, 2018

.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the job training section below. There’s more MOOC news in the job training section below. ” More news about a data breach at a testing company in the infosec section below. Doane University has joined edX.

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JULY 28, 2017

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?” “Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” And more on MOOCs in the credentialing section below as well.

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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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