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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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MAY 13, 2016

Testing, Testing… Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “British Officials, Pearson Probe Effort to Leak Test Content.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). In related MOOC news, there's more on “ nanodegrees ” in the “credentialing” section below. ” asks Edsurge.

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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. “ Was It Ethical for Dropbox to Share Customer Data with Scientists?

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MAY 20, 2016

“The UK government has published its 2016 HE White Paper, entitled Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice,” the Times Higher Education reports. “ Pearson gets emergency test scoring contract from Tennessee ,” Chalkbeat reports. Pearson hearts coding bootcamps.

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MAY 19, 2017

senators released a bill Monday that would overturn the ban on a federal student-level data system that would allow for the tracking of employment and graduation rates. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Why Haven’t MOOCs Eliminated Any Professors?”

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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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APRIL 28, 2017

Senators Introduce Bill to Keep Government Research Data Publicly Available (Preserving Data in Government Act).” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” Via Infodocket : “Two U.S. Increased by just 2, but still.).

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JUNE 10, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Here’s The Chronicle headline from then : “Professor Leaves a MOOC in Mid-Course in Dispute Over Teaching.”) Good thing I never did anything in those MOOCs, otherwise I'd be losing my work. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “With Student Interest Soaring, Berkeley Creates New Data-Sciences Division.” ” The “guru” is Brendan Kealey , formerly with Pearson. ” Data, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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DECEMBER 1, 2017

” Apparently the FAFSA will soon be available on mobile devices. House Hearing on Algorithms & Big Data : 5 Takeaways for Schools.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” These headlines just kill me. ” More MOOC data in the “research” section below.

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AUGUST 4, 2017

monthly subsidies toward cellular phone service or mobile broadband. ” A ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union raises interesting questions about the ownership of student data : “Exam scripts and examiner’s corrections are personal data of the exam candidate.”

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JUNE 22, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). To borrow from Jello Biaffra, “MOOCs aren’t dead, they just deserve to die.” ” From Edsurge : “How Blockbuster MOOCs Could Shape the Future of Teaching.” ” There’s more MOOC-related news in the nanodegree section below.

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APRIL 20, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via Edsurge : “What’s Next for Pearson ? I guess it could also be a reference to the money to be made off of collecting, analyzing, and selling student data. Key Data Systems has acquired Progress Testing. Not Buying Your Education Startup.)”

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JUNE 3, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “The Future of MOOCs Might Not Be Free ,” suggests Education Week’s Market Brief with an observation that many of us made back in 2012. Via The New York Times : “Dreams Stall as CUNY , New York City’s Engine of Mobility, Sputters.”

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