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3 Big Issues We Heard About at SXSWedu

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. — Student privacy, easier-to-use digital tools for instructors, and efforts to offer alternative credentials were some of the most-talked-about topics this week at the South by Southwest Edu conference, an offshoot of the popular South by Southwest music festival. New Forms of Credentials. And they won’t necessarily be peer-reviewed.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news down in the “labor and management” section below. The folks at Getting Smart promote CS and SEL resources on Facebook for Education. More PR from Techcrunch : “ Nintendo is bringing Labo kits to elementary schools.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Responses to last week’s news about Western Governors University and the audit of its competency-based offerings: Via NPR : “Who Is A College Teacher, Anyway? ” Via Getting Smart : “Using Robots to Teach Elementary Students About Human Nature.”