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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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It seems to me as though this year was pretty momentous too, if for no other reason than the open source LMS Moodle – first released 15 years ago and by far the most popular LMS in the world – raised its very first round of venture capital in October. ” (Amazon Inspire is the company’s OER platform.)

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

His wife is the co-founder of OER organization CK–12.). ” Via Bryan Alexander : “ Moodle and the next LMS: reflections and more questions.” Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla insists that “Venture capital has less sexual harassment than other industries.” Sounds Familiar.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via CNBC : “This Chinese-Israeli start-up wants to change the way kids learn to code.” “ OER-Enabled Pedagogy ” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. “ Social-Emotional Learning Is the Rage in K–12. .” ( No disclosure about shared investors.).

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