Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

” How Philanthropy Shapes “Ed-Tech Trends” It’s hard to overstate how much influence philanthropic organizations have had on education policy, now and throughout US history. Philanthropy today shapes policy. No contemporary billionaire has shaped the policy and the discourse in education quite like Bill Gates.

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

To their credit, both of the leading commercial MOOCs—Udacity and Coursera—have undertaken significant pivots to their initially flawed business models. Adherents of particular educational business models and advocates of particular educational public policy approaches have a tendency to use very similar language in promoting their views.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, doctoral student research, library and information center "tours," and more! We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses.

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Wired Campus

MARCH 13, 2015

The document was created primarily with secondary education in mind, but among its supporters are some higher-education groups, including the Institute for Higher Education Policy. Mitchell L. At the same time, he warned of an overreliance on predictive analytics in guiding students. “In

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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. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights, according to court documents filed Monday.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ MOOCs no longer massive, still attract millions,” Class Central’s Dhawal Shah claims in a VentureBeat op-ed. 8 filed by three former University of Oregon basketball players last year court documents show. I predict huge success.

Khan Academy 40

Khan Academy Education LMS Company 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2016

It covers the required language courses, for which there are shortages of teachers and classrooms; the strict entry policies and limited number of places, especially in disciplines many of these refugees hope to study; and the seemingly endless paperwork. Of nearly 1 million international students taken in by U.S.

Education 40

Education MOOC Study Report 40

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 Inside Higher Ed : “ Educause has submitted a $55,000 offer to acquire the assets of the now defunct New Media Consortium , court documents reveal.”

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Lenovo Education Facebook MOOC 51

Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

“The 72 OSERS Documents Rescinded by Betsy deVos ” – by Liz Ditz. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” MOOCs. “Learning Creative Learning: It’s not a MOOC , it’s a community,” says the MIT Media Lab. (National) Education Politics. They’re back?

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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 Inside Higher Ed : “The Credential Registry is several months into its mission to document all U.S. ” JFC.

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Education Pearson Company Blackboard 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

As new forms of data are easier to collect and analyze, drawing on and interacting with information to measure the impact of programs and to inform decision-making and policy has emerged as a key strategy to foster improvement in public schools. Under surveillance by marketers. Under surveillance by companies. Under surveillance by schools.

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Data Technology Education Software 40

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

. “High school students will be allowed to carry mace in the 2016–2017 school year after the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education agreed to remove prohibitive language and amend its policy,” the Salisbury Post reports. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

JULY 15, 2016

Inside Higher Ed has a story on Pence’s higher ed policies. Here’s an old article from Chalkbeat on Pence’s K–12 policies. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Are MOOCs Forever ?” .” Presidential Campaign Politics. Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. And certainly the expectation of many ed-tech products (and increasingly school policy) is that parents will do just this — participate in the incessant monitoring of student data.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

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. ” ( Not mentioned : Penn was one of the very first investors in Coursera.).

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Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

Hack Education

JULY 6, 2018

” “The Trump Administration Just Rescinded Obama-Era Guidance on Race-Conscious Admissions Policies. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). It shaped policy. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Trump Administration Will Rescind Obama-Era Guidelines on Race-Conscious Admissions.”

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Education Pearson MOOC Chegg 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 7, 2018

” Via Buzzfeed : “Lawsuits Say Harvard’s Anti-Sexism Policy Discriminates Against Women.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Most Schools Don’t Have Clear Restroom Policies , and That’s a Public-Health Problem,” says Pacific Standard.

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Education MOOC Report Data 54

Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

” “ Torn Apart / Separados ” – “A rapidly deployed critical data & visualization intervention in the USA’s 2018 ‘Zero Tolerance Policy’ for asylum seekers at the US Ports of Entry and the humanitarian crisis that has followed.” ” Research, “Research,” and Reports.

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

Via NPR : “ Wyoming School District Stalls On Transgender Student Policy.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). From iNACOL: “ Promising State Policies for Personalized Learning.” ” Via NPR : “ Paying Students May Raise Test Scores, But The Lesson Is Not Over.”

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Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

” The group in question: the Council for National Policy. ” Via Univision : “How White House advisor Stephen Miller went from pestering Hispanic students to designing Trump’s immigration policy.” NPR on MOOC Micromasters. ” That’s Gail Heriot. ” asks Edsurge. Disclosure alert.).

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Education Company MOOC Khan Academy 45

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2017

It covers the required language courses, for which there are shortages of teachers and classrooms; the strict entry policies and limited number of places, especially in disciplines many of these refugees hope to study; and the seemingly endless paperwork. Of nearly 1 million international students taken in by U.S.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 5, 2016

Via Politico : “Dozens of organizations associated with the Black Lives Matter movement released a policy platform this week that prominently features a range of education issues. ” (The policy documents are here and here.). ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Rich , I tell you.

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Education Pearson Report Policies 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 18, 2017

” More about (US) national education politics and policies in the student loan section and for-profit higher ed sections below. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Cumulative Growth in Number of MOOCs , 2011–17.”

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Education MOOC Report Data 49

Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

” I’ve looked at how for-profit colleges , MOOCs , and learn-to-code companies have tapped into these narratives in order to justify their products and services. These have all been separate articles in each series. “More Americans just need the right training.” “Robots” – not bosses.

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Hack Education

MARCH 31, 2017

billion cut to the Education Department’s budget for next year, the President Donald Trump is now calling on Congress to slash nearly $3 billion in education funding for the remaining five months of this fiscal year, according to a document obtained by POLITICO.” .” Via Politico : “After proposing a $9.2

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” These headlines just kill me. ” More MOOC data in the “research” section below. We reviewed hundreds of pages of Ballou’s attendance records, class rosters and emails after a district employee shared the private documents. ” Think tanks.

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Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

.” Via the AP : “ Remington Arms and the families of some victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre have agreed that any dispute over the release of company documents in a lawsuit brought by the families and a surviving teacher will be decided by a judge.” ” He is suing the university. .’

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Frank Brogan, the chancellor of the Pennsylvania State University System from 2013 until retiring this year, has joined the Department of Education in the Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development – likely ahead of a nomination to a separate position.” For-Profit Colleges.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

” And by “take on,” that means “investigating and suing universities over affirmative action admissions policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants.” ” More on Trump’s proposed immigration policies in the immigration section below.

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Via Politico : “The Trump administration has removed documents from an Education Department website aimed at transgender students , including those intended to help students fight for access to bathrooms of their choice.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Vive la MOOC révolution.

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Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). .” “ Northwest Evaluation Association To Enter State Assessment Market,” says Education Week. “Is Estonia the new Finland ?” ” asks The Hechinger Report after looking at the country’s rising PISA scores.

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Coursera Education E-rate Company 60