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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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“To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. The story examined a proposed practice: “Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via the CBC : “ University of Manitoba students receive ‘extortion’ letters over illegal downloads.” The startup, which something something MOOC something something, has raised $9.69 OpenClassrooms has raised $6.74 million total.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via Edsurge : “The Makings (and Misgivings) of a Statewide Effort to Personalize Learning in Massachusetts.” Via CNET : “ Verizon to pay $17M to resolve FCC, Justice E-Rate probes.” Once upon a time, Coursera updates went in the MOOC section. Paul School Lunch Debt.”