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‘Our Technology Is Our Ideology’: George Siemens on the Future of Digital Learning

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He just doesn’t think our current university systems and edtech solutions will get us there. He’s worried that, rather than advancing our human potential, many edtech companies and universities are perpetuating the status quo. Blogs, wikis and social media, on the other hand, are distributed across networks.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In.” ” Via EdScoop : “ USC launches edtech research center focused on underrepresented youth.” ” This, from Edsurge , is pretty awful: “Why Edtech Executives Are Keeping a Close Eye on Preschool Demographics.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” The Google blog post announcing “ Course Kit ,” a tool that will integrate Google Drive with the LMS. Edtech Raises $739M in Venture Funding.” ” Via Chalkbeat : “Do suspensions lead to higher dropout rates and other academic problems? .” And the subsequent churnalism.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” ’” Via Edsurge : “School’s Out for the Latest Y Combinator Batch, and Here’s What Its Edtech Graduates Are Up to.” Via Wired : “Schools Are Mining Students’ Social Media Posts for Signs of Trouble.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via eCampus News : “The 2 edtech fields with the most potential under Trump.” Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.” Offering “modules” in an LMS is, apparently, newsworthy. ” Saved you a click.).