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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. Rise of the robots Siemens has both an academic and an industry perspective on digital learning.

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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.” “‘Eton for all’: will robot teachers mean everyone gets an elite education? ” by Nicholas Carr.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via The New York Post : “Doctors slam sex robot ‘family mode’ ” “Where Are The Robot Teachers ?” “ Robots in the classroom ? Edtech Raises $739M in Venture Funding.” ” asks Peter Greene.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

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.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. From the Raspberry Pi blog : “IoT Sleepbuddy, the robotic babysitter.” Data and “Research” Edsurge looks at the “ Board of Directors for 20 Best Funded Private US Edtech Companies.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Meanwhile on Campus… Via ProPublica : “‘Alternative’ Education: Using Charter Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System.” “What Students Want Their Professors To Know About Edtech ” – according to Edsurge. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Upgrades and Downgrades. ” Wheee. .

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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.” ” New Nanodegrees from Udacity : Digital Marketing and Robotics. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.