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November 14 - Ed Tech News, Our Weekly Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Peggy , Lorna , and Kim host Beth Still, who will share the ways she uses technology with her students and teachers that she works with in her unique setup including Moodle. The Library as Makerspace Preventing STEM Dropouts Is NYC’s General Assembly the University of the Future? show is back!

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Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In.” The LMS Moodle has raised $6 million in its first ever round of venture funding. And there’s more on for-profits and student loans in the research section below. The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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But for others – especially lower-performing students – taking online courses was associated with higher dropout rates and lower grades, both at the time the course was taken and in future semesters, when compared to students who took classes in person.” ” “Whither Moodle ?”

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How a College Dropout Plans to Replace the SAT and ACT.” “The Moodle / Blackboard Breakup: The Long and the Short of It” by e-Literate’s Michael Feldstein. Via Chalkbeat : “ NYC is offering the SHSAT during school hours to boost diversity, but it’s mostly benefitting white and Asian students.”