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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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.” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ”) It was certainly the outcome that investors were hoping for Edmodo , which raised $25 million in 2012, boasting that it had 15 million users. Remember Edmodo?

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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This is the second part of my much-abbreviated look at the stories that were told about education technology in 2018 – and in this case, the people who funded the storytellers. I assumed that they looked to see if the company could do what it promised – financially, technologically. The technology did not work.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The technologies of the Internet and the Web are reshaping where, when, and from whom we learn. Saturday, March 1st at 12pm CR20 LIVE Weekly Show - Google Forms in the Classrooms , Classroom 2.0 WETL is committed to advancing the roles of district technology leadership and transformative learning environments across the state.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Education Week : “Congress Considering $95 Million for Study of Technology’s Effects on Children.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). National) Education Politics. " But hey.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The University of Iceland has joined edX. Via The MIT Technology Review : “Finally, a Useful Application for VR: Training Employees.” Via the Google blog : “Investing £1 million in training for computing teachers in the U.K.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Perhaps the disappearance (and reported murder) of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi doesn’t seem like an education technology story. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). But it matters.

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The Top Ed-Tech Trends (Aren't 'Tech')

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Every year since 2010, I’ve undertaken a fairly massive project in which I’ve reviewed the previous twelve months’ education and technology news in order to write ten articles covering “the top ed-tech trends.” ’” “She didn’t say anything positive about technology, dammit.”

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