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(The Very Last) Hack Education Weekly News

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A glimpse : “In China ’s Silicon Valley, Edtech Starts at the ‘MOOC Times Building’ ” Via Class Central : “By The Numbers: MOOCs in 2018.” Via Edsurge : “How Google’s Former China Chief Thinks AI Will Reshape Teaching.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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” It’s now unclear, observers say, if the FTC can regulate companies like Google or Verizon. Via the EFF : “Stupid Patent of the Month: Elsevier Patents Online Peer Review.” Shawn Graham responds to this patent on peer review by patenting Elsevier.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Google ’s chairman Eric Schmidt praises Trump. Via Nature : “One of the world’s largest science publishers, Elsevier , won a default legal judgement on 21 June against websites that provide illicit access to tens of millions of research papers and books. “technologizing” the government. ” Phew!

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via EdScoop : “ USC launches edtech research center focused on underrepresented youth.” Google had a big media to-do this week. Via Ars Technica : “Google unveils a $249 smart camera that decides what’s worth photographing.” “ Mattel and Google : a double standard for AI toys?”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via Infodocket : “ Louisiana State University is Suing Elsevier For Breach of Contract.” CNN tries to explain “Why Google , Apple and Microsoft are battling for education.” ” Via Edsurge : “Why Moodle ’s Mastermind, Martin Dougiamas, Still Believes in Edtech After Two Decades.”

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Via Techcrunch : “ Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support specialists.” “ Google is jeopardizing A frican-American literature sites ,” says The Outline. I don’t recall if I talked about Elsevier when I wrote about platforms as part of my 2017 review. ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Meanwhile on Campus… Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Florida State Cancels Bundled Journal Deal With Elsevier.” Edtech Companies?” EdTech Strategies’ Doug Levin has launched The K–12 Cybersecurity Resource Center. “Try Google.” ” That’s history professor Julio Pino.