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Colleges Are Striking Bulk Deals With Textbook Publishers. Critics Say There Are Many Downsides.

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And of course there are other vendors, like Elsevier and Wiley (like Jones Soda and RC) and openly-licensed resources known as OER, or open education resources (which are something like a Sodastream homebrew). There’s a surprising amount of momentum behind it,” said Phil Hill, a longtime edtech consultant.

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(The Very Last) Hack Education Weekly News

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Each week for the past eight or so years, I have gathered a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. A glimpse : “In China ’s Silicon Valley, Edtech Starts at the ‘MOOC Times Building’ ” Via Class Central : “By The Numbers: MOOCs in 2018.”

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Paul LePage has called for a review of his state’s groundbreaking 1-to–1 student computing initiative, highlighting the growing pains nagging an educational-technology movement now well into its second decade.” Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Law Could Force Rural Residents Off Information Superhighway.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Just 22 schools with running water and basic supplies will start holding informal classes today in an attempt to kickstart recovery.” ” Via EdScoop : “ USC launches edtech research center focused on underrepresented youth.” Almost all of Puerto Rico’s schools remain without electricity or running water.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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technologizing” the government. 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. Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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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. ” Idaho Ed News quotes local high school students who protested the visit and their school’s reliance on technology. Tutoring company Topica Edtech Group has raised $50 million from Northstar Group. The company has raised $16.6

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Remind me again, all you fans of VR in education, how this technology is going to promote empathy? Via Edsurge : “How Proposed Title I Changes Impact School Funding and Edtech Vendors” – “ A Win for Edtech Vendors.” ” Well, as long as ed-tech vendors benefit, it must be grand.