Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2017

Dreamit Edtech network to get their “lemon lists” of concepts, statements, and business models that edtech entrepreneurs may want to think twice—or thrice—about. Student engagement and retention mobile apps. Do you know what company is “Facebook for country X?” Facebook is. Facebook is.

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EdTech LMS Facebook Chegg 91

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. There was a regularly updated Facebook page, a Twitter account, as well as a LinkedIn profile for its supposed president. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JANUARY 5, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ CSU signs deal to record, broadcast classroom lectures,” says the San Francisco Examiner. Via The New York Times : “ Facebook Hires Campbell Brown to Lead News Partnerships Team.” Facebook’s contempt for public education continues.

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Education Pearson Facebook Company 47

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

K98BwFMkIc @ryancraiguv #edtech pic.twitter.com/3mITJHvODv — EdSurge HigherEd (@HigherEdSurge) November 11, 2016. I’ve been urging people to watch the private student loan market for a while now. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Data-mining a Facebook group. ”).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

.” Via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette : “Former Pitt student, key figure in Chinese-U.S. Via Edsurge : “The Edtech World is a ‘ Swamp of Gimmicks ’ – and Here’s How We Can Drain It.” Also via Edsurge : “Meet Intel Education Accelerator ’s Newest Cohort of Edtech Visionaries.”

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