Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

Read part one , and look for part three next week, about new kinds of cheating approaches that experts see on the horizon. The product of higher education is the credibility of the certifications they bestow upon people.” In other cases, however, companies that sell term papers to students may not be violating any laws.

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Industry Company Software Study 97

Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2018

It’s been quite a year for education news, not that you’d know that by listening to much of the ed-tech industry (press). Meanwhile, the founder of Oculus Rift is now selling surveillance technology for a virtual border wall between the US and Mexico. And on and on and on.

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Technology Industry Education Robotics 110

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. This past two weeks also saw seven (7!)

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2020

I gave this talk this morning at the Academic Technology Institute. They're a way that the community marks the transition — into adulthood, in some cases, but always looking forward into "what's next." " "What's next? " "What's next?" Everyone is in crisis.

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System Technology Course Software 108

Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Rafter ranked among the most substantially-backed education companies in recent memory, having raised more than $86 million dollars since it started a decade ago. While its customers scramble to find alternatives , observers wonder what can be learned from Rafter’s demise.

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EdTech Company Trends Course 60

Hack Education

AUGUST 18, 2017

Hundreds of white supremacists marched at the University of Virginia campus Friday night, carrying torches and chanting “blood and soil.” There’s more on white nationalists on campus in the “meanwhile on campus” section below. Here’s what witnesses say.” Charlottesville and UVA.

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Education MOOC Report Data 49

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds my rage… oh and the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. State and Local) Education Politics.

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Education MOOC Pearson Blackboard 58

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. State and Local) Education Politics. State and Local) Education Politics.

Education 52

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 52

Bryan Alexander

OCTOBER 17, 2015

How will computing change over the next few years? What happens when we combine advanced AI with mobile devices? Putting these trends together, what do they mean for education? Specifically, what does this report mean for institutional IT support? Gartner Research dives into this tricky question with a new report.

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Technology Trends Software Mobility 40

Edsurge

MAY 10, 2017

Minerva’s model sounds like it was dreamed up by friends at a bar talking about what they would do if they could create a university from scratch. EdSurge sat down with Nelson this week at the ASU+GSV Summit, as part of our Thought Leader Interview series on the future of education. Class participation of Minerva is mandatory.

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Kaplan Course Pearson Study 67

Mistakengoal.com

JULY 21, 2014

I feel an obligation to bring closure to the historical work I began a few years ago so I will be spending the next several months working with primary sources and reworking old drafts into publishable articles. It’s very common for us to worry about the effect of technology on our personal lives and psyches. But how old?

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MOOC Conference Learning Analytics Facebook 67

Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

(National) Education Politics. The AP interviews US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos , who laments “she didn’t decry racism enough.” ” Via Politico : “New marching orders from Betsy DeVos’ civil rights chief have the Education Department churning through civil rights complaints.

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Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

This is part six of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Some of the most oft-told tales in education in recent years have the following plot: the students all move from “brick-and-mortar” to “online.” Online education, we’re still told, will be education’s disruptor.

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MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Education Politics. Via The New York Times : “The Buffalo Board of Education on Thursday demanded that Carl Paladino resign from his post on the board after making racist comments about President and Michelle Obama last week. Education in the Courts. ” Enjoy your VR in education, folks.

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Education MOOC EdTech Facebook 45

Hack Education

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this work feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. State and Local) Education Politics. But it matters. But it matters.

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Education MOOC Company OER 55

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Education Politics. “ Education Department Proposes New Regulations to Protect Students and Taxpayers from Predatory Institutions.” ” Via The Fresno Bee : “Former Clovis Unified School District superintendent and popular Fresno-area education consultant Terry Bradley was censured and fined by the U.S. .

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Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

Education Politics. US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos appeared in front of a Senate subcommittee this week to talk about Trump’s budget proposal. said Thursday that he is still part of a higher education initiative for President Donald Trump,” Politico reports. ” More via The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Education Coursera MOOC Udemy 46

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Education Politics. Betsy DeVos has been confirmed as the Secretary of Education – the first time that a Vice President has had to break a tie in the Senate for this sort of vote. See also, via Market Watch : “ K12 ’s stock rallies after DeVos confirmed as Secretary of Education.”

Education 40

Education MOOC E-rate Robotics 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

(National) Education Politics. “The Education of Betsy DeVos ” – a profile of the Secretary of Education in Politico Magazine. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ DeVos Falsely Suggests That Student Loans Were Federalized to Pay for Obamacare.” Department of Education.

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Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. In the past, this all feeds the reviews I have written each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. That means, after next week, I’m ending this particular series too. “The U.S.

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Education MOOC Report Data 54

Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. Mick Zais has been confirmed as the Deputy Secretary of Education.

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Education Company MOOC Report 49

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. ” The US Secretary of Education appeared on 60 Minutes this past weekend.

Education 46

Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Education Politics. Via The New York Times : “ Trump Orders Review of Education Policies to Strengthen Local Control.” ” “ What does Trump’s executive order on education do? ” Via Education Week : “ FCC Chairman Announces Plan to Roll Back Key Net Neutrality Rules.”

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Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. ” (State and Local) Education Politics. ” Immigration and Education.

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

There is no box

OCTOBER 3, 2015

My first job in education was at a small rural high school district. The high school district was fortunate enough to recognize that to make forward progress with technology, they had to make a change. The main reason: the shift towards authentic technology integration into everyday instruction is happening right now.

EdTech 40

EdTech E-rate Google Company 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

Education Politics. “ Ugandan parliament orders Bridge Academy schools closed,” according to Education International. The US Department of Education announced it was launching “a pilot to test rigorously the effectiveness of more flexible loan counseling policies on federal student loan borrowers.”

Education 40

Education MOOC Facebook Company 40

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

But taking money from Meta to build campus-specific metaverses is just the latest in higher education’s grand tradition of letting others profit off its inventions. But taking money from Meta to build campus-specific metaverses is just the latest in higher education’s grand tradition of letting others profit off its inventions.

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Facebook Company Industry Software 201

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

” I mean, yes, I’m totally making up the framing of the “trends” angle here (in the hopes, I confess, to defanging all those ridiculous clickbait articles that just list a bunch of shiny new consumer technology products and predict that they’re poised to “revolutionize school”). .”

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Technology Education Facebook Company 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Education Politics. “How higher education made President Trump ,” according to Jeffrey Selingo. ” Via Education Week : “ Undocumented Teachers Shielded by DACA in Legal and Emotional Limbo.” ” More on DACA in the campus section below. .” ” More via WaPo and Buzzfeed.

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Education Company MOOC Khan Academy 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2017

This is part two of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” I confess: most of my social media networks are focused on education. I’m friends with educators. I follow educators and education journalists. We have Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to thank for that.

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Technology Kaplan Education Company 58

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

” This was what the mother of a nineteen-year-old killed by a bomb in Kirkuk said on an HBO documentary quoted by Bob Herbert in The New York Times on the morning of November 12, 2004. I want to start this year’s review of education technology acknowledging grief. I immediately knew.” Mourn and Organize.

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Technology Education Report Training 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

And thank you too for the theme of this event – your willingness to talk about failures and struggles with education technology rather than, what’s almost always the case, this strange dogma the field demands – that we only offer praise and thanks for the glory of education technology.

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Technology Education Robotics System 0

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

Education Politics. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Gov. .” ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Gov. .” ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Gov. ” Education in the Courts. ” Education in the Courts. ” Ugh. .”

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Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

AUGUST 5, 2016

Education Politics. Via Politico : “Dozens of organizations associated with the Black Lives Matter movement released a policy platform this week that prominently features a range of education issues. Education in the Courts. ” (The policy documents are here and here.). .” More via NewsOne.

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Education Pearson Report Policies 40

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

This talk was presented at The University of Edinburgh's Moray House School of Education. “The Year of the MOOC” – I was summoned to Palo Alto, California for a small gathering to discuss the future of teaching, learning, and technology. I know what happened to the dissenters who got into a zeppelin in that movie.

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Education Robotics MOOC Company 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 2, 2019

This story is a part of our Map to the Middle Class project, where readers ask questions about educational pathways to financial stability and then we investigate. ” To submit your question or vote on our next topic, click here. John O’Boyle for The Hechinger Report. This question comes from Kirk Warren, of Reno, Nevada.

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Education Industry Training Report 104