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Implementing education technology by pursuing technology education: Professional Development ideas for educators

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Students use laptops, tablets, and myriad software to complete in-class work and at-home assignments. As such, they might need to rely on technology to further their education. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are also excellent resources, offering free classes from world-renowned universities. Take a degree course.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” “ Delta Career Education Corporation , a privately held for-profit college company, is phasing out seven of its campuses,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Absorb Software has raised $59 million from Silversmith Capital Partners to build an LMS. ” “What happens after American higher education contracts?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.’” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Reminder: a lot of MOOC news is now job training news, so you’ll find some updates in that section below. And some related humor from McSweeney’s : “Quick Facts About the Silicon Valley Microschool That’s Disrupting Education.”).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Big HR news about Coursera in the HR section below. Here’s the headline from Inside Higher Ed : “For-Credit MOOC: Best of Both Worlds at MIT ?” ” But if you look closer, it’s not a MOOC; it’s just an online class at MIT.