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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare. Manufacturing Trends.

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Is the new education reform hiding in plain sight?

The Hechinger Report

Rogers Elementary fourth-grade teacher Sudhir Vasal created math lesson pathways so each child can progress at their own pace. Rogers Elementary School here set a three-alarm fire in the library. Rogers Elementary Principal Lisa Lovato. Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report.

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Educational Crises and Ed-Tech: A History

Hack Education

In elementary schools, between 7 to 13% of instructional time was spent watching television. Like a MOOC, but in the school gym. But that's how ed-tech PR works, isn't it — one anecdote becomes a trend if you can get Edsurge to write about it as such. The Hagerstown story is fairly well known, even though it was an anomaly.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” " It’s lovely to see the big innovation from the MOOC startups in 2017 involves the learning management system. ” Udacity has updated its online "classroom."

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOC hype deja vu.). com : “2 students, teacher injured in shooting at Townville Elementary [in South Carolina ]; teen in custody.” The University of Newcastle has joined edX. Udacity has launched a VR nanodegree. A Master's Degree for a Mere $7,000.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “Examining Trends in Graduate Student Debt by Race and Ethnicity” by Seton Hall University professor Robert Kelchen. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “How Parent PLUS Worsens the Racial Wealth Gap.” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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Driverless Ed-Tech: The History of the Future of Automation in Education

Hack 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. Perhaps with this data, the MOOC providers can build a map of professional if not cognitive pathways. Let me begin with a story. Anyone can teach.