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The two were visiting a rural school in Idaho that has a 1-to–1 iPad program. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Stop Asking About Completion Rates: Better Questions to Ask About MOOCs in 2019,” says Edsurge. .” It could only observe.

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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. ” Via IHE blogger Joshua Kim : “The Institutional Impact of Maryville’s 1:1 iPad Program.”

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” “Make MOOCs great again.” “The Failure of the iPad Classroom” by David Sax. ” From the press release : “ Jisc Collections and Elsevier Sign Landmark UK Agreement, Securing Access to Research Publications and Initiating Open Science Collaboration.” Is that possible?

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Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “To Bolster K–3 Literacy, North Carolina Provides 24,000 iPads for Reading Teachers.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Elsevier has acquired Aries Systems. ” There’s some Ohio and Indiana news in the online education section below.

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’” 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. Meanwhile on Campus… Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Florida State Cancels Bundled Journal Deal With Elsevier.”

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” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Apple and Maine education officials are allowing school districts to trade in iPads for laptops after teachers and students say the computers are better for schoolwork,” according to The Sun Journal. ” KickUp has raised $1.54

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” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). blog : “ Elsevier Collaborates with Hypothesis to Integrate Open Annotation.” ” Via The Telegraph : “ Teaching children with iPads means they struggle to concentrate without technology, study finds.” .” Of course.