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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

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. LMS news from Edsurge : “​ University of Michigan ’s Gamified LMS Opens Up to Other Institutions.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” Elsevier has acquired SSRN , an online open access repository. ” From Mindwires Consulting: “ e-Literate Big Picture: LMS.” (Remember what I’ve said: watch the student loan space.). Pay Edsurge money to see the details.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Here’s the rub: it’s an LMS. More, via Inside Higher Ed , on various colleges’ OER initiatives. Elsevier has acquired Hivebench. Via Techcrunch : “ Apple launches coding camps for kids in its retail stores.” “Can U.S. Funding and Acquisitions (The Business of Ed-Tech).