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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Analysis of Georgia Tech ’s MOOC-inspired online master’s in computer science suggests that institutions can successfully deliver high-quality, low-cost degrees to students at scale.” ” “ Robot abuse ”?!

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). Subscribe to their blog. Instead, they’ve re-branded as job training sites.

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Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). In related MOOC news, there's more on “ nanodegrees ” in the “credentialing” section below. ” [Insert Course Signals learning analytics joke here.]. Because up ’til now, MOOCs were the most brilliant data mining app ever.).

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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It’s now become a way in which educational events, organizations, and institutions dole out funding for projects. As we move forward with new technologies in learning analytics, how and who will be evaluating the claims that people put forward?”. Course Signals. Channel One (and the Unsinkable Chris Whittle).

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” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Chalkbeat investigates the Indiana Virtual School : “As students signed up, online school hired barely any teachers – but founder’s company charged it millions.” ” Ed-Tech Events. Educators Discuss Pros and Cons of Learning Analytics.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Bob Thorpe, is proposing a far-reaching law in Arizona, House Bill 2120, banning virtually every college event, activity or course which discusses social justice , skin privilege, or racial equality. The Economist on “ The Return of the MOOC.” Robots and Other (Ed-Tech) Science Fiction. More via Inside Higher Ed.

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