Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I was inspired, I think, to select that topic because talk of “platforms” was incredibly popular in Silicon Valley – it had been for a while – as companies strove to become “the next Facebook.” Think Facebook. Arguably, one of the best candidates is the learning management system.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Lots of news this week about Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. But here are some education-related stories: Via Education Week : “Privacy Experts Assess Potential K–12 Fallout From Facebook ’s Crisis of Trust.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” “ Robot abuse ”?!

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

” Via Edsurge : “ Britannica CEO Talks Google, Wikipedia and What Lil Pump Can Teach Us About Credibility.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Via The New York Times : “ Facebook ’s Push for Facial Recognition Prompts Privacy Alarms.” The company has raised $20.4

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Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “ Betsy DeVos ’s first Detroit visit featured Girl Scouts, robots, and talk of beluga whales.” Facebook had its big developer conference this week, and honestly I couldn’t bear to pay attention. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Activate Learning has acquired Conceptua Math.

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MOOC Education Robotics Company 42

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Meanwhile, as The New York Times reports : “ Facebook , Under Fire in Russia Inquiry, Posts 79% Rise in Profit.” Tell me more about how the blockchain is going to “verify learning.” Via Getting Smart : “ Digital Promise and Facebook Developing New Micro-Credentials Program.” ” LOL.

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Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. There was a regularly updated Facebook page, a Twitter account, as well as a LinkedIn profile for its supposed president.

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Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

There were other high profile incidents as well: the refusal, for example, to give visas to the all-girls robotics team from Afghanistan. What did Facebook and Google’s algorithms show people in their news feeds and in their searches during the election? The actions of the administration should not come as a surprise.

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Data Education Software Social Media 78