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.” ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. Think Facebook.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Pi-top , the maker of a Raspberry Pi-compatible laptop, has raised $16 million from Hambro Perks and Committed Capital. ” Via The New York Times : “ Facebook ’s Push for Facial Recognition Prompts Privacy Alarms.” The company has raised $20.4

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

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Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.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. Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. A “ban laptops” op-ed may be the greatest piece of ed-tech clickbait ever devised. WTF is Unizin ?!

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145