Marketplace K-12

MARCH 14, 2016

million, including drawing funds from Zuckerberg Education Ventures, one of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s investment vehicles. Dallas-based LoudCloud’s platforms include a competency-based courseware platform, a learning-analytics platform and services, an eReading product, and a learning management system.

Udemy 40

Udemy Blackboard Company Facebook 40

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.” Lots of news this week about Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. ” “ No, YouTube is not a library – and why it matters” by Sarah T. Upgrades and Downgrades.

Education 46

Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

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.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech. Education Data and Learning Analytics. Social Media: Adoption and Crackdown. The Digital Library. Standardized Testing. “The Employability Narrative” Credits and Credentialing. The Collapse of For-Profit Higher Education (Or Not).

Technology 58

Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 58

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Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.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. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That). Siegler: “ The End of the Library.”

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Here we are with a President-Elect – a reality TV star – who has been supported by white nationalists, the KKK, Wikileaks, trolls, and Peter Thiel, who election was facilitated through a massive misinformation campaign spread virally through Facebook. Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech. Beyond the MOOC.

Trends 40

Trends MOOC Khan Academy Maker Movement 40

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.

Education 48

Education Facebook Company Robotics 48