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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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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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Hack Education Weekly News

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” (So instead of “testing” we’ll have ubiquitous, non-stop surveillance / assessment via “personalized learning.” Via The New York Times : “‘I Don’t Really Want to Work for Facebook.’ “What Does Personalized Learning Mean? ” Winning.).

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via The Verge : “A Facebook patent would use your family photos to target ads.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via The New York Times : “Meet Zora, the Robot Caregiver.” Private School With Low Vaccination Rates.” Here’s why it shouldn’t have.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.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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” Via Edsurge : “The Makings (and Misgivings) of a Statewide Effort to Personalize Learning in Massachusetts.” “A Kayak for Credentials” – Inside Higher Ed on Credential Engine ’s plans for a big database on post-secondary credentials. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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.” Via Edsurge : “ Betsy DeVos Visits Bay Area Public School for a Lesson in Personalized Learning.” ” IPEDS is the government’s database tracking post-secondary education statistics, including enrollments and graduations. .” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” asks The Atlantic.

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