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Tech Apprenticeships Shift the Costs of Higher Ed From Students to Employers

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In marketing materials, they highlight partnerships with major brands including Facebook, Morgan Stanley, Citi, Microsoft and Wells Fargo. Members include Walmart, Sony and T-Mobile. Multiverse and Woz U declined to comment about their corporate clients.

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The Uphill Battles Facing Asia’s Education Technology Startups

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In technology, Sony and Nintendo are among the most internationally recognized brands. When we run ads on Facebook, we pitch ourselves as a coding class,” Tan said. Japan has earned a reputation for exporting successful products and services from different industries. We are not a coding school. We are a creativity school.”

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Senses working overtime

Learning with 'e's

The emergence of personal visor technologies such as Facebook's Oculus Rift , Sony's Project Morpheus and other similar wearables will more likely make the above scenario, or any similarly fantastic context possible. But personal, wearable devices are already here and are being refined.

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Five Ethical Considerations For Using Virtual Reality with Children and Adolescents

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Facebook purchased Oculus Rift, presumably laying the groundwork for a future where friends and family will interact in rich virtual spaces. All the major players, including Microsoft, Sony, Samsung, Google and an HTC and Valve partnership are jostling for the consumer headset market.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Techcrunch : “ Sony wants to digitize education records using the blockchain.” ” “The Culture Wars Have Come to Silicon Valley,” The New York Times pronounces , with a look at internal tussles between Facebook board members Peter Thiel and Reed Hastings.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Meanwhile, as The New York Times reports : “ Facebook , Under Fire in Russia Inquiry, Posts 79% Rise in Profit.” Via Getting Smart : “ Digital Promise and Facebook Developing New Micro-Credentials Program.” ” Because the way to teach people about Facebook according to Facebook is always more Facebook.

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Education Technology and the History of the Future of Credentialing

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There was a regularly updated Facebook page, a Twitter account, as well as a LinkedIn profile for its supposed president. Diplomas issued by Facebook. In February, Sony issued a press release, “ vowing ” to bring the blockchain to education in the form of a new testing platform. The Techdegree. By Khan Academy.