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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

” In his book, Srnicek identifies five kinds of platforms: advertising platforms (like Google and Facebook), cloud platforms (like Salesforce and Amazon Web Services), industrial platforms (like GE and Siemens), product platforms (like Spotify), and lean platforms (like Uber and AirBnB). Education’s Proto-Platforms.

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Higher education technology predictions for 2014

Mark Smithers

Canvas and Moodle will continue to make inroads. I haven’t mentioned anything about on-campus educational technology mainly because I’m almost entirely focussed on wholly online learning now. I haven’t mentioned anything about on-campus educational technology mainly because I’m almost entirely focussed on wholly online learning now.

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Higher education technology predictions for 2014

Mark Smithers

Canvas and Moodle will continue to make inroads. I haven’t mentioned anything about on-campus educational technology mainly because I’m almost entirely focussed on wholly online learning now. I haven’t mentioned anything about on-campus educational technology mainly because I’m almost entirely focussed on wholly online learning now.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

And speaking of copyrighting a language of a warlike people, the Oracle v Google case had its closing arguments this week. On Thursday, the judge gave Google the victory , ruling that the company’s use of the Java API fell under fair use provisions. “ Key Tensions in the Field of Learning Analytics ” by Bodong Chen.