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SXSWedu 2017: Ones to Watch and What to Know

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Opinionated Products : There’s a word for the kinds of tools and products—like say, Google search results—which adapt to a user’s behavior: opinionated. Companies like Microsoft, Facebook and Google are all dipping their toes into virtual and augmented reality. to 11:00 p.m. K-12 11:00 a.m. Will VR Really Impact Student Outcomes?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The University of Iceland has joined edX. Via Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill : “Big Changes at Unizin : CEO and COO resign after board meeting.” Via the Google blog : “Investing £1 million in training for computing teachers in the U.K.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via the Journal & Courier : “Legislation that set the stage for Purdue's dive into online higher ed also exempts ‘New U’ from state’s open meetings, public records laws. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Brown University joins edX. Not sure why this is called a MOOC.

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Via Inside Higher Ed : “A former IT employee for the American College of Education , a for-profit college based in Indianapolis, locked thousands of students out of email and course materials by changing the password of a Google account after he was fired, according to a lawsuit filed by the institution.” Find Yours.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. Teachers Are Moonlighting As Instagram Influencers To Make Ends Meet,” Buzzfeed reported in 2018. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon. The Teacher Influencer Hustle.

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Via WaPo’s Valerie Strauss : “ Trump ’s rather weird meeting with the 2017 Teachers of the Year.” The NAACP endorses OER. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” Cyber Charters , Study Finds.”

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” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Chalkbeat investigates the Indiana Virtual School : “As students signed up, online school hired barely any teachers – but founder’s company charged it millions.” ” That is, some schools are having “ scrum meetings ,” or something.