The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2014

4:00pm Do you have what it takes to manage an eBook library?

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At Northeastern, for example, we’ve partnered with both Google and IBM to recognize Google’s IT Support Professional Certificate and IBM’s digital badges for academic credit in our degree programs for working adults. It is an exciting road ahead.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 11, 2014

There is a burden being carried by CA school districts, each struggling individually with how to manage technology policies and guidelines appropriately for the future. First up: 3D prosthetic hands Scientists work on backing up human brain with computers A MOOC MYSTERY: WHERE DO ONLINE STUDENTS GO? Google Science Fair 2014.

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MAY 30, 2019

He’s the guy who coined the term MOOC, short for Massive Open Online Course, which then was a reference to multiplayer video games. Yeah, I quite disagree,” added Maria Andersen, CEO and co-founder of Coursetune, a company that makes software designed to help colleges redesign their curriculum.

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DECEMBER 14, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Lawyers and Title IX practitioners have identified potential conflicts between the Trump administration ’s new proposed regulations on the gender discrimination law and state policy.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). It’s like the MOOC crap all over again.

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AUGUST 19, 2016

One of the big stories this week: the US Department of Education ’s announcement about which “non-traditional providers” ( MOOCs , coding bootcamps ) will be eligible for financial aid as part of its EQUIP experiment. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Google) biotech company, Calico.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Because it is from their mouths that these lies form the basis for policies and expenditures that have proven to be deeply damaging to education -- public education in particular. Carnegie Mellon announced it would open source its digital learning software. ASU ends its MOOC experiment , Global Freshman Academy. LOL LOL LOL.

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

Via Edsurge : “Experts Look Into the Crystal Ball of the Next Administration’s Ed Policy.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Aftermath of the MOOC wars: Can commercial vendors support creative higher education ? Actually, I think that was the only education highlight.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

” The Fordham Institute’s Michael Petrelli has declared “ The End of Educational Policy.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Techcrunch : “ Google partners with MotherCoders to bring tech training to moms in New York City.” on Coursera.”

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MAY 25, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs are back in the headlines again. Via Edsurge : “The Second Wave of MOOC Hype Is Here, and It’s Online Degrees.” ” From the Google blog : “ Google Science Fair 2018 : Resources for educators to get ideas flowing.”

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

” It’s now unclear, observers say, if the FTC can regulate companies like Google or Verizon. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Humans, the Latest MOOC Feature.” ” Via SFGate : “Ex- Subway pitchman Jared Fogle is suing his victim’s parents.”

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AUGUST 11, 2017

” That’s Joel Rose ’s School of One software. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” ” The Google Memo. Via The LA Times : “Former L.A.

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JUNE 9, 2017

’s Mumps Outbreak Tells Us About Our Vaccine Policies.” More on for-profit higher ed policies in the for-profit higher ed section below. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” If you can’t create revenue, raise venture capital. The MOOC provider has now raised $210 million total.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “Peter Thiel May Finally Get His Flying Cars, Thanks to a New Udacity Nanodegree in 2018.” The non-speakers: James Damore, the fired Google engineer, and Lucian Wintrich, a journalist with Gateway Pundit. The literacy software company has raised $14.8

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JULY 20, 2018

Senate to serve as Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical and Adult Education and Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development , respectively.” Fines Google $5.1 Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the credential section below.

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

The work is also supported by companies including Apple, Google and Expedia, as well as education organizations including the CollegeBoard, Teach For America and STEMx.” “Hardly Anyone Wants to Take a Liberal Arts MOOC,” Edsurge informed its readers in February. Google’s Alphabet Inc. Only “1.86

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FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ TU Delft Students Can Earn Credit For MOOCs From Other Universities.” Via The New York Times : “Early Facebook and Google Employees Form Coalition to Fight What They Built.” ” $3000 for three headsets.

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JANUARY 26, 2018

Bush administration, as senior policy adviser.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Civil Rights Groups Sue DeVos Over Title IX Policies.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “A Product at Every Price: A Review of MOOC Stats and Trends in 2017.”

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DECEMBER 16, 2016

Pokémon Go, a free augmented reality game developed by Niantic (a company spun out of Google in 2015), became the most popular mobile game in US history this year. I’ll look more closely at discrimination by design – in software and in algorithms – in the final article in this series.) “ Seen ” cheating.).

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AUGUST 10, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Office led by President Trump’s son-in-law holds a series of meetings on higher education policy, signaling high-level attention from the administration.” Google has updated its pseudo-LMS, Classroom.

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AUGUST 4, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via The Wall Street Journal : “More Schools Are Buying ‘ Active-Shooter ’ Insurance Policies.” The company: RIB Software SE. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Strayer and Capella Merger Finalized.” ” JFC.

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JULY 13, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Indeed, Edutechnica, which also tracks LMS data, responds with their own numbers and says that Blackboard still has about two hundred more installations than Canvas and about a million more students using the software. The company has raised $20.4 million total.

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Microsoft -Branded MOOCs for K–12 Leaders.” Perhaps, instead of tying “ personalized learning ” to special ed policies of the 1970s, you could read some Rousseau? Education in the Courts. ” More via The NYT.

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APRIL 3, 2017

The influence of Bill Gates in education and education technology policy really cannot be overstated. Silicon Valley does include Mountain View, where Google is headquartered. This is part of the push for MOOCs, we must be honest.). It also includes Cupertino, where Apple is headquartered. ”). .”

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AUGUST 24, 2018

There are more stories about some of DeVos’s other policies in the for-profit higher ed section below. ” “Free College” The Chronicle of Higher Education asks “5 Key Questions About NYU ’s Tuition-Free Policy for Medical School.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. And certainly the expectation of many ed-tech products (and increasingly school policy) is that parents will do just this — participate in the incessant monitoring of student data. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That). 3D Printing.

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JULY 1, 2016

” Via The 74 : “ Trump Towers Over Education: How His Candidacy Is Already Affecting Federal Policy.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Elsewhere in MOOC research… From Campus Technology : “Grouping MOOC Students by Communication Mode Doesn’t Help Completion.”

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JULY 28, 2017

Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Lots of MOOC PR appeared in the news this week. ” “What if MOOCs Revolutionize Education After All?” ” asks Edsurge.

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JANUARY 19, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “ DeVos criticizes Bush-Obama policies , saying it’s time to overhaul conventional schooling.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the job training section below. . Monstrous, really. Immigration and Education.

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JULY 15, 2016

Inside Higher Ed has a story on Pence’s higher ed policies. Here’s an old article from Chalkbeat on Pence’s K–12 policies. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Are MOOCs Forever ?” ” Google has released its 2016 Scholar Metrics.

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JULY 8, 2016

Hillary Clinton released an update to her plans for higher education and college affordability , with a proposal for free, in-state public college tuition for those with incomes up to $125,000 – a move that brings her campaign in closer alignment to those policies proposed by rival candidate Bernie Sanders. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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MARCH 16, 2018

Via The New York Times : “ Trump Finds Unlikely Culprit in School Shootings: Obama Discipline Policies.” ” Via The Wall Street Journal : “ Visas Issued to Foreign Students Fall, Partly Due to Trump Immigration Policy.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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DECEMBER 7, 2018

” Via Buzzfeed : “Lawsuits Say Harvard’s Anti-Sexism Policy Discriminates Against Women.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Most Schools Don’t Have Clear Restroom Policies , and That’s a Public-Health Problem,” says Pacific Standard.

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APRIL 28, 2017

Via The New York Times : “ Trump Orders Review of Education Policies to Strengthen Local Control.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” There have been several stories recently calling the Google Books project a failure.

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MAY 19, 2017

DeVos is the former chair of the American Federation for Children, which advocates for school choice policies, such as tax credit scholarships and vouchers. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Why Haven’t MOOCs Eliminated Any Professors?” ” asks IHE blogger Joshua Kim.

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JUNE 16, 2017

” The task force, put together by Entangled Solutions , includes “25 members from think tanks (including education policy wonk Rick Hess from the American Enterprise Institute), colleges (University of Texas), coding bootcamps (Galvanize), investment banking (Tyton Partners), and accounting firms (Ernst & Young).”

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JULY 14, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Campus Rape Policie s Get a New Look as the Accused Get DeVos’s Ear.” ” Via The New York Times : “ DeVos Says She Will Revisit Obama-Era Sexual Assault Policies.” ” Google profiles Niji Collins , a winner in the latest Google Code-In contest.

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