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Hack Education Weekly News

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” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. ” Via The Intercept : “Chinese Corporation Alibaba Joins Group Ghostwriting American Laws.” Government Will Travel to Latin America.”

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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platforms are digital infrastructures that enable two or more groups to interact. Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). I’m not sure it was, but then again, understanding the LMS industry is really their thing and not mine (something for which I am eternally grateful).

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Republican Tax Proposal Gets Failing Grade From Higher-Ed Groups.” ” The tech industry is still bullish on the business of tech training nonetheless. Educators Discuss Pros and Cons of Learning Analytics.” ” tl;dr: He doesn’t like it.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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But you’re full of fallacy yourself if you think that’s going to stop me from making critiques about this industry. Testing, Testing… “ Common Core testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss. Good grief.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” The chain in question: Celerity Educational Group. “ VR is gaining ground in the academic world and the 3D industry,” says Techcrunch , so it must be true. ” “Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. ” (I admit. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via eCampus News : “ Barnes & Noble Education announces advanced OER courseware.” ” “What You Need to Know About Learning Analytics ,” according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. Via New America : “The Promise and Peril of Predictive Analytics in Higher Education.”