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SXSWedu 2017: Ones to Watch and What to Know

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Lightning Talks: When Learning Goes Digital : Join EdSurge’s Allison Dulin Salisbury (Director of Higher Education Strategy) and Jeff Young (Senior Writer) for a series of TED-style talks around what’s happening and what’s next for digital learning. and insights into how edtech can help schools support individualized learning.

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This Year’s ASU+GSV Summit Is Hard to Describe. Here’s Our Best Attempt.

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General Assembly, one of the pioneers of the “bootcamp” model for coding and technical-skills training, found a buyer : the Swiss HR firm Adecco Group. Among them: Brighteye Ventures , a Paris-based group that’s looking to chip in €500,000 to €2 million to lead seed and Series A deals. “We The Biggest Deal of the Week….happened

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Inside Higher Ed : “The as-yet unnamed online university resulting from the proposed acquisition of Kaplan University by Purdue University has set discounted tuition rates for in-state students and free tuition for Purdue employees.” Via The 74 : “ Montessori Was the Original Personalized Learning.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalized learning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” Via CNBC : “This Chinese-Israeli start-up wants to change the way kids learn to code.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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The NAACP endorses OER. Purdue University is buying Kaplan University for a dollar. Me, I wrote about how far Kaplan Inc ’s reach is in education politics and products. .” (“What do we really know about the value of prekindergarten?” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. Or something else?

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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. They contend that their schools expand on Montessori’s vision by adding new digital technologies to “personalize learning,” as well as to surveil students.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via Edsurge : “ Betsy DeVos Visits Bay Area Public School for a Lesson in Personalized Learning.” Via The Washington Post : “A hiccup in Purdue ’s acquisition of for-profit Kaplan University.” Volaris Group has acquired Edumate. ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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