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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” 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 New York Times : “ Karlie Kloss Teaches Teenage Girls How to Code.” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “First Ed-Tech Trade Mission by U.S.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition)

Doug Levin

Ever wonder how stories promoted by ‘thought leaders’ on social media get selected? " Hopefully, not shades of future conversations about learning analytics. Now, city leaders are trying to figure out how to spread the digital wealth to residents left behind.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

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. After all, Amazon knows how to run online marketplaces; Amazon knows how to sell texts. Green Imperial Pigeon. Viral School Videos. Course Signals.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Testing, Testing… Via Edsurge : “How to Overcome Apathy and Disillusionment When Standardized Tests Fail Kids.” Educators Discuss Pros and Cons of Learning Analytics.” ” Inside Higher Ed also looks at how data is being talked about at the higher ed ed-tech event.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Testing, Testing… “ Common Core testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss. This week: “ OpenStax Partners with panOpen to Expand OER Access.” OpenStax has been striking a lot of vendor deals recently, no?