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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join this interactive session to learn how to get started with game-based learning with your own students. This webinar will cover what to look for in a game, where to get good games for learning, and strategies to integrate games into the system of a classroom. Register for free at [link].

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. After all, Amazon knows how to run online marketplaces; Amazon knows how to sell texts. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness. Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs for credit ! FutureLearn announced that two UK universities – the University of Leeds and the Open University – will offer MOOCs that will be accepted for college credit. For more on MOOCs for credit, see the “MOOCs” section above.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” These headlines just kill me. Via The 74 : “How an Online Personalized Preschool Experiment Could Change the Way Rural America Does Early Education.” ” More MOOC data in the “research” section below. Loss In 2016.”

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