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Hack Education Weekly News

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For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.” ProPublica looks at age discrimination at IBM , worth considering I think as part of a larger industry worship of youth and “ innovation ”: “Cutting ‘Old Heads’ at IBM.”

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). Buy them a beer when you see them at an event and thank them for covering the LMS industry so I don’t have to.

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“The Education of Betsy DeVos ” – a profile of the Secretary of Education in Politico Magazine. The Digital Public Library of America has a new head : John S. ” The tech industry is still bullish on the business of tech training nonetheless. Educators Discuss Pros and Cons of Learning Analytics.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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million gift from the Charles Koch Foundation and Koch Industries , a well-known opponent of government spending on things like public education (among other things). Via Zion Market Research : “ Massive Open Online Course Market : Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecasts 2016-2024.”

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The American Library Association announced its youth media awards. “ VR is gaining ground in the academic world and the 3D industry,” says Techcrunch , so it must be true. Most certainly food for thought touting the power of “ learning analytics.” ” Contests and Awards. ” (I admit.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” In other MIT news : “MIT task force releases preliminary ‘Future of Libraries ’ report.” Via the New York Magazine : “The Death of Vine Makes the Internet a Worse Place.” ” “What You Need to Know About Learning Analytics ,” according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.