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Machine Teaching, Machine Learning, and the History of the Future of Public Education

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The iPad was going to change everything. MOOCs were going to change everything. My favorite ludicrous claim remains that of Knewton’s CEO who told NPR in 2015 that his company was a “mind reading robot tutor in the sky.” Virtual reality was going to change everything. And on and on and on. ”). .”

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes. Instead, they’ve re-branded as job training sites.

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

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” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. Half of those, the firm said, would be iPads. Apple sold just 50 million iPads. Disclosure/disclaimer: I am a folklorist by training.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “The MOOC is not dead, but maybe it should be,” says Rolin Moe. The Business of Job Training. ” Via The Verge : “Teachers weigh in on Apple ’s push for more iPads in school.” ” “Homework therapist.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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The two were visiting a rural school in Idaho that has a 1-to–1 iPad program. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Stop Asking About Completion Rates: Better Questions to Ask About MOOCs in 2019,” says Edsurge. .” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via The New York Times : “ Trump Move on Job Training Brings ‘ Skills Gap ’ Debate to the Fore.” ” More on the business of job training in its own section below. ” The Business of Job Training. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The U.S. .”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “To Bolster K–3 Literacy, North Carolina Provides 24,000 iPads for Reading Teachers.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via The AP : “Man at New Mexico Compound Accused of Training Kids for School Attacks.”

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