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The Fans, Fanboys, and Fanatics of OER

Doug Levin

I don’t fret much at all over some of what Clark raises: the acceptance and/or lack of broader cheer-leading for Wikipedia, MOOCs, or Khan Academy as success stories. K-12 context, individual teacher’s choices about instructional materials are constrained by district and state policy anyway.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Of course, teachers have utilized social media sites for years to launch various side-hustles — speaking gigs and “ brand ambassadorships ”, for example — as well as to facilitate their main hustle — you know, teaching. The incident, she added, had also made her aware that “Pearson is monitoring all social media during PARCC testing.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Khan Academy launches free Official LSAT Prep ,” says the Khan Academy blog. “The Research Network On The Determinants Of Life Course Capabilities And Outcomes” from the Center for the Economics of Human Development.

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Education Technology and the History of the Future of Credentialing

Hack Education

” The University of Northern New Jersey had a website – one with a.edu domain, to boot – as well as several active social media profiles. ” MOOCs for credit. By Khan Academy. ” MIT Media Lab explored using the blockchain as part of a new credentialing system. Microcredentials.