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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.”) It’s not even an LMS, quite frankly – something Edmodo tried to use as a selling point for a little while. The LMS giant Blackboard celebrated its 20th anniversary this year. (I

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ MOOCs no longer massive, still attract millions,” Class Central’s Dhawal Shah claims in a VentureBeat op-ed. . Knewton has partnered with WebAssign. ” Coming soon to an LMS near you… Data and “Research” Via T.H.E.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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With all the charges of fraud and deceptive marketing levied against post-secondary institutions this decade — from ITT to coding bootcamps, from Trump University to the Draper University of Heroes — we might ask if, indeed, this is the way it works now. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness.

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