Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Instead, they’ve re-branded as job training sites. ” (Amazon Inspire is the company’s OER platform.) “Google Unveils Job Training Initiative With $1 Billion Pledge,” The New York Times reported in October. The Chromebooks are not fully-functioning laptops. But there are trade-offs.

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Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

There’s more MOOC news from Edsurge in the “job training” section below. The Business of Job Training. Why is this in the job training section of the Hack Education Weekly News, you ask? ” asks The Atlantic. “ Are Universities Training Socially Minded Programmers? ” asks The Atlantic.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. ” She promises that every kid will learn to code (of course) by having the private sector train CS teachers. “ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

” There’s some Udacity-related MOOC news in the job training section below. The Business of Job Training. Perhaps it should go in the “robots” section. Lisa Petrides, Douglas Levin, and Eddie Watson introduce The CARE Framework for OER. ” The Wall Street Journal weighs in on laptop bans.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. There are a variety of reasons for this: language barriers, lack of Internet access, incompatible devices, lack of training. Ban Laptops" Op-Eds.

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