Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. ” The Business of Job Training. Via CNBC : “ Amazon ’s cloud is looking at building a corporate training service.” Contests and Awards.

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Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). Instead, they’ve re-branded as job training sites. Think the private school startup Bridge International Academies that operates in Africa, for example, which Peg Tyre documented so devastatingly in The New York Times Magazine this summer.).

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

“The Education of Betsy DeVos ” – a profile of the Secretary of Education in Politico Magazine. ” Via The New York Times : “ Navy Orders New Training After Deadly Ship Collisions.” ” Apparently watching CD-ROMs isn’t sufficient training for driving Navy destroyers.

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Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. Via San Francisco Magazine : “A Kindergarten Teacher May Be Evicted from Her Mission Apartment. More, via Inside Higher Ed , on various colleges’ OER initiatives.

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Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

The Business of Job Training and Job Placement. ” “Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. Most certainly food for thought touting the power of “ learning analytics.” ” That’d be Hugo Barra , a former Google exec.

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Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40