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Four Ways to Keep Track of Who Uses eReaders

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

Check out these reports from Pew Research A Snapshot of E-Reader and Tablet Owners , January 2012 The rise of e-reading , April 2012 Younger Americans'' Reading and Library Habits , October 2012 Here''s a Harris Poll of 2,056 adults: No Surprise, eReader Use Continues to Grow. Read reports and surveys of research organizations.

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?Blockchain, Bitcoin and the Tokenization of Learning

Edsurge

Aparna Krishnan LiveEdu points to colleges, schools and libraries as some of its target participants. Sony says it is working towards a 2018 rollout. If you want to ensure some value is shared and both parties share it properly, you could just draft up a code. You don’t need to put that on the blockchain.

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10 Things To Know about the Future of Blockchain in Education

Doug Levin

Management and tracking of school assets (like property, buses, furniture, textbooks, library books/journals, and technology). .” The event had a strong financial services theme, although I met audience members engaged in a wider array of fields (including healthcare and social media). Schools lose track of things – all the time.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Jen Howard on “What Happened to Google’s Effort to Scan Millions of University Library Books ?” ” Via Techcrunch : “ Sony wants to digitize education records using the blockchain.” Wired argues that “ Jeff Bezos Should Put His Billions Into Libraries.” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Education Technology and the History of the Future of Credentialing

Hack Education

They’ll be on a leveling playing field with a plethora of novel credentials offered in blended and online modalities by colleges, universities, new postsecondary providers, bootcamps, not-for-profit organizations, museums, libraries, enterprises and solo practitioners seeking to disintermediate all of the above. Take your pick.