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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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It’s not even an LMS, quite frankly – something Edmodo tried to use as a selling point for a little while. But Posterous, if you’ll recall, was acquired by Twitter in 2012 and shut down one year later. The LMS has long positioned itself as an “operating system,” of sorts for higher education.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ Is The LMS A Distraction In EdTech Futurology? ” asks Moodle News. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “Children are susceptible to peer pressure from robots,” says The Verge. (So Via Techcrunch : “This happy robot helps kids with autism.” ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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But he’s still welcome on college campuses and Twitter. Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein continues to fight the LMS fight: “Fear and Loathing in the Moodle Community.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. What a time to be alive. ” Spoiler alert: AI doesn’t care.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The Huffington Post filed Twitter’s response to Ivanka Trump ’s announcement under “comedy.” ” “ University of Wisconsin System to Migrate From D2L Brightspace to Canvas LMS” by Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. 2 Post at Ed. .” million total.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The New York Times : “ Kremlin Cash Behind Billionaire’s Twitter and Facebook Investments.” ” Via The Guardian : “ Russia funded Facebook and Twitter investments through Kushner associate.” And from Phil Hill : “A Note on Data Used for LMS Market Analysis.” ” No.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via NPR : “Students Compete In First-Ever International High School Robotics Competition.” ” The New York Times reports that “ Burundi Robotics Team Vanishes After U.S. It’s about 50 years old if you recognize some of PLATO’s functionality is LMS-like.) Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.