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Play Library Santa: Sharing gifts of digital media

NeverEndingSearch

I no longer subscribe to print magazines because of my public library’s access to RBDigital. This holiday season, in addition to sharing those wrapped goodies, let’s help our public library colleagues share the bounty and the joy of their easy-to-access collections of magazines, ebooks, audiobooks, and videos for all ages.

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Resources for learning at home while we’re keeping each other safe

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I no longer subscribe to print magazines because of my public library’s access to RBDigital. Let’s help our public library colleagues share the bounty and the joy of their easy-to-access collections of magazines, ebooks, audiobooks, and videos for all ages. Lynda.com will appeal to older students and parents.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

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.). Corporate platforms attempting to control if not monopolize what has been (or should be) public institutions.

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On building learning playlists

NeverEndingSearch

I create little magazines of continually updated outside reading beyond our texts for my grad students offering them opportunities to explore and contribute. Some of my colleagues use Lynda.com to gather playlists from specific elements selected across the hundreds of offered courses. Playlists can be powerful.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” President Obama talked to Wired magazine about artificial intelligence, Mars, self-driving cars, Star Trek and more. Via The New York Times Magazine : “The Professor Wore a Hijab in Solidarity – Then Lost Her Job.” Department of Education announced Wednesday.” billion – appears unwilling to pay.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“The ‘poor man’s MBA’ can boost salaries by 20%,” says CNN in a puff piece about LinkedIn , Lynda.com , and project management certificates. Via EdTech Magazine : “How Learning Analytics Can Help Inform K–12 Decisions.” Go, School Sports Team! ” Not entirely what they want, of course.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Several colleges that subscribe to the online education provider Lynda.com are seeing double-digit increases in subscription costs, leading many to wonder if its acquisition by LinkedIn (which in turn was acquired by Microsoft ) is behind the price hikes.” Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security.