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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes. Pearson is Not a Platform. Pearson does not have a platform.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

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“Hardly Anyone Wants to Take a Liberal Arts MOOC,” Edsurge informed its readers in February. And then there’s the advice from Pearson. Someone’s got to write all these education technology press releases , after all. ’” asked a venture capitalist in an op-ed published by Pearson.

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The Top Ed-Tech Trends (Aren't 'Tech')

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Turns out that Pearson, which once funded and acquired a lot of startups, isn’t in particularly good financial shape itself.). This is part of the push for MOOCs, we must be honest.). In 2012, I chose “the platforming of education” as one of the “top ed-tech trends.” ” Despite raising some $87.5

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'Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs'

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” I’ve looked at how for-profit colleges , MOOCs , and learn-to-code companies have tapped into these narratives in order to justify their products and services. Pearson filed a patent for badges. These have all been separate articles in each series. “More Americans just need the right training.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” edX is offering an online master’s degree with Georgia Tech : an OMS (online master’s in science) in Analytics. The Economist on “ The Return of the MOOC.” The social media platform had raised $2.5 ” Price tag for the report: $3599.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Buzzfeed : “ Online Charter Schools Prepare For A Trump-Era Boom.” Via Venture Beat : “ LinkedIn resets some Lynda.com users’ passwords following data leak.” ” “ The Most Popular Courses of 2016 ” on Coursera.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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was named in an investigation by The Associated Press last year for sharing racially charged content on social media.” Via The Guardian : “ Trump bans agencies from ‘providing updates on social media or to reporters’ ” This ban has been targeted at scientists at the EPA and USDA in particular.