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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

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I first read an article by Seymour Papert in a Women’s Studies class in the mid 1990s – “ Epistemological Pluralism ,” which he co-wrote with Sherry Turkle. “Hardly Anyone Wants to Take a Liberal Arts MOOC,” Edsurge informed its readers in February. ” ). Only “1.86

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” ” From the press release : “ MOOCs and books initiative launched by Springer and Federica Weblearning.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. a month.). .” Move along.

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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. ” That’s because the stories told this year to keep us hustling and to keep up imagining a certain kind of future are almost all about robots.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

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.” Robots and Other (Ed-Tech) Science Fiction. edX has partnered with the World Bank Group.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Buzzfeed : “ Online Charter Schools Prepare For A Trump-Era Boom.” “Could robots be marking your homework ?” Via Venture Beat : “ LinkedIn resets some Lynda.com users’ passwords following data leak.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Education Week : “Thousands of Android Mobile Apps Improperly Track Children, Study Says.” Techcrunch examines what venture capitalists studied in college. Better Than You Think, Study Finds.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s New Strategy Takes Inspiration From Netflix – and LinkedIn.” ” There’s more MOOC-related research in the research section below. “Can robotics teach problem solving to students?”