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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) But Posterous, if you’ll recall, was acquired by Twitter in 2012 and shut down one year later. I’d love to provide a link but Andreessen deleted his blog in 2009.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

.” Note the significant difference in language in this headline from The Verge , for example – “ Harvard’s Root robot teaches kids how to code ” – and the way in which Seymour would describe the LOGO Turtle – that students would using programming to teach the robot. Only “1.86

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'Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs'

Hack Education

” 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. Don’t mess with her on Twitter. Over and over and over and over and over and over and over again we were told “robots are coming for your jobs.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” ( A good thread on Twitter in response.). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. I’d love to see a comparison between Pluralsight and Lynda.com.). ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. Upgrades and Downgrades. ” (Psst.