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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed. Instead, they’ve re-branded as job training sites.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Some say… “What to Ask When Choosing Tech for Schools” – a new Lynda.com course offered by Edsurge (which is funded in part by Lynda.com’s founder. Perhaps, instead of tying “ personalized learning ” to special ed policies of the 1970s, you could read some Rousseau? Small world).

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

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Personalization, in all these manifestations, is a programmatic expression of individualism. And even Facebook has made an effort to this end, partnering with a chain of charter schools in the US, Summit Public Schools, in order to build a “personalized learning platform.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.” ” (It’ll run on LinkedIn Learning , formerly Lynda.com , which means it’ll cost you $24.99 .” From the press release : “ MOOCs and books initiative launched by Springer and Federica Weblearning.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” From the ASU website : “Panelists discuss future of personalized learning.” I’d love to see a comparison between Pluralsight and Lynda.com.). ” “Why collective action is the wrong approach for developing personalized learning teachers ,” says the Clayton Christensen Institute.