article thumbnail

The iPad Loophole

The Electric Educator

The trouble stems from Apps that, instead of storing their help documentation locally on the device, pull in their help documentation from the web. It''s been an exciting year full of surprises and learning.

iPad 49
article thumbnail

Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

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. Despite all the investment and marketing surrounding CS and STEM education, the results – enrollments and graduation rates – have been mixed at best.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” – “ China’s STEM learning industry may reach $15 billion by 2020.” Via Venture Beat : “ LinkedIn resets some Lynda.com users’ passwords following data leak.” ” The Business of Ed-Tech. The IMF has invested $15 million in test prep company BYJU’s. as Adults Head Back to Work.”

article thumbnail

Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

He believes the future of education means all STEM, no arts and no humanities. Via Inside Higher Ed : “New study finds that penalties for breaking NCAA rules are largely consistent across conference membership – and that men’s basketball and football account for the vast majority of violations.”