Hack Education

APRIL 24, 2020

Online learning will be the "silver lining" of the coronavirus — Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy (2020). It's a great moment" for learning — Andreas Schleicher, head of education at the OECD (2020). It was commissioned by George Crofutt, the publisher of a travel guide magazine called Western World.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Yet, the fundamental problem with this line of questioning is that it inaccurately conflates access to online learning content with access to a course experience. They explain that they either come to MOOCs with specific learning goals that they selectively pursue or are simply not motivated to earn a certificate.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Tagged on: March 19, 2017 Textbooks could be history as schools switch to free online learning | Philly.com → Garnet Valley is a district in the vanguard of a nationwide movement to ditch traditional textbooks for open-source educational resources on the web. million records going up for sale on the Dark Web.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

” Can people please read Seymour Papert before launching their learn-to-code product and/or writing PR for it? Homework help site (or if you prefer the company’s branding “social learning platform”) Brainly has acquired OpenStudy for an undisclosed sum. .” Hmm.sound familiar?”

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Via CNBC : “This Chinese-Israeli start-up wants to change the way kids learn to code.” “ OER-Enabled Pedagogy ” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. Via Diggit Magazine : “The end of Academia.edu : how business takes over, again.” ” The startup in question: LeapLearner.

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” asks New York Magazine. I’m also curious how this news – again, I’m not sure two closures are really a “trend” – will affect student loan startups. “Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” (National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Tony Bates looks at “Brexit and online learning in Europe.” Via ABC News : “ A defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine over the magazine’s debunked article about a University of Virginia gang rape was tossed out by a judge Tuesday. Priorities. District Judge P. ” B t.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

Via Zion Market Research : “ Massive Open Online Course Market : Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecasts 2016-2024.” “ The growth of online learning : How universities must adjust to the new norm” is sponsored content on Education Dive. Let’s be clear.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Nicole Eramo, a former dean of students, is suing the magazine for $7.9 Keep that in mind when you see Course Report’s data touted, cheerleading the coding bootcamp trend.). Via New York Magazine : “ Laurene Powell Jobs ’s $100 Million Mission to Disrupt American High School.” More via NPR.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2018

EdSurge sat down with Reich last week at the annual summit for Course Hero, an online study platform, to talk about online learning, civic education and how higher education can create new pathways to the middle class. There's an ongoing trend we're seeing now, where some small, often private colleges have shut down.

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