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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

LIVE is an opportunity to gather with other member of the community in regular "live" web meetings. Saturday, May 2nd at 12pm CR20 LIVE Weekly Show - Featured Teacher: Lisa Parisi , Classroom 2.0 Details to join the webinar at [link]. You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20.

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Trump's Edtech Agenda Should Address Effectiveness, Equity, and Equilibrium in Higher Ed

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radio and televisions in the early 20th century and online learning and MOOCs via the Internet in the early 21st century.) However, the questions have largely stayed the same: Do technologies ensure quality learning and positive student outcomes? Do they help or hurt underrepresented students? Distance education took place via.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Wall Street Journal : “The federal government is pumping $245 million into the creation and expansion of public charter schools across the nation with hopes of helping students in low-income communities.” ” Via the Data Quality Campaign : “ Student Data Privacy Legislation : A Summary of 2016 State Legislation.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via EdScoop : “ Google adds new terms to comply with Connecticut student data privacy laws.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The Blade : “School that took ECOT students wants poor scores ignored.” Bill Gates dishes on his meetings with Donald Trump.

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Education Technology and Data Insecurity

Hack Education

. … ‘I think ultimately that’s going to be the largest data breach that we’ve ever seen in the history of our nation.’” According to the Data Quality Campaign , “Student data privacy was a priority issue in state legislatures in 2016.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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’” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The University of Phoenix ’s online enrollment plummets while Western Governors and Southern New Hampshire near 100,000 students as they vie to rule the roost.” Data, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. Teachers Are Moonlighting As Instagram Influencers To Make Ends Meet,” Buzzfeed reported in 2018. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness. Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools.

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