Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Just a few weeks after Daphne Koller ’s announcement she was leaving the MOOC startup she co-founded, Coursera unveiled “ Coursera for Business ” this week, marking its pivot from “democratizing higher ed” to “ training corporate employees.”

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MAY 25, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs are back in the headlines again. Via Edsurge : “The Second Wave of MOOC Hype Is Here, and It’s Online Degrees.” ” IHE blogger Joshua Kim offers “25 Million Reasons Why LinkedIn / Microsoft Will Buy Coursera.”

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APRIL 13, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Apple and Microsoft Now Offer $100 Styluses. ” Via Edsurge : “Transcription and Accessibility – New Partnerships from Microsoft and Amazon.” The reading software-maker has raised $3.2 The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOC hype deja vu.). You can get a Microsoft certification! Also by Michael Feldstein : “Why Ed-Tech Software Patents Could Harm Innovation.” The University of Newcastle has joined edX. Udacity has launched a VR nanodegree. It lives.).

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JUNE 17, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Microsoft announced it would make its largest acquisition ever, buying LinkedIn for $26.2 Hot takes on the acquisition (and what it means for the future of education and/or work): “ Why LinkedIn Will Make You Hate Microsoft Word.”

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NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Much like “brain training,” “brain scanning” was repeatedly hyped this year as a possible way to improve the efficacy of education software. Or MOOCs even. Hooking up students to headbands to monitor their brain activity has now left the research lab and entered the exhibit hall. Fads fade, of course.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

” Microsoft acquired Minecraft in 2015 – which probably speaks volumes right there about its progressive potential – and in January of this year, Microsoft bought TeacherGaming, the maker of a Minecraft version aimed at classroom usage. Only “1.86 unique users have enrolled 4.1 Google’s Alphabet Inc.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “A Product at Every Price: A Review of MOOC Stats and Trends in 2017.” ” There’s more MOOC news in the certification section below. I’m also putting some MOOC news in the job training section.

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MAY 5, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Brown University joins edX. “ Y Combinator MOOC for Tech Startups Attracts Thousands of Views,” says Campus Technology. Not sure why this is called a MOOC. Microsoft had a media event this week. The Business of Job Training. Yik Yak had raised $73.5

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AUGUST 4, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The company: RIB Software SE. Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “Teaching Tech-Based Farming: Microsoft Backs Program for Ag Group’s 650,000 Students.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Strayer and Capella Merger Finalized.”

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Microsoft -Branded MOOCs for K–12 Leaders.” Via The Washington Post : “ Facebook-backed school software shows promise – and raises privacy concerns.” Education in the Courts. ” More via The NYT.

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Indeed, Edutechnica, which also tracks LMS data, responds with their own numbers and says that Blackboard still has about two hundred more installations than Canvas and about a million more students using the software.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Something something Brexit something something MOOCs will save British higher ed. Via The Backchannel : “ Microsoft Weaponizes Minecraft in the War Over Classrooms.” Education Department Awards 41 States and the District of Columbia $28.4

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

It ignores what happens in Seattle: the home of Amazon, Microsoft, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This is part of the push for MOOCs, we must be honest.). Technology companies, on the other hand, seem well poised to do so – not just Microsoft, but Google and Apple, of course. ” Despite raising some $87.5

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Lots of MOOC PR appeared in the news this week. ” “What if MOOCs Revolutionize Education After All?” “Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” And more on MOOCs in the credentialing section below as well.

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JULY 1, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Elsewhere in MOOC research… From Campus Technology : “Grouping MOOC Students by Communication Mode Doesn’t Help Completion.” ” More on MOOC (and related) research in the research section below. MOOCs losing their mojo?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

If you want a job as a software developer in the technology industry, you’ll need a college degree. million ads for software-developer jobs nationwide. million ads for software-developer jobs nationwide. This is still the most popular certification listed on Microsoft’s professional network, LinkedIn.)

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Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

For your “yes, Microsoft is still horrible files,” this from The Washington Post : “ E-waste recycler Eric Lundgren loses appeal on computer restore disks, must serve 15-month prison term.” ’” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). .” Education in the Courts.

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APRIL 28, 2017

It’s a partnership with Microsoft. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” ” From the press release : “ MOOCs and books initiative launched by Springer and Federica Weblearning.” a month.). .”

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Big HR news about Coursera in the HR section below. Here’s the headline from Inside Higher Ed : “For-Credit MOOC: Best of Both Worlds at MIT ?” ” But if you look closer, it’s not a MOOC; it’s just an online class at MIT.

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MARCH 24, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ Coursera Removes Biometric Identity Verification Using Keystroke Matching,” Class Central reports. ” “Universities are changing their business model,” Microsoft’s Ray Fleming claims. The presentation software startup has raised $5.15

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JULY 14, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “The University of California, Los Angeles , is planning a major expansion in the online certificate and graduate degree markets that it hopes will reach as many as 15,000 students by early next decade,” Inside Higher Ed reports. .” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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JUNE 10, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Here’s The Chronicle headline from then : “Professor Leaves a MOOC in Mid-Course in Dispute Over Teaching.”) Good thing I never did anything in those MOOCs, otherwise I'd be losing my work. Remember Richard McKenzie? ” asks Education Dive.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” MOOCs are dead , according to Udacity ’s VP. ” Never one to let a good MOOC story pass them by, Edsurge repeats the story. “MOOCs Are ”Dead.“ million in crowdfunding for its MOOC platform. “ What’s Next?

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs for credit ! FutureLearn announced that two UK universities – the University of Leeds and the Open University – will offer MOOCs that will be accepted for college credit. For more on MOOCs for credit, see the “MOOCs” section above.

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AUGUST 5, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “Anybody can now buy Microsoft ’s $3,000 HoloLens ,” says Techcrunch. MOOCs, CAI, and now this. ” Via JSTOR : “The Bloody Results of Mexico ’s High-Stakes School Testing.” ” asks The Hechinger Report. ” JFC.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Fast Company : “How Software Is Taking On School Shootings.” Microsoft has acquired Chalkup. There’s more research on how students at for-profits fare (spoiler alert: not well) in the research section below. million total.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Princeton University and Microsoft have joined together to file a lawsuit against President Trump’s rescinding of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. ” Via KSN.com : “Derby schools computer software could track cyber bullying, suicide threats.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

” After someone noticed that Microsoft had boasted that it was working with ICE , Nitasha Tiku says that “Microsoft’s Ethical Reckoning Is Here.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). To borrow from Jello Biaffra, “MOOCs aren’t dead, they just deserve to die.”

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OCTOBER 19, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” There’s more MOOC news in the “business of education” section below. Devonshire Investors has acquired MOOC startup NovoEd. The software in question: Exam4. Kara Swisher interviews 2U CEO Chip Paucek. million total. ” RIP.

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APRIL 20, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Wired : “The Young and the Reckless – A gang of teen hackers snatched the keys to Microsoft ’s videogame empire. ” Via Education Week : “ Pearson Tested ‘Social-Psychological’ Messages in Learning Software, With Mixed Results.”

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JULY 22, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). From the press release : “ Sabio , a Los Angeles-based software engineering program, works with highly motivated and smart individuals wanting to transition to software engineering professions, has been approved by the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education.”

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

” Via Education Week : “ Iowa schools to stop using $14M testing software after audit.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Slate : “ The New Diploma Mills.” Via MinnPost : “Almost 50 years ago, Oregon Trail revolutionized educational software.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

million in charges from a Minnesota company over a software system that repeatedly failed during mandatory statewide elementary school testing.” Via The Guardian : “ Facebook , Twitter , Google and Microsoft team up to tackle extremist content.” college testing scam , to be deported.”

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Microsoft is doing a desktop PC thing. Blackboard has acquired Fronteer , a software company that helps make course materials accessible. .” Via The Toronto Star : “ Cyber attack to blame for Grade 10 literacy test chaos.”

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