Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I also asked each person to specify their role concerning technology, and there were a lot of different roles: someone running a distance learning program, another in charge of a problem-based learning initiative, a prof looking for good examples of technology in liberal education, a provost to whom several tech departments reported, and more.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2016

The report concludes that ‘companies are struggling to redesign the training environment, incorporate new learning technologies, and utilize the incredible array of digital learning tools now available’. More and more, learners are advocating for themselves in this respect.

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Trends Training MOOC Learning 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, doctoral student research, library and information center "tours," and more! We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses. Eszter Csorba-Simon, Ms.

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Libraries Conference MOOC E-rate 51

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. Comments Section : Students examine a post from a newspaper comment section and explain whether they would use it in a research report.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

They can be something everybody uses; that’s how 2012 became the year of the MOOC, and why virtual reality will no doubt be widely cited as the trend of 2016. MOOCs continued to increase in number and attendance. Duke University ran a widely read lecture capture survey. By Stephen Downes, National Research Council.

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

“Publishers Wiley , Cengage , Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education have won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a seller of fake textbooks ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Techcrunch reports that “ Sesame Street turns to Kickstarter to fund autism book.”

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Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

They noted the menu of research reports, graphics and videos, and the “About” page describing the site as a project of a “nonprofit research organization” called the Employment Policies Institute. By and large, according to a report the group published last month, the answer in each case is no. Will they seek corroboration?

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

“ Purdue-Kaplan online university one step closer to reality,” the Journal & Courier reports. Via Inside Higher Ed : “2-Pronged Strategy Against ‘ Gainful ’ Rule.” “ Iowa State University seeks 7 percent annual tuition hike for each of next 5 years,” The Des Moines Register reports.

Education 45

Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 45

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Government Accountability Office said in a report Wednesday.” ” “Former Lake Michigan College President Jennifer Spielvogel is suing LMC and its Board of Trustees for alleged wrongful termination,” The Herald-Palladium reports. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). .”

Education 49

Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

” “Make MOOCs great again.” ” Speaking of Peter Thiel, “ Mark Zuckerberg : Facebook fake news didn’t sway election,” USA Today reports from the Techonomy conference. regulation,” reports The Washington Post. ” Trump has threatened to close the Department of Education.

Education 54

Education Common Core Company Facebook 54

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Via The LA School Report : “ LAUSD approves $7.5 ” “ Louisiana Becomes First State to Ban the Box,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ” “Students’ Rising Expectations Pose Challenge to Online Programs ,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. State and Local) Education Politics.

Education 53

Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

As new forms of data are easier to collect and analyze, drawing on and interacting with information to measure the impact of programs and to inform decision-making and policy has emerged as a key strategy to foster improvement in public schools. ” Reuters has led the way with investigative reporting on this.

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Data Technology Education Software 40

Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Department of Education told a federal judge Thursday that it would terminate a January contract award to two debt collection firms as it reassesses its strategy for serving borrowers in default on their federal student loans.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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MOOC Education Robotics Company 42

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

.” “More than 150 House and Senate Democrats sent Education Secretary Betsy DeVos a letter Monday that objected to her department’s recently announced shift in how it chooses the contractors that service federal student loans ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. State and Local) Education Politics. Via Reuters : “U.S.

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

.” “ Colorado Education Commissioner Rich Crandall announced his resignation Thursday just four-and-a-half months into the job, shocking the state’s education community and roiling the state Department of Education as it embarks on a number of critical initiatives,” Chalkbeat Colorado reports.

Education 46

Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

“Former Lobbyist With For-Profit Colleges Quits Education Department ,” ProPublica reports. Via PR Watch : “ Betsy DeVos Ethics Report Reveals Ties to Student Debt Collection Firm.” It’s just getting started,” says The Hechinger Report’s Jon Marcus. Education Politics.

Education 52

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 52

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Meanwhile, as The New York Times reports : “ Facebook , Under Fire in Russia Inquiry, Posts 79% Rise in Profit.” Via the CFPB press office : “ CFPB Report Finds Consumer Complaints Spurred Actions That Brought More Than $750 Million in Relief for Student Loan Borrowers.” Who’d have guessed?!

Education 48

Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

Via Broadly : “ Betsy DeVos to Meet with Men’s Rights Groups , Reports Say.” On the US House of Representatives’ proposed budget : “$2 Billion for Teacher Training, Salaries Eliminated in House Budget Plan,” Education Week reports. ” (State and Local) Education Politics.

Education 45

Education Pearson Report Robotics 45

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Department of Education on Monday distributed proposals for rewriting the gainful-employment rule , which the Trump administration halted last summer,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). It’s baaaaack: “Return of the MOOC ,” The City Journal tells us.

Education 45

Education MOOC Company Pearson 45

Hack Education

AUGUST 5, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” asks The Hechinger Report. Via The Hechinger Report : “Strapped for students, nonprofit colleges borrow recruiting tactic from for-profits.” “ Atlanta Public Schools debut new police force,” WSB-TV reports.

Education 40

Education Pearson Report Policies 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 18, 2017

.” “ Tennessee ’s former education commissioner called on Betsy DeVos to resign as the nation’s education chief Thursday because of her boss’s ambivalent response to racist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia,” Chalkbeat reports. ” (Other State and Local) Education Politics.

Education 49

Education MOOC Report Data 49

Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

As competition increases, institutions report mixed results with the model.” “ White House to Propose Merging Education , Labor Departments ,” The Wall Street Journal reports. ” Via The Hechinger Report : “ Louisiana ends policy that held thousands of students back a grade or more.”

Education 44

Education Microsoft MOOC Coursera 44

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

” “The Trump administration just failed to stop a climate lawsuit brought by 21 kids,” The Chicago Tribune reports. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Vive la MOOC révolution. ” “Orphan MOOCs and the Digital Dark Ages” by Jeffrey Pomerantz in Hybrid Pedagogy.

Education 47

Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

.” “A new analysis from the Center for American Progress found more than two dozen minority-serving institutions would fail a graduation rate requirement for funding in the proposed House update to the Higher Education Act ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. MOOCs are out. ” Immigration and Education. ” Testing.

Kaplan 50

Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50

Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

The Rebranding of MOOCs. Remember 2012 , “ The Year of the MOOC? Remember in 2012 when the media wrote about MOOCs with such frenzy, parroting all these marketing claims and more and predicting that MOOCs were poised to “ end the era of expensive higher education ”? MOOCs are not particularly "open."

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MOOC Technology OER Coursera 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” “Betsy DeVos Won’t Shed Stake in Biofeedback Company , Filings Show,” The New York Times reports. Via The Guardian : “ Trump bans agencies from ‘providing updates on social media or to reporters’ ” This ban has been targeted at scientists at the EPA and USDA in particular.

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Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40