Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

“The Year of the MOOC” – I was summoned to Palo Alto, California for a small gathering to discuss the future of teaching, learning, and technology. Perhaps with this data, the MOOC providers can build a map of professional if not cognitive pathways. “Robots are coming for your job.”

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

.” Note the significant difference in language in this headline from The Verge , for example – “ Harvard’s Root robot teaches kids how to code ” – and the way in which Seymour would describe the LOGO Turtle – that students would using programming to teach the robot. Only “1.86

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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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OCTOBER 6, 2017

The Huffington Post filed Twitter’s response to Ivanka Trump ’s announcement under “comedy.” In the future, you might want to look for most MOOC-related news in the “business of job training” section below. “‘Eton for all’: will robot teachers mean everyone gets an elite education?

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NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via The New York Times : “Meet Zora, the Robot Caregiver.” ” Sara Goldrick-Rab shared her thoughts on Twitter. .” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ California Should Watch Arkansas Process for Creating New Online Institution,” says Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via TeacherCast : “Why Teachers Will Never Be Replaced By Robots.”

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AUGUST 4, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “ Twitter is funding college professors to audit its platform for toxicity,” writes The Verge. ” Oooh, I am sensing a trend here. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” JFC. ” Great.

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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. ” That’d be Glenn Reynolds , @instapundit , who also briefly had his Twitter account suspended. ” “ 2016 E-Rate Trends.” ” asks NPR.

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JANUARY 19, 2018

.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the job training section below. ” More on teen social media usage, this time from Buzzfeed : “‘Tweetdecking’ Is Taking Over Twitter. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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MAY 13, 2016

” The Whiteboard Advisors’ latest “Education Insider” report ( PDF ) is on assessment trends, higher education, and the presidential campaigns. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Because up ’til now, MOOCs were the most brilliant data mining app ever.).

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MARCH 16, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill : “If At First You Don’t Succeed, Try To Be An OPM : Conversion of for-profits and MOOCs.” ” There’s some Udacity-related MOOC news in the job training section below. ” asks CoSN.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. And their high profile presence on Instagram, Twitter, and the like to exacerbate inequality and re-inscribe a conspicuous consumption of gadgetry as a sign of “innovation.”.

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DECEMBER 17, 2017

.” I’ve looked at how for-profit colleges , MOOCs , and learn-to-code companies have tapped into these narratives in order to justify their products and services. Don’t mess with her on Twitter. Over and over and over and over and over and over and over again we were told “robots are coming for your jobs.”

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JUNE 2, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Here’s a link to all the stories in Slate’s series on online credit recovery programs. “After the Hype, Do MOOC Ventures Like edX Still Matter?” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” The librarian in question is Jeffrey Beall.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). It’s baaaaack: “Return of the MOOC ,” The City Journal tells us. There’s some (sorta) MOOC-related news in the venture funding section below. Because MOOCs on an airplane proved to be such an effective mode of instruction.

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DECEMBER 1, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” These headlines just kill me. ” More MOOC data in the “research” section below. ” Disclosure: the Mooch now follows me on Twitter. ” According to Edsurge , Knewton is now a courseware company and not a “robot tutor in the sky.”

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Kremlin Cash Behind Billionaire’s Twitter and Facebook Investments.” ” Via The Guardian : “ Russia funded Facebook and Twitter investments through Kushner associate.” One of those “trends” is surely “character development” (a.k.a.

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DECEMBER 20, 2016

Indeed, the World Bank issued a report in January arguing that digital technologies – not just robots in factories – stand to widen inequalities as well, “and even hasten the hollowing out of middle-class employment.” None of this has played out equitably, as the benefits have accrued in management and not by labor.

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JULY 29, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). The robot startup, formerly known as Play-i, has raised $35.9 ” “Pop star tells fans to send their Twitter passwords , but it might be illegal,” says Ars Technica. The University System of Maryland joins edX. From MIT President L. million total.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Responses to last week’s news about Western Governors University and the audit of its competency-based offerings: Via NPR : “Who Is A College Teacher, Anyway? .” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” “ NCTM and the Math Forum ” by Tracy Zager.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “Are You Getting a Pay Bump For Student Completion? ” “Whatever Happened To MOOCs ?” ” If you repeat these stories enough, it’s almost as if you can convince people to make it a trend. Virtual Schools Dish Out the Dough.”

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

” Via The Hechinger Report : “ Mississippi defies national trend; decreases scrutiny of early child care quality.” Here’s another trend to watch: how jail tech and ed-tech will merge. Via The Guardian : “ Facebook , Twitter , Google and Microsoft team up to tackle extremist content.”

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