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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” The Business of Job Training. ” Via The New York Times : “At Walmart Academy , Training Better Managers. ” More via Wired.

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'Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs'

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” 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. “More Americans just need the right training.” These have all been separate articles in each series.

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Education Technology and the History of the Future of Credentialing

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“But nor do they tend to have the full features we associate with universities: multiple schools and departments with a heavy focus on research, scholarship and training new Ph.Ds. ” MOOCs for credit. . “These institutions are not overtly trying to rip off anyone,” he writes. Keep Away From Coding Schools.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The New York Times : “ Navy Orders New Training After Deadly Ship Collisions.” ” Apparently watching CD-ROMs isn’t sufficient training for driving Navy destroyers. The Business of Job Training. ” The tech industry is still bullish on the business of tech training nonetheless.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Chalkbeat : “Trump’s proposed education budget: more for school choice, less for teacher training.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The Business of Job Training. Via Techcrunch : “ Sony now has a Koov robotics learning kit for US classrooms.” ” Hooray.