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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

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

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. 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.”. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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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. “ Oxford and Cambridge are said to be illegally spying on students for money,” says Quartz.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Inside Higher Ed : “The number of career colleges and the number of credentials they award have dropped by roughly 20 percent in the last four years, new data from the U.S. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Education Department show.” Without a University Involved.)”