Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed. Raising venture capital isn’t (necessarily) good news.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

” The new software is supposed to get students ready for “the Salesforce economy,” whatever the hell that means. “‘Eton for all’: will robot teachers mean everyone gets an elite education? Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. classrooms: An army of robots to help autistic students learn social skills.”

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Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

Via The Guardian : “ Student Loans Company ‘spied on vulnerable students’ social media’ ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. The company: RIB Software SE. Also from Feldstein : “ Moodle and Blackboard Cut Ties.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Education Pearson Company Blackboard 43

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference. I wrote about social-emotional learning (algorithms) as a “trend to watch.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. For more news about robots not taking jobs, see the HR section above.

Kaplan 46

Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

“The Moodle / Blackboard Breakup: The Long and the Short of It” by e-Literate’s Michael Feldstein. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Edsurge : “ Robots Won’t Replace Instructors , 2 Penn State Educators Argue.

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Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” “ Salesforce will start selling its online learning platform, which has helped its own employees change roles and get promotions,” says MIT Technology Review , going with the wonderful lie in the headline “Making Job-Training Software People Actually Want to Use.” ” asks MIT Technology Review.

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45