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Storms over liberal education: notes on the 2016 AAC&U conference

Bryan Alexander

I was there for a few reasons, starting with having the fine opportunity to lead a pre conference workshop, followed by presenting on two panels, helping out with a Twitter component, and reconnecting with dozens of friends and colleagues. On Twitter several people, on site and out of country, praised open as a business model.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. IBM wants us to believe that Watson is incredibly powerful – powerful enough, even, to search 1000 OER. ” Via TeacherCast : “Why Teachers Will Never Be Replaced By Robots.” ” Via KTNV : “ Foothill High School regains control of Twitter account after hack.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Perhaps it should go in the “robots” section. This is so important to consider, as Tufekci noted on Twitter, in light of Google’s domination of the K–12 computing market.). Lisa Petrides, Douglas Levin, and Eddie Watson introduce The CARE Framework for OER. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. There was a regularly updated Facebook page, a Twitter account, as well as a LinkedIn profile for its supposed president. Ed-Tech Startup Accelerators.

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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. More on the National Crime Victimization Survey via Politico. ” Phil Hill also weighs in on the latest Babson survey on OER.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via NPR : “Students Compete In First-Ever International High School Robotics Competition.” ” The New York Times reports that “ Burundi Robotics Team Vanishes After U.S. His wife is the co-founder of OER organization CK–12.). Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Contests and Competitions.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” In other news about academic freedom – via Inside Higher Ed : “ The University of Memphis is reportedly investigating Judy Cole, a professor of nursing, for comments she made on Twitter about Sarah Huckabee Sanders, White House press secretary.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Edsurge : “Help!