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Snap Inc. Chairman, a Former Sony Entertainment CEO, to Join Pearson’s Board of Directors

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Michael Lynton joins the Pearson board in the wake of the company announcing major job cuts to make it leaner and more competitive. Chairman, a Former Sony Entertainment CEO, to Join Pearson’s Board of Directors appeared first on Market Brief. The post Snap Inc.

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ClassIn Launches its World-Class Teaching and Learning Platform in the United States

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ClassIn has partnered with more than 80,000+ educational institutions including Oxford University Press, Sony Education, EF, The British Council, Pearson, and Udacity. ClassIn serves over 50 million students across 160+ countries.

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PEARSON & LITTLEBITS ( www.pearson.com.) & ( littlebits.cc/education education ) Pearson, has partnered with littleBits, bringing hands-on invention-based model of learning and teaching into its 3-8 science curriculum, Elevate Science, in a new program called,”Pearson littleBits STEM Invention Toolbox.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“​ Pearson to Lay Off 3,000 More Employees,” says Edsurge. ” Via Techcrunch : “ Sony wants to digitize education records using the blockchain.” ISTE has hired Joseph South as its Chief Learning Officer. South previously worked at the US Department of Education and K12 Inc. The Business of Job Training.

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Education Technology and the History of the Future of Credentialing

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It’s an assessment now administered by Pearson, and since the education giant took over the GED in 2014, pass rates have plummeted. Pearson did lower the pass score this year, “to better measure student performance” it claimed. In doing so, some 20,000 additional students were able to receive their GEDs.

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'Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs'

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Sony’s in the business. Pearson filed a patent for badges. It became the first country to explore issuing educational certificates via the blockchain. MIT will issue digital diplomas on the blockchain. And Northeastern has teamed up with IBM to put digital badges on the blockchain.