Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. There was a regularly updated Facebook page, a Twitter account, as well as a LinkedIn profile for its supposed president.

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Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

’” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The University of Phoenix ’s online enrollment plummets while Western Governors and Southern New Hampshire near 100,000 students as they vie to rule the roost.” Data, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

In addition to funding this lawsuit, Thiel sits on the board of Facebook , which itself is playing a huge role in the “ future of news.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs for credit ! For more on MOOCs for credit, see the “MOOCs” section above. The takes).

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JUNE 8, 2018

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”). More in the privacy/security section below on the implications of this.).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” These headlines just kill me. ” More MOOC data in the “research” section below. And an update from Udacity in “the business of job training” section. ” There’s some robot news in the privacy section below.

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MAY 18, 2018

Via EdScoop : “ Google adds new terms to comply with Connecticut student data privacy laws.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The Blade : “School that took ECOT students wants poor scores ignored.” ” Via The New York Times : “ L.G.B.T.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.” ” There’s more MOOC-related research in the research section below. ” Via The New York Times : “ Facebook ’s Virtual Reality Business Gets a New Leader.” ” Yup.

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