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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Inside Higher Ed : “Several colleges that subscribe to the online education provider Lynda.com are seeing double-digit increases in subscription costs, leading many to wonder if its acquisition by LinkedIn (which in turn was acquired by Microsoft ) is behind the price hikes.” The company has raised $8.5 million total.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). Pearson promises “personalization” through its “adaptive learning” products, for example. (It “Now Any Organization Can Create Content for LinkedIn Learning,” Edsurge reported in June.