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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

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Microsoft acquired Minecraft in 2015 – which probably speaks volumes right there about its progressive potential – and in January of this year, Microsoft bought TeacherGaming, the maker of a Minecraft version aimed at classroom usage. “Everyone should learn to code.” Only “1.86

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness. He told NPR in 2015 that Knewton’s adaptive learning software was a “mind-reading robo tutor in the sky.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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He believes the future of education means all STEM, no arts and no humanities. ” There’s more MOOC-related research in the research section below. Via Techcrunch : “ Microsoft launches Intune for Education to counter Google’s Chromebooks in schools.” Colleges Will Disappear.” million total.