Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

” Via The Verge : “ Microsoft secures $480 million HoloLens contract from US Army.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Stop Asking About Completion Rates: Better Questions to Ask About MOOCs in 2019,” says Edsurge. .” State and Local) Education Politics.

Education 58

Education MOOC Social Media E-rate 58

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Flipped Classroom". It was probably Sal Khan’s 2011 TED Talk “Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education” and the flurry of media he received over the course of the following year or so that introduced the idea of the “flipped classroom” to most people. WTF is Unizin ?! Collared Dove. Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. They’re distracted.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” Elsewhere in MOOC research… From Campus Technology : “Grouping MOOC Students by Communication Mode Doesn’t Help Completion.” Clair Smith.

MOOC 48

MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

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MARCH 23, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Analysis of Georgia Tech ’s MOOC-inspired online master’s in computer science suggests that institutions can successfully deliver high-quality, low-cost degrees to students at scale.” ” “ Robot abuse ”?!

Education 46

Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The highlight: I visited a school on Friday and met with some wonderful, genuine, sincere teachers who pour their heart and soul into their classrooms and their students and our conversation was not long enough to draw out of them what is limiting them from being even more success from what they are currently. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Education 46

Education Khan Academy Robotics MOOC 46

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

.” Via the AP : “A judge ruled Friday that school districts [in Florida ] can’t hold 3rd graders back just because they score badly on a mandated standardized reading test, saying that classroom grades and teacher evaluations have to be considered.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

Education 52

Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). It’s baaaaack: “Return of the MOOC ,” The City Journal tells us. There’s some (sorta) MOOC-related news in the venture funding section below. .” Because MOOCs on an airplane proved to be such an effective mode of instruction.

Education 45

Education MOOC Company Pearson 45

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

” An “innovation pod” is actually a private classroom in a shipping container. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Vive la MOOC révolution. ” “Orphan MOOCs and the Digital Dark Ages” by Jeffrey Pomerantz in Hybrid Pedagogy. Excellent re-branding.

Education 47

Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes. It’s a theme that runs throughout almost every article in this series.“Fake

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

Via The USA Today : “Kids on winning robotics team told, ‘Go back to Mexico’ ” The kids were from Pleasant Run Elementary School in Indianapolis. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ Coursera Removes Biometric Identity Verification Using Keystroke Matching,” Class Central reports.

Education 52

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 52

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JANUARY 26, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s New Strategy Takes Inspiration From Netflix – and LinkedIn.” ” There’s more MOOC-related research in the research section below. Teacher on Paid Leave After Confederate Flag Found Hanging in Classroom.”

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “ Teaching assistant robots will reinvent academia,” Times Higher Education claims. Via Techcrunch : “ Sony now has a Koov robotics learning kit for US classrooms.” million total.

Education 49

Education Robotics Company OER 49

Hack Education

MARCH 17, 2017

.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “A Corporate Learning Revolution” – a Coursera webinar. Are MOOCs webinars? Are webinars now MOOCs?). ” Also via Class Central : “ MéxicoX : Meet the MOOC Platform Funded by the Mexican Government.” million total.

Education 46

Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs are back in the headlines again. Via Edsurge : “The Second Wave of MOOC Hype Is Here, and It’s Online Degrees.” ” IHE blogger Joshua Kim offers “25 Million Reasons Why LinkedIn / Microsoft Will Buy Coursera.”

Education 46

Education MOOC Social Media Report 46

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

John Bel Edwards has agreed to a mandate that cursive writing must be taught in Louisiana ’s public school classrooms.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ ALEX Wants to Fill Classrooms Like Airbnb Fills Beds ” is an actual headline, and apparently ALEX is an actual startup.

Education 49

Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

It’s a partnership with Microsoft. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” ” From the press release : “ MOOCs and books initiative launched by Springer and Federica Weblearning.” a month.). . Move along.

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

” Via KMOV , news from Montville High in Montville, Connecticut : “ Substitute teacher arrested for starting ‘ fight club ’ in classroom.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Apple and Microsoft Now Offer $100 Styluses. The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

Education 44

Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

” Via Chalkbeat : “Can in-house child care keep young teachers in the classroom? ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “Teaching Tech-Based Farming: Microsoft Backs Program for Ag Group’s 650,000 Students.” ” JFC. More via AJC.

Education 43

Education Pearson Company Blackboard 43

Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “Robotics is bringing Betsy DeVos to Detroit for the first time as education secretary.” For your “yes, Microsoft is still horrible files,” this from The Washington Post : “ E-waste recycler Eric Lundgren loses appeal on computer restore disks, must serve 15-month prison term.”

Education 44

Education Facebook Company MOOC 44

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

“ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The University of Iceland has joined edX. classrooms,” Axios claims.

Education 44

Education Khan Academy Company Training 44

Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

” Via NPR : “ Kentucky Governor Claims Kids Were Assaulted While Teachers Absent From Classroom.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via Technode : “ Tsinghua University is using the cloud to make it rain in the classroom.” Then they went too far.”

Education 43

Education Pearson Edmentum lynda.com 43

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

” That’s the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow , which is already having to repay Ohio some $60 million. ” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ Microsoft Moves to Enable Streamlined Purchasing of Bundled Products for Education.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Immigration and Education. .”

Education 47

Education Company Data Report 47

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

More on the Republicans’ tax plans – Via Education Week : “New Senate Tax Plan Doubles Teachers’ Deduction for Buying Classroom Supplies.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “Are You Getting a Pay Bump For Student Completion? ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Education 47

Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Microsoft Hopes to Revive Its Education Tablet Efforts With the New $399 Surface Go,” says Edsurge. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” “Do Voice Assistant Devices Have a Place in the Classroom?”

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Slate : “ The New Diploma Mills.” ” According to this Techcrunch article , MOOCs like Udacity and Coursera weren’t working out for AirBnB so now it is “running its own internal university to teach data science.”

Education 46

Education Data Report Software 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Testing, Testing… Via the Hechinger Report : “On a classroom-based test for new teachers , black teachers score lower.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Microsoft is doing a desktop PC thing. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “When the Teaching Assistant Is a Robot.”

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Something something Brexit something something MOOCs will save British higher ed. I’m not sure why Inc calls ClassDojo “Slack for Classrooms” when it’s really much more “operant conditioning and surveillance for schools.”

Education 40

Education Coursera Facebook Social Media 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Princeton University and Microsoft have joined together to file a lawsuit against President Trump’s rescinding of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. ” The article is accompanied by a photo of a classroom full of Asian students – as if Asian is not American.

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Although no doubt, Microsoft, now the owner of Minecraft, would like us all to repeat that particular storyline.) Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. Robotics , with ~ $99 million in funding. That this is how a venture capitalist would characterize the future of education is, nonetheless, quite notable.

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

” Online Education and The Once and Future “MOOC” “ Deakin University in Australia will next year offer graduate degrees and certificate programs through FutureLearn , the online learning platform owned by the Open University in the U.K.,” ” “What If We Stopped Calling Them Classrooms ?”

Education 40

Education Report E-rate Company 40