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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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To believe that would require, of course, that we overlook the role that the major technology platforms – Google, Facebook, and Amazon – play in education. Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). Education’s Proto-Platforms. Big Tech’s Bets.

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Pearson CEO Fallon Talks Common Core, Rise of ‘Open’ Resources

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We [made] probably the biggest single investment [in the Pearson System of Courses , which] completely rethinks the way that numeracy and literacy are taught in the classroom. You have to work with the gray—that is the day-to-day reality of the classroom. If it doesn’t, it won’t, and it won’t deserve to.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. Um, they do.)

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Of course, Dick DeVos also works for Trump in a way – or at least, he’s now on an FAA civilian panel. The Australian company provides courses for schools that decide to outsource their educational services. ” Of course he did. Educators Discuss Pros and Cons of Learning Analytics.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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And of course current Undersecretary of Education, Ted Mitchell, is a former VC.) From the Coursera blog : “Coursera pilots a new course format.” ” More via I Programmer on Coursera ’s decision to remove old courses from its platform. .” Presidential Campaign Politics. weeks in 2015.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“The Growing Role of Technology in Personalized Learning ,” according to KQED’s Mindshift. Via Campus Technology : “ Unizin Partners with Cengage to Offer Discounted Course Materials.” ” “Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley.