Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

On Tuesday, June 12 the #DLNchat community got together to dive into how improving digital learning could help institutions pass along savings to students, and how technology might also help reduce indirect costs for college attendance. One of the larger questions during the chat was about scaling for cost efficiency.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

But as Lindsey Cook (Data Editor at US News & World Report) points out in this 20 minute talk, that data isn’t always accessible. A Debate on “Open” Educational Resources : Can free and open educational resources (OER) save students money without compromising their content or value? Higher Ed 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.

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MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Via The LA Times : “Trump is ending Michelle Obama’s ‘ Let Girls Learn ’ initiative, CNN reports.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Brown University joins edX. “ Y Combinator MOOC for Tech Startups Attracts Thousands of Views,” says Campus Technology.

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

“Publishers Wiley , Cengage , Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education have won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a seller of fake textbooks ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Techcrunch reports that “ Sesame Street turns to Kickstarter to fund autism book.”

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Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

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. Instead, they’ve re-branded as job training sites.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

But as Education Week reports , “States Bristle as DeVos Ed. ” Inside Higher Ed reports that “The Republican budget resolution envisions more than $236 billion in cuts to mandatory spending for education programs over 10 years.” And their parents can end up in jail,” AlterNet reports. for-profits?”

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