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5 Ed-Tech Ideas Face The Chronicle’s Version of ‘Shark Tank’

Wired Campus

Freedman: I love where you started with the criticism of the MOOCs. I mean, MOOCs aren’t learning platforms, they’re distribution platforms. And we use that particular matching feature to then guide them through those job roles, the industries, and eventually to the employers that find them. Young: Just on time, thank you.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“5 Reasons Why e-textbooks in Egypt Would Be Inequitable” by Maha Bali. Edsurge’s Jeff Young and Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill both asked industry analyst Trace Urdan for his take. ” From the press release : “ MOOCs and books initiative launched by Springer and Federica Weblearning.”