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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The company provides “interactive lessons and content on a mobile platform to low-skilled workers.” Via Buzzfeed : “ Walmart ’s Newly Patented Technology For Eavesdropping On Workers Presents Privacy Concerns.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. There was a regularly updated Facebook page, a Twitter account, as well as a LinkedIn profile for its supposed president.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Department of Education Announces Vision to Transform Federal Student Aid , Improve Customer Service.” ” Apparently the FAFSA will soon be available on mobile devices. Via The Wall Street Journal : “ Trump Administration Looks Beyond Traditional Servicers for Student-Lending Help.” “When Is The U.S.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Inside Higher Ed : “The number of career colleges and the number of credentials they award have dropped by roughly 20 percent in the last four years, new data from the U.S. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). More in the privacy/security section below on the implications of this.).