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Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015: Indie Ed-Tech
This is the ninth article in my series Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015Here’s what I wrote last year when I chose “the Indie Web” as one of the “Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2014”:This is an aspirational post....
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Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015: The Business of Ed-Tech
This is the tenth and final article in my series Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015Who’s Funded/Who’s FundingIn February of this year, Techcrunch, one of the original Silicon Valley-focused tech blogs, looked...
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Education Politics“Clinton: ‘I Wouldn’t Keep Any School Open That Wasn’t Doing A Better Than Average Job.’” No schools in Lake Wobegon will be required to close.“Creationist Sylvia Allen to lead...
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The TrendsThe Politics of Education TechnologyStandardized Testing“The Employability Narrative”Credits and CredentialingThe Collapse of For-Profit Higher Education (Or Not)Beyond the MOOCThe Compulsion...
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Education PoliticsHappy New Year. From US News & World Report: “For technology companies in California, ringing in the New Year will mean adjusting to a new privacy law that limits how they can...
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Education PoliticsArne’s officially out, and John King is now Acting Secretary of Education. (And the for-profit college sector has already reached out to him, no surprise.)The Accrediting Commission...
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Ed-Tech Patents: Prior Art and Learning Theories
If you’ve worked in education technology for any length of time, you know the story: in January 2006, Blackboard was awarded the patent (number 6988138) on the learning management system – or as...
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Education PoliticsPresident Obama delivered his final State of the Union address Tuesday evening. “Education” showed up several times in the speech, including the idea that every students need to learn...
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Education PoliticsRepublican presidential candidate Jeb Bush has released his higher education plan. Among its features: “Bush’s plan would eliminate the federal student loan program in its current...
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Education Politics“U.S. Education Department threatens to sanction states over test opt-outs,” according to The Washington Post.President Obama has released a plan that would ban solitary confinement...
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Education PoliticsPresident Obama proposed a $4 billion“Computer Science for All” initiative late last week. No clear indication about what he means by “computer science.” But hey, the industry loves...
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Late last week, President Obama announced a “Computer Science for All” initiative. He called for $4 billion in the upcoming budget to expand CS training for teachers, access to instructional materials,...
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Education Politics“President Obama’s 2017 Budget Seeks to Expand Educational Opportunity for All Students,” says The Department of Education. According to Education Week, “Obama Budget Would Prioritize...
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Amazon's Plans for OER
Kanye West tweeted yesterday about the high cost of textbooks yesterday. (Buzzfeed collected his rants into an article. Because journalism.) As Tressie McMillan Cottom later noted, he might have been...
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Education Politics“Education Department Letting For-Profit Schools Off Because They’re ‘Too Big To Fail,’ Report Says.” See also: “How the Department of Education Could Fix For-Profit Colleges” by...
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Blockchain for Education: A Research Project
“Is blockchain really a thing?” That’s probably the most common question I hear about a technology that, up until quite recently, was mostly and closely associated with the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. “Do...
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Education PoliticsPresident Obama has nominated Carla D. Hayden as the new Librarian of Congress.John King Jr had his confirmation hearing this week. Nominated by President Obama to replace Arne Duncan...
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“Jujitsu? I’m going to learn Jujitsu?” Neo asks incredulously, as he’s plugged in to a machine for the first time since his rescue by Morpheus and the members of the ship Nebuchadnezzar. The operator...
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Education Politics As the US Presidential campaign spiraled down down down down down down down this week, the media turned its eye to Trump University, as if this is going to be the big “gotcha” that...
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Education Politics Via the Times-Picayune: “Texan who called Obama a gay prostitute might soon control textbooks.” Mary Lou Bruner, the Texan in question here, will face a run-off election in May to...
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