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The History of the Pedometer (and the Problems with Learning Analytics)
These were my remarks as a guest speaker in Donna Murdoch's class “Online Teaching and Learning – Applying Adult Learning Principles” this evening. I was asked to speak about learning analytics, but...
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(National) Education Politics Via Pacific Standard: “Government Watchdog Will Investigate Trump Administration on Civil Rights.”Via Bloomberg: “Campus Rape Loses Special Status in Trump’s Education...
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(National) Education Politics Via ProPublica: “Democratic Senators Condemn Betsy DeVos’ Record on Civil Rights.”“New Evidence Shows DeVos Is Discarding College Policies That Are Effective,” writes...
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The Business of Ed-Tech: 2017 So Far
There have been several articles in the industry and investor press recently that describe the ed-tech market as “on the rebound,” with venture capitalists getting their “second wind” and finding...
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(National) Education Politics Via The Chronicle of Higher Education: “Silence From the Secretary, Despite Major Rules Changes.”Lots, lots more about Betsy DeVos’ policies in the student loan and...
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The History of Ed-Tech: What Went Wrong?
Beth Holland, a doctoral student at JHU and “EdTech Researcher” at Education Week, sent an email asking some questions about the history of ed-tech. The gist of these: how did ed-tech get from the...
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(National) Education Politics After rolling back for-profit higher ed regulationslast week, Betsy DeVos turns her attention to dismantling civil rights as she holds a series of Title IX“listening...
View Article'Personalized Learning' and the Power of the Gates Foundation to Shape...
In early June, I gave a keynote at the OEB MidSummit on the history of "personalization.“ I only had 20 minutes, so it’s a partial history at best. But as ”personalized learning" has become one of the...
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(National) Education Politics US Secretary of Education spoke to ALEC this week. The American Legislative Exchange Council is a right-wing organization that pens model legislation, including the “Stand...
View ArticleWhy Are Coding Bootcamps Going Out of Business?
Within the past week, two well-known and well-established coding bootcamps have announced they’ll be closing their doors: Dev Bootcamp, owned by Kaplan Inc., and The Iron Yard, owned by the Apollo...
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(National) Education Politics “Who Is Betsy DeVos?” asks New York Magazine. “And how did she get to be head of our schools.”“Not An Advocate for Students or the Public Interest” – historian Sherman...
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(National) Education Politics The New York Times broke the story this week that “Justice Dept. to Take On Affirmative Action in College Admissions.” And by “take on,” that means “investigating and...
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(National) Education Politics The AP interviews US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, who laments “she didn’t decry racism enough.”Via Politico: “New marching orders from Betsy DeVos’ civil rights...
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Charlottesville and UVAHundreds of white supremacistsmarched at the University of Virginia campus Friday night, carrying torches and chanting “blood and soil.” On Saturday, the Unite the Right rally...
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(National) Education Politics Via NPR: “In Turkey, Schools Will Stop Teaching Evolution This Fall.”More on Betsy DeVos’ investment in Neurocore in the upgrade/downgrade section below. More on...
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(National) Education Politics Via The Huffington Post: “White House Quietly Removes Sexual Assault Report From Website.”Via Politico: “Trump and DeVos fuel a for-profit college comeback.”Via The...
View ArticleInequality, 'Brand Ambassadors,' and the Business of Selling (to) Classrooms
The Evergreen School District in Washington has told its teachers to stop using Donors Choose to raise money for classroom supplies and projects. According to KATU2, “The Washington State Auditor’s...
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(National) Education Politics “Americans Have Given Up on Public Schools. That’s a Mistake,” writes Erika Christakis in The Atlantic.One of the most important stories this past week was the Trump...
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The History of the Future of Learning Objects and Intelligent Machines
This talk was delivered at MIT for Justin Reich’s Comparative Media Studies class “Learning, Media, and Technology.” The full slide deck is available here.Thank you for inviting me to speak to your...
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(National) Education Politics US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos launched a “rethink schools” tour. Here are some reports from her travels:Via Chalkbeat: “What is Betsy DeVos’s ‘rethink school’...
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