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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The NAACP endorses OER. ” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” Inside Higher Ed examines the challenges facing LMS provider Blackboard. .” (“What do we really know about the value of prekindergarten?”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Edsurge on the business of OER. A teacher in front of a blackboard. ” Via CItyLab : “The Problem With America’s New National Broadband Map.” Edsurge on " reality-based education.“ “ Edsurge on the ethics of ed-tech companies paying teachers. Students lined up in rows.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via eCampus News : “ Barnes & Noble Education announces advanced OER courseware.” Blackboard has acquired Fronteer , a software company that helps make course materials accessible. Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Providers Will Need Permission to Collect Private Data.” IBM partners with Pearson.