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.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the job training section below. “ College Rankings Revisited: What Might an Artificial Intelligence Think?” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A New Home for AI : The Library.” Doane University has joined edX.
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’” Online Education, Beyond “MOOCs” Via Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill : “The Remarkable Transformation at UF Online.” ” Via The Guardian : “ Libraries promise to destroy user data to avoid threat of government surveillance.” ” Meanwhile, edX ads appear on Breitbart.
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” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Remember when Twitter announced that it was donating its archive to the Library of Congress ? MOOCs, CAI, and now this. ” Via JSTOR : “The Bloody Results of Mexico ’s High-Stakes School Testing.” ” asks The Hechinger Report.
billion over 10 years, according to an Education Department cost analysis, Politico reported this week.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via Techcrunch : “ Facebook launches a digital literacy library aimed at educators.” ” JFC.
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