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APRIL 13, 2018

“ Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free – and Be Financially Sustainable? ” (Note: there’s a response to this article by Georgia Tech professor Ashok Goel, who builds teaching chat-bots, in the “robots” section below. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Coursera announces on its blog that it’s expanding to Brazil. Stephen Downes and David Wiley debate OER : “The Cost Trap, Part 3” by David Wiley. “If We Talked About the Internet Like We Talk About OER” by Stephen Downes. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Edsurge : “Help!

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JULY 29, 2016

The robot startup, formerly known as Play-i, has raised $35.9 “The data we don’t store cannot be stolen from us,” founder Hadi Partovi writes in a blog post. ” Phil Hill also weighs in on the latest Babson survey on OER. The company has raised $61 million total. million total.

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JUNE 23, 2017

” Via Andy Smarick , writing for the American Enterprise Institute’s blog: “Pumping the brakes on apprenticeships.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Edsurge : “Why a Robot-Filled Education Future May Not Be as Scary as You Think.” ” Upgrades and Downgrades. Where’s the outrage?”

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JANUARY 26, 2017

” Via the Coursera blog : “Announcing Coursera for Governments & Nonprofits.” “Can robotics teach problem solving to students?” ” “Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” asks eSchool News.

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JULY 21, 2017

Via the Google blog : “ Google introduces Hire , a new recruiting app that integrates with G Suite.” Via NPR : “Students Compete In First-Ever International High School Robotics Competition.” ” The New York Times reports that “ Burundi Robotics Team Vanishes After U.S. Competition.”

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. IBM wants us to believe that Watson is incredibly powerful – powerful enough, even, to search 1000 OER. ” Via TeacherCast : “Why Teachers Will Never Be Replaced By Robots.” ” Via Education Dive : “Researcher: AI won’t replace teachers.”

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MAY 25, 2018

” From the Google blog : “ Google Science Fair 2018 : Resources for educators to get ideas flowing.” ” Also from the Google blog : “More tools for homeschoolers.” ” Via Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill : “ Top Hat ’s OER Announcement: Doubling down on faculty engagement.”

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Via E-Literate : “ Hawai’i Senate Bill: Would mandate OER material for all U Hawai’i system courses.” ” And later in the week, an update : “Hawai’i Senate OER Bill Update: Amended language saves the day.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. 500, please.”

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JULY 1, 2016

The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. From the edX blog : “How to be a Better Learner: Determine Your Learning Style.” “ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” ” Rebrand. .

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

The company is co-founded by Nick Ducoff, formerly of the OER textbook startup Boundless. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” The $1700 robot dog also requires a subscription plan. Robot stories are also Betteridge’s Law of Headlines stories, wouldn’t you know it? The IBM Watson PR machine hums along.

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APRIL 28, 2017

The NAACP endorses OER. But do strive to maintain the narrative that universities are out-of-date and irrelevant, tech blog. Davis on the DML Central blog. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via CNBC : “Google exec, Mark Cuban agree that these college majors are the most robot-resistant.” Move along.

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MAY 5, 2017

” “Mitch Daniels Wants to Sell the Soul of Public Education: Purdue Faculty Must Stop Him,” the Academe blog argues. ” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference. Here is the Microsoft blog post announcing its new products.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. In 2015, former Star-Ledger education reporter Bob Braun posted a screenshot to his blog of an email by a New Jersey superintendent. Chatbot Instructors.

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JUNE 8, 2018

“ Khan Academy launches free Official LSAT Prep ,” says the Khan Academy blog. Gotta love corporate blog entries with headlines like “Continuing on our journey.” ” Via the Google blog : “ Teaching coding , changing lives: Google.org supports MolenGeek.” Labor and Management.

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JULY 27, 2018

“The RISE Package for R: Reducing Time Through the OER Continuous Improvement Cycle” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. Via the Google blog : “What’s happening next for G Suite Enterprise for Education.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” More via the AP.

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

Via the Udacity blog : “Introducing the Artificial Intelligence Nanodegree program.” Via eCampus News : “ Barnes & Noble Education announces advanced OER courseware.” ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “When the Teaching Assistant Is a Robot.” IBM partners with Pearson.

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