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The future includes good (human) teachers

The Hechinger Report

The event brought more than a hundred people to Seattle, Wash., We know from the rise in free massive open online courses, better known as MOOCs, that a scholar on a screen can and already has replaced the sage on the stage. to discuss how public education will adapt to a rapidly changing world.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Among the education highlights: Republican VP candidate Mike Pence made up a name for the university hosting the event. From the FCC : “Fact Sheet on Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). US Presidential Campaign Politics. Raise $146.1 A Wi-Fi system.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The New York Times notes it’s not just rural students who struggle with broadband access : “Why San Jose Kids Do Homework in Parking Lots.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). More robot news up in the MOOC section above. ’ The FCC Could Help,” says Wired.

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Education's Online Futures

Hack Education

And then there were MOOCs , of course, and all those predictions and all those promises about the end of college as we know it: “MOOCs make education borderless, gender-blind, race-blind, class-blind and bank account-blind” and similar fables. Vive la MOOC Révolution. Adam Medros became edX’s president and COO.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Buzzfeed : “The Education Department Quietly Invited Anti-LGBT Groups To A Father’s Day Event.” ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Big HR news about Coursera in the HR section below. Via Buzzfeed : “How Betsy DeVos Could Break Up The Charter School Coalition.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “My Statement: White House HBCU Event” by Dillard University president Walter Kimbrough. Via Techcrunch : “ FCC votes to negate broadband privacy rules.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Inside Higher Ed on online education at Simmons College. ” asks NPR.