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Hack Education Weekly News

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There’s more on the GED, that very old competency-based learning exam, in the research section below. Edsurge covers OpenEd : “Beyond Free Materials: OER Advocates Push For Inclusiveness in Teaching Practices.” “ Does OER Actually Improve Learning? Go, School Sports Team! ”).

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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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. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. For a time, Edmodo was quite the ed-tech industry darling.

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