Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2020

Recently, we asked Dintersmith for his thoughts on the decade in edtech, as someone who’s seen a fair number of sides of it. Ted Dintersmith : There was a massive gush of enthusiasm for MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), with some conviction it would revolutionize higher education. As I travel (and I travel a lot!),

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “We Shut Down Our Edtech Startup. .” Via The Dallas Morning News : “As schools continue to get incorrect STAAR results, officials demand that vendor step up scrutiny.” Hmm.sound familiar?”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

” President Obama talked to Wired magazine about artificial intelligence, Mars, self-driving cars, Star Trek and more. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Microsoft -Branded MOOCs for K–12 Leaders.” Department of Education announced Wednesday.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “Peter Thiel May Finally Get His Flying Cars, Thanks to a New Udacity Nanodegree in 2018.” “ Edtech CEOs Seek to Change the ‘ Adversarial Narrative ’ With Public School Teachers,” says Edsurge. ” We’re only at 3.0,

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Via ABC News : “ A defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine over the magazine’s debunked article about a University of Virginia gang rape was tossed out by a judge Tuesday. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” More on MOOC (and related) research in the research section below.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Politico : Western Governors University , “the nation’s leading provider of competency-based educatio n – which the Education Department’s independent watchdog last month said violated federal student aid rules – is expanding into North Carolina.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Via Edsurge : “How Proposed Title I Changes Impact School Funding and Edtech Vendors” – “ A Win for Edtech Vendors.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Something something Brexit something something MOOCs will save British higher ed. ” But hey.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Brown University joins edX. “ Y Combinator MOOC for Tech Startups Attracts Thousands of Views,” says Campus Technology. Not sure why this is called a MOOC. Via Diggit Magazine : “The end of Academia.edu : how business takes over, again.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Gotta keep hyping that MOOC thing. Via Edsurge : “ MOOCs Are No Longer Massive. ” Via Class Central : “Class Central’s Top 50 MOOCs of All Time (2018 edition).” And They Serve Different Audiences Than First Imagined.”

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” asks New York Magazine. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Lots of MOOC PR appeared in the news this week. ” “What if MOOCs Revolutionize Education After All?” “Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

” asks The New York Times Magazine. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Why Haven’t MOOCs Eliminated Any Professors?” “​ Intel Hits Pause on Edtech Accelerator,” says Edsurge. Via The New York Times : “Free Tuition? Tennessee Could Tutor New York.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” MOOCs are dead , according to Udacity ’s VP. ” Never one to let a good MOOC story pass them by, Edsurge repeats the story. “MOOCs Are ”Dead.“ million in crowdfunding for its MOOC platform. “ What’s Next?

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

The New York Times Magazine has a long and thoughtful piece by Sara Mosle on school reforms in the Atlanta Public Schools. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ Monetizing A MOOC Platform.” ” ECOT is the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, an online charter school.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). It’s baaaaack: “Return of the MOOC ,” The City Journal tells us. There’s some (sorta) MOOC-related news in the venture funding section below. Because MOOCs on an airplane proved to be such an effective mode of instruction. ” Phew!

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Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via eCampus News : “The 2 edtech fields with the most potential under Trump.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” An op-ed in Forbes by University Ventures’ Ryan Craig : “Make Online Education Great (For The First Time).” ” Saved you a click.). From the SXSWedu Floor.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” edX is offering an online master’s degree with Georgia Tech : an OMS (online master’s in science) in Analytics. The Economist on “ The Return of the MOOC.” ” Via Edsurge : “ Rethink Education Re-Ups Commitment to Edtech With $107.5

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

“The Education of Betsy DeVos ” – a profile of the Secretary of Education in Politico Magazine. Part 3 of EdTech Strategies’ Doug Levin’s look at schools’ data collection and data security: “ Ad Tracking & Surveillance.” (National) Education Politics. ” She was Ms.

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Via Edsurge : “ Office of Edtech Wants Help Making Sense of All Those Higher Ed Providers.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Vive la MOOC révolution. ” “Orphan MOOCs and the Digital Dark Ages” by Jeffrey Pomerantz in Hybrid Pedagogy. Via Edsurge : “?In

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Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Philadelphia Magazine : “This Quaker Sex Ed Teacher Says Your Kids Need to Be Porn-Literate.” Via the Getting Smart blog : “Incubating EdTech: AT&T Announces 4th Aspire Accelerator Class.” Education Department show.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

” Via New York Magazine : “Trump University Told Recruiters to Target Single Parents With Hungry Kids.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “The Future of MOOCs Might Not Be Free ,” suggests Education Week’s Market Brief with an observation that many of us made back in 2012.

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via San Francisco Magazine : “A Kindergarten Teacher May Be Evicted from Her Mission Apartment.

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

” “ No Sign of Edtech In Department of Education’s Full Federal Budget Proposal,” Edsurge frets. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Slate : “ The New Diploma Mills.” Via Edsurge : “Meet Caliper , the Data Standard That May Help Us (Finally) Measure Edtech Efficacy.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” Via Politico : “ Stanley Buchesky , formerly a managing partner at the venture capital firm The EdTech Fund , will work [at the Department of Education] on budget and finance issues.” ” Among The EdTech Fund’s investments : Teachboost and Citelighter. Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Unveils Free Online Tool for Rapid Evaluation of Edtech Products.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via the New York Magazine : “The Death of Vine Makes the Internet a Worse Place.” .” Via The Atlantic : “ Jill Biden ’s Push to Make Community College Free.”

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