Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Lots of news this week about Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. But here are some education-related stories: Via Education Week : “Privacy Experts Assess Potential K–12 Fallout From Facebook ’s Crisis of Trust.” Upgrades and Downgrades. I’ll save most of the links for my newsletter tomorrow.

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Education Robotics OER MOOC 47

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech. Learning to Code. Education Data and Learning Analytics. Social Media: Adoption and Crackdown. Standardized Testing. “The Employability Narrative” Credits and Credentialing. The Collapse of For-Profit Higher Education (Or Not). Indie Ed-Tech.

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Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 60

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Here we are with a President-Elect – a reality TV star – who has been supported by white nationalists, the KKK, Wikileaks, trolls, and Peter Thiel, who election was facilitated through a massive misinformation campaign spread virally through Facebook. Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech. Learning to Code.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

was named in an investigation by The Associated Press last year for sharing racially charged content on social media.” Via The Guardian : “ Trump bans agencies from ‘providing updates on social media or to reporters’ ” This ban has been targeted at scientists at the EPA and USDA in particular.

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Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Ever wonder how stories promoted by ‘thought leaders’ on social media get selected? But.truth is, the US government isn't the early adopter here; Amazon, Google and Facebook are really the front-line developers of the surveillance state." Filter bubbles are bad, including in educational technology.

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EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

I delete all my old social media now on a regular and ongoing basis. This software would track and analyze the social media and digital activity of visa holders in order to identify those who might be “high risk.” ” I’d embed the tweet here in this article, but I deleted it.

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Data Education Software Social Media 81

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Meanwhile, as The New York Times reports : “ Facebook , Under Fire in Russia Inquiry, Posts 79% Rise in Profit.” Tell me more about how the blockchain is going to “verify learning.” Via Getting Smart : “ Digital Promise and Facebook Developing New Micro-Credentials Program.” ” LOL.

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Education Facebook Company Robotics 49

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

” Via The New York Times : “ Facebook ’s Push for Facial Recognition Prompts Privacy Alarms.” ” The survey was conducted by learning analytics company Civitas Learning. ” The survey was conducted by learning analytics company Civitas Learning.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. There was a regularly updated Facebook page, a Twitter account, as well as a LinkedIn profile for its supposed president.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Here’s media reporter Mathew Ingram’s take (and there are lots of takes out there. In addition to funding this lawsuit, Thiel sits on the board of Facebook , which itself is playing a huge role in the “ future of news.” “ Key Tensions in the Field of Learning Analytics ” by Bodong Chen.

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