Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Lots of news this week about Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. “Many are never the same.”

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APRIL 13, 2018

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress this week about privacy, data, monopoly power, and regulations. And there’s more Facebook-related news in several of the sections below. ” Via The Verge : “ Facebook -backed lawmakers are pushing to gut privacy law.” (National) Education Politics.

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MAY 20, 2016

And The Next Web headline makes for… something: “ Facebook and Google could be allowed to award university degrees.” Via The Verge : “Lawsuit claims Facebook illegally scanned private messages.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

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OCTOBER 12, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via Edsurge : “5 Ways MOOC -Based Degrees Are Different From Other Online Degrees.” ” Not listed: other online degrees simply aren’t hyped the way MOOCs are. “ Does OER Actually Improve Learning? 4X faster than Facebook.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “Are You Getting a Pay Bump For Student Completion? ” “Whatever Happened To MOOCs ?” Via Techcrunch : “ Facebook , Google and others join The Trust Project , an effort to increase transparency around online news.”

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JUNE 23, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The Post and Courier : “ South Carolina ’s online charter schools: A $350 million investment with disappointing returns.” “Mark Zuckerberg just unveiled Facebook ’s new mission statement,” says The Verge. ” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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JUNE 16, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Big HR news about Coursera in the HR section below. Here’s the headline from Inside Higher Ed : “For-Credit MOOC: Best of Both Worlds at MIT ?” ” But if you look closer, it’s not a MOOC; it’s just an online class at MIT.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ MOOCs : A Postmortem” by Jonathan Rees. Meanwhile, Campus Technology offers “7 Tips for Listing MOOCs on Your Résumé.” “Does Open Pedagogy require OER ?” ” Story says “could be.” ” Tech PR gonna PR.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s New Strategy Takes Inspiration From Netflix – and LinkedIn.” ” There’s more MOOC-related research in the research section below. ” Yup. An alt-right protester shot an antifa.

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JULY 21, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The LA Times asks , “ In this digital self-help age, just how effective are MasterClass ’s A-list celebrity workshops?” Via Patheos : “ BYU-Idaho Professor Fired After Defending LGBT Rights in Private Facebook Post.” Sounds Familiar.”

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MAY 25, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs are back in the headlines again. Via Edsurge : “The Second Wave of MOOC Hype Is Here, and It’s Online Degrees.” “What Happened to Facebook ’s Grand Plan to Wire the World?” ” asks Wired.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

” Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Reward Students for Referrals and Facebook Endorsements.” 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.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Meanwhile, as The New York Times reports : “ Facebook , Under Fire in Russia Inquiry, Posts 79% Rise in Profit.” Via Getting Smart : “ Digital Promise and Facebook Developing New Micro-Credentials Program.” ” Because the way to teach people about Facebook according to Facebook is always more Facebook.

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MARCH 9, 2018

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. ” There’s more licensing and certification news in the MOOC section above. Edsurge on the business of OER.

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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 Gizmodo : “ Facebook Will Add 3,000 More People to Watch Murders and Suicides.”

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news down in the “labor and management” section below. The folks at Getting Smart promote CS and SEL resources on Facebook for Education. Indiana University has joined edX. Meanwhile on Campus… “Forget Lazy Rivers.

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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.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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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 an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. Uber for Education". “We

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MAY 27, 2016

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.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs for credit ! For more on MOOCs for credit, see the “MOOCs” section above. The takes).

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JUNE 8, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Inside Higher Ed on Facebook ’s plans to partner with community colleges to teach digital literacy. “Some Thoughts on OER ” by Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. Education Department show.” Without a University Involved.)”

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JULY 27, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news from Edsurge in the “job training” section below. There’s more MOOC news from Edsurge in the “job training” section below. ” ( Not mentioned : Penn was one of the very first investors in Coursera.).

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A divided federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s ruling that a Minnesota community college was justified when it kicked a student out of a nursing program because of Facebook comments administrators deemed to be unprofessional and threatening to fellow students.”

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MAY 26, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Slate : “ The New Diploma Mills.” Related: “‘ Harvard Crimson ’ Site Is Hacked to Take Jabs at Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg ,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. .” ” Online portals still makin’ news.

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