Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

This year feels different too than the previous years in which I’ve written these reviews because education technology – as an industry – sort of floundered in 2016, as I think my series will show. Education Data and Learning Analytics. The Digital Library. Investment dollars were down, if nothing else.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

The American Library Association announced its youth media awards. “ VR is gaining ground in the academic world and the 3D industry,” says Techcrunch , so it must be true. Most certainly food for thought touting the power of “ learning analytics.” ” Contests and Awards. ” (I admit.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

The Digital Public Library of America has a new head : John S. ” The tech industry is still bullish on the business of tech training nonetheless. Educators Discuss Pros and Cons of Learning Analytics.” .” (See also: Altschool, and just remember: venture capital and education do not mix.).

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

But you’re full of fallacy yourself if you think that’s going to stop me from making critiques about this industry. “ Key Tensions in the Field of Learning Analytics ” by Bodong Chen. Good grief. Phil Hill in The Chronicle of Higher Education: “ Distance Ed ’s Second Act.”

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Lots of goings-on this week in the loan industry. The ALA has released library privacy guidelines for students in K–12 schools. ” [Insert Course Signals learning analytics joke here.]. .” ” [Insert Course Signals learning analytics joke here.]. ” ( PDF ).

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

” In other MIT news : “MIT task force releases preliminary ‘Future of Libraries ’ report.” ” “What You Need to Know About Learning Analytics ,” according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ MIT Seeks to Expand Role Promoting Startups.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

million gift from the Charles Koch Foundation and Koch Industries , a well-known opponent of government spending on things like public education (among other things). Via Zion Market Research : “ Massive Open Online Course Market : Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecasts 2016-2024.”

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