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The Hechinger Report on personalizedlearning : “The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed.” ” Wait, so Purdue is gonna run Kaplan and a nuclear lab? ” Former Kaplan exec Justin Serrano has been hired as the president of Schoology. ” Immigration and Education.
More on the for-profit formerly known as Kaplan University in the online education section below. ” This new school is a result of Purdue’s acquisition of the for-profit Kaplan University. Subscription boxes for teachers are somehow “ personalizedlearning.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.
Via Inside Higher Ed : “The as-yet unnamed online university resulting from the proposed acquisition of Kaplan University by Purdue University has set discounted tuition rates for in-state students and free tuition for Purdue employees.” Via The 74 : “ Montessori Was the Original PersonalizedLearning.
“ Purdue-Kaplan online university one step closer to reality,” the Journal & Courier reports. Larry Cuban on personalizedlearning : part 1 and part 2. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via The New York Times : “$78,000 of Debt for a Harvard Theater Degree.” Via The New York Times : “U.S.
Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalizedlearning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. For more news about robots not taking jobs, see the HR section above.
Imagine Discovering That Your Teaching Assistant Really Is a Robot,” The Wall Street Journal gushed in 2016 , documenting an experiment undertaken at Georgia Tech in which a chatbot called “Jill Watson” answered questions in a course’s online forum. There were several high profile closures of bootcamps — Dev Bootcamp, owned by Kaplan Inc.,
Ed Week’s Ben Herold is a sly one because here is a headline in the form of a question that most assuredly can be answered “yes”: “ Are Companies Overselling PersonalizedLearning? Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. From Pearson : “ AI-based tutoring : A new kind of personalizedlearning.”
” That’s Kaplan , in case you can’t keep all these for-profit disasters straight. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Pearson today signaled an increased focus on artificial intelligence and personalizedlearning with the appointment of former Intel executive Milena Marinova.”
Via Edsurge : “Why Donald Graham Sold Kaplan University to Purdue for $1.” He’s referring to “ personalizedlearning ,” but might as well be any buzzword when you frame the headline that way, bud.). ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.
” Also Facebook ’s DC lobbyist, Joel Kaplan, who was sitting right behind Kavanaugh as he screamed at Senators. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “Culturally Sensitive Robots Are Here to Care for the Elderly ,” Futurism.com claims. Venture) Philanthropy and the Business of Education Reform. .”
Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “As Kaplan Sale Faces Final Hurdle, Purdue President Criticizes Faculty Opponents.” I’ve got all the “learn-to-code” news in the job training section, because let’s be honest… Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Of course.
” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. Kaplan is closing Dev Bootcamp , a coding bootcamp it acquired in 2014. for Robotics Contest.” Edsurge profiles “ personalizedlearning ” software used in a virtual school that has some 450 incarcerated students.
The former: Purdue University ; the latter: Kaplan University. ” Via The New York Times : “ Robots or Job Training : Manufacturers Grapple With How to Improve Their Economic Fortunes.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ISTE calls this “ personalizedlearning.”
” Via Edsurge : “ Betsy DeVos Visits Bay Area Public School for a Lesson in PersonalizedLearning.” Via The Washington Post : “A hiccup in Purdue ’s acquisition of for-profit Kaplan University.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.
” Via The Conversation : “ Purdue-Kaplan deal blurs lines between for-profit and public colleges.” ” There’s more on the new Kaplan in the accreditation section below. Via Pacific Standard : “ Purdue University Gets the Final Approval on Its Plan to Convert Kaplan Into a Non-Profit College.”
Purdue University is buying Kaplan University for a dollar. Me, I wrote about how far Kaplan Inc ’s reach is in education politics and products. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via CNBC : “Google exec, Mark Cuban agree that these college majors are the most robot-resistant.” Or something else?
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