Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Even if these publications fade away , the breathless stories about the possibilities of brainwave-reading mindfulness headbands and " mind-reading robot tutors in the sky " continue to be told. Pearson sold its US K-12 curriculum business for $250 million. ASU ends its MOOC experiment , Global Freshman Academy.

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APRIL 13, 2018

“Publishers Wiley , Cengage , Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education have won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a seller of fake textbooks ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. The seller: Book Dog Books.

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MAY 4, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “ Betsy DeVos ’s first Detroit visit featured Girl Scouts, robots, and talk of beluga whales.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). So much MOOC news! (Or “ MOOCs Are Global. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” asks Edsurge.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Founded by former Pearson exec Larry Singer , the company will offer openly licensed resources to schools. The startup, which something something MOOC something something, has raised $9.69 ” More on test scores and ed-tech in the research section below.

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APRIL 7, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “ Coursera now offers free trials for most Specializations.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” “ Robots Are Changing The World,” says edX , which hopes to sell you on some classes on robots. .”

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AUGUST 11, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” “​ Pearson to Lay Off 3,000 More Employees,” says Edsurge. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. .” Via Reuters : “Some U.S.

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Buzzfeed : “ Online Charter Schools Prepare For A Trump-Era Boom.” “Could robots be marking your homework ?” Royal Roads University’s George Veletsianos on Pearson ’s release of its learning design principles.

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

’” Online Education, Beyond “MOOCs” Via Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill : “The Remarkable Transformation at UF Online.” ” Also via Techcrunch : “ Primo Toys rolls out Cubetto, a wooden robot that teaches kids to code.” Via Techcrunch : “ Google launches App Maker.”

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ MOOCs May Still Be Reshaping Higher Education, Just Not In the Way That Was Initially Predicted.” There’s more MOOC news in the contests and competition section below. “ Can Pearson Sell Efficacy? Sounds good.

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

.” Note the significant difference in language in this headline from The Verge , for example – “ Harvard’s Root robot teaches kids how to code ” – and the way in which Seymour would describe the LOGO Turtle – that students would using programming to teach the robot. Only “1.86

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APRIL 20, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via Edsurge : “What’s Next for Pearson ? Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Via Education Week : “ Pearson Tested ‘Social-Psychological’ Messages in Learning Software, With Mixed Results.”

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MARCH 2, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOC news is now much more often “job training” news, so there’s more on MOOCs in that section below. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Reuters reports that SpringerNature is planning to IPO too.

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DECEMBER 15, 2017

Pearson has added Snap chairman Michael Lynton to its board of directors. MOOCs are out. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ Robots will replace teachers by 2027 ,” Futurism predicts. “ When the Robots Come for Our Jobs, They’ll Spare the Teachers ,” Edsurge tries to reassure its readers.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” In the first phase of the project, all staff will be brought up to speed on cloud computing. ” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ Pearson Unveils Immersive History Curriculum, Even as Potential Sale of K–12 Products Looms.”

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JUNE 16, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “Free MOOCs Face the Music,” writes Inside Higher Ed on edX ’s decision to start charging fees. More “MOOC” news under the job training section below. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. The company has raised $21.8

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JULY 6, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Pearson today signaled an increased focus on artificial intelligence and personalized learning with the appointment of former Intel executive Milena Marinova.”

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DECEMBER 1, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” These headlines just kill me. ” More MOOC data in the “research” section below. ” According to Edsurge , Knewton is now a courseware company and not a “robot tutor in the sky.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Predictions!

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MAY 19, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Why Haven’t MOOCs Eliminated Any Professors?” Via Edsurge : “ Pearson , an Investor in Knewton , Is ‘Phasing Out’ Partnership on Adaptive Products.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Marbotic has raised $1.5

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APRIL 14, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” " It’s lovely to see the big innovation from the MOOC startups in 2017 involves the learning management system. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” MOOCs. “Learning Creative Learning: It’s not a MOOC , it’s a community,” says the MIT Media Lab. “A Proposal to Put the ‘M’ Back in MOOCs ” – an op-ed by Class Central ’s Dhawal Shah in Edsurge.

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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.

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JULY 14, 2017

” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. “Mind-reading robo tutor in the sky” company Knewton has a new CEO , Brian Kibby , formerly with Pearson. for Robotics Contest.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. BYJU’s has acquired tutoring company Edurite from Pearson.

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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 ?” ” Mindset marketing from Pearson : “3 steps to upgrade your GRIT in education.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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JUNE 1, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via TPM : “No Test Left Behind – How Pearson Made a Killing on the US Testing Craze.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. .” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. Via The Diplomat : “ Online Learning in North Korea.”

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JUNE 23, 2017

.” The publishers in question are Cengage , McGraw-Hill , and Pearson. Testing, Testing… Via Chalkbeat : “Calculator mix-up could force some students to retake ISTEP, and Pearson is partially to blame.” ” The testing firm in question: Pearson. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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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.” Via The Hindu Business Line : “ Pearson India set to launch K–12 online private school.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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DECEMBER 20, 2016

Indeed, the World Bank issued a report in January arguing that digital technologies – not just robots in factories – stand to widen inequalities as well, “and even hasten the hollowing out of middle-class employment.” None of this has played out equitably, as the benefits have accrued in management and not by labor.

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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.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Story says “could be.” ” Tech PR gonna PR.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

” “ Cengage , McGraw-Hill , and Pearson have started a new round of lawsuits against textbook sellers,” The Digital Reader reports , this time targeting those who sell through Amazon’s marketplace. ” There’s more MOOC-related research in the research section below. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Should Online Courses Go Through ‘Beta Testing’?” NPR on MOOC Micromasters. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “In an age of robots , schools are teaching our children to be redundant,” says George Monbiot.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “ U of Florida Online finds stability after canceling deal with Pearson , but scales back its plan for ”exponential“ growth in online education for undergraduates.” of Cincinnati Police Officer.” Meanwhile on Campus.

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DECEMBER 17, 2017

” I’ve looked at how for-profit colleges , MOOCs , and learn-to-code companies have tapped into these narratives in order to justify their products and services. ” That’s because the stories told this year to keep us hustling and to keep up imagining a certain kind of future are almost all about robots.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

. “Free College” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The restaurant group that operates the Chili’s and Maggiano’s chains announced an arrangement Monday by which it will, through Pearson Education , offer employees cost-free educational programs from language skills through associate degrees.” ” The firm: KPMG.

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JULY 1, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” Elsewhere in MOOC research… From Campus Technology : “Grouping MOOC Students by Communication Mode Doesn’t Help Completion.” MOOCs losing their mojo?

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JUNE 22, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). To borrow from Jello Biaffra, “MOOCs aren’t dead, they just deserve to die.” ” From Edsurge : “How Blockbuster MOOCs Could Shape the Future of Teaching.” ” There’s more MOOC-related news in the nanodegree section below.

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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.“ Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. million in crowdfunding for its MOOC platform.

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AUGUST 4, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Edsurge : “ Pearson ’s Former Product Chief Reflects on the 4 Megatrends Shaping Global Education.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” From the Pearson website : “ Pearson 2018 half-year results.”

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