MOOCs: Protectionism vs. Progress
The Resistance Stage has begun. The hype about MOOCs was bound to boil over. Let the record show that it began in earnest on April 29,...
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How to Avoid Sounding Stupid on the Louisiana Voucher Ruling
On Education Sector‘s blog The Quick and the Ed, Sara Mead gave some “not”-talking points about the Louisiana Supreme...
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Effects of the Dark Side of Technology (Again)
The Chronicle of Higher Education has published a prescient article on the more sinister side effects of technology that can often be...
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Eighth-Grader to Common Core Test: Stop the Product Placement!
The Washington Post ran a piece by 8th-grader Isaiah Schrader, in which he discusses what bothered him most about the Pearson provided...
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30 elearning myths that need to die in 2013
For as long as eLearning has been around, it has been haunted by the voices of those who aim to criticize its authenticity, viability, and...
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With $1M in the bank, LearnStreet goes head to head with Code Academy (sort of)
Palo Alto based LearnStreet, a learn-to-program platform with a million bucks in its pocket and different view on code, launched in public...
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Could a 10 inch Nexus dethrone iPad?
Apple will reportedly wade into the 7-inch tablet market later this month with the release of an “iPad Mini” — a direct...
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New Experiments in the edX Higher Ed Petri Dish
This post by Michelle Shumate originally appeared at NPQ. In the past six months, online education focused on massive open online courses...
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The big business of charter schools
This post was originally written by Valerie Strauss and appeared in the Washington Post. If you are wondering why you should add charter...
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An argument for iPads – in all schools
Gregory Ferenstein for TechCrunch on how schools adopting iPads or other readers could (and should) put an end to the outdated, biased...
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