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January 18, 2019

Harvard Business School Ditches HBX Name

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By Lindsay McKenzie, Inside Higher Ed

The school’s online learning platform will change its name to Harvard Business School Online, having proven itself worthy of the prestigious brand.  For an Ivy League business school once wary of entering the online education space, the rebranding is significant. Nitin Nohria, dean of Harvard Business School, once famously proclaimed that the school would not enter the online education arena in his lifetime.

https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2019/01/08/harvard-business-school-finally-puts-its-stamp-online-learning

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January 17, 2019

Does Higher Education Still Prepare People for Jobs?

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Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic & Becky Frankiewicz, Harvard Business Review

In short, we believe that market demands clearly call for a paradigm change. More and more students are spending more and more money on higher education, and their main goal is largely pragmatic: to boost their employability and be a valuable contributor to the economy. Even if the value attached to a university degree is beneficial to those who obtain it, companies can help change the narrative by putting less weight on “higher education” as a measure of intellectual competence and job potential, and instead, approach hiring with more open-mindedness.

https://hbr.org/2019/01/does-higher-education-still-prepare-people-for-jobs

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Temple pays $5.5M to settle lawsuit over U.S. News ranking inflation

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James Paterson, Education Dive
Temple University has agreed to pay nearly $5.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit with students in its Fox School of Business who said the university provided inflated data to U.S. News & World Report’s popular college ranking. The lawsuit alleged Temple claimed its entire incoming class for its online MBA program submitted a Graduate Management Admission Test score when only one-fifth of students actually did, leading to inflated average test scores and a higher spot in the ranking. U.S. News removed Temple’s program from the ranking as a result. The plaintiffs said the scandal “will have a long reaching negative impact on [the] school’s reputation, prestige and peer ratings.” Temple will pay $4 million to students enrolled in its online MBA program between 2015 and 2018 and an additional $1,475,000 to students who attended six other programs within its business school over the same period. It also will establish a $5,000 scholarship in business ethics. ​

https://www.educationdive.com/news/temple-pays-55m-to-settle-lawsuit-over-us-news-ranking-inflation/545474/

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Congress in 2019: Democrat-led House oversight is likely in store for DeVos

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Elizabeth Mann Levesque, Brookings

In the past two years, with Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ leadership, the department has taken a number of steps to roll back federal regulations, in lockstep with the Trump administration’s broader playbook. As a result, during the midterm elections, Ms. DeVos was an easy and often-invoked target for Democrats. Although Democrats took control of the House, with the Senate and White House still under Republican control, it seems unlikely that there will be much in the way of legislation that undermines or changes policies implemented by DeVos. Nonetheless, with control of committee chairs in the House, Democrats could make life difficult for DeVos starting in 2019. Indeed, several incoming chairs have signaled plans to use their oversight authority to examine DeVos’ policies. What might we see in the way of congressional oversight of education during the 116th Congress?

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2018/12/29/congress-in-2019-democrat-led-house-oversight-is-likely-in-store-for-devos/

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January 16, 2019

8 Steps to Successfully Piloting an Edtech Project

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by Matthew Lynch, Tech Edvocate

There are many new edtech tools on the market, and each claims it will improve student learning. Before your district can put promising new technology in the classroom, however, you’ll need to assess whether the tech lives up to its marketing claims. These steps will help you pilot edtech successfully.

https://www.thetechedvocate.org/8-steps-to-successfully-piloting-an-edtech-project/

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The Responsibilities of Leading with Technology

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The flowering of edtech over the last decade has created an amazing landscape. Being a leader in this field is truly an astounding opportunity to connect students with the digital tools that can motivate and engage them and, hopefully, prompt improved learning outcomes. But with this incredible opportunity comes important responsibilities. Here are four of the responsibilities of leading with technology.

https://www.thetechedvocate.org/the-responsibilities-of-leading-with-technology/

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Overhauling Rules for Higher Ed

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Andrew Kreighbaum and Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed

The Education Department’s proposals for upcoming negotiated rule-making process would narrow the responsibilities of accreditors and modify federal definitions for credit hour and distance education. In a package of highly detailed proposals set to be released today, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos delivers on a promise to limit the authority and scope of higher education accreditors, the organizations that serve as gatekeepers for federal student aid. The Trump administration wants to clarify that the Education Department — and not accreditors — is responsible for enforcing federal student aid rules, and would give the agencies more latitude to approve and encourage innovative programs, particularly ones featuring online or competency-based education.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/01/07/trump-administration-wants-flexibility-accreditors-and-encourage-alternative

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January 15, 2019

Career Success Predictions For 2019

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William Arruda, Forbes

Every January, I share my predictions for personal branding and career success for the coming year. This year’s list has a large dose of technology and self-reliance woven throughout. All aspects of career development and growth are moving from the real world to the virtual one. Translating your brand for the digital world now will help you in 2019 and beyond. Here are six trends to maximize for 2019.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamarruda/2019/01/06/career-success-predictions-for-2019/#307cad274172

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5 things I’m telling my kids to prepare them for the future

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BY STEPHANE KASRIEL, FastCompany

YOU’LL BE IN SCHOOL THE REST OF YOUR LIVES
Why? Because skills are changing faster than traditional education is keeping up. There are a few reasons for this. After all, per Moore’s law, technological progress grows exponentially, creating smarter and smarter machines, which require newer and newer skills. Plus, in an era of fast-paced technological and scientific breakthroughs, the more we discover, the more we have to learn new skills. And while some leading universities now offer courses on the gig economy or new technologies like the blockchain, it’s far from being the norm. The vast majority of high schools and colleges aren’t adapting quickly enough to the change, leaving their students increasingly unprepared for the jobs market.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90247298/5-things-im-telling-my-kids-to-prepare-them-for-the-future

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The Future of Learning: Meeting the Needs of All Learners

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by Matthew Lynch, Tech Edvocate

In the past, most teachers would teach at a level appropriate for a student who was slightly below average. When stated this plainly, that practice can sound like a depressing state of affairs. In recent years, an emphasis has been placed on differentiated instruction. The idea is that teachers would not attempt to teach the same material in the same way to every student in the class. Rather, teachers would differentiate the curriculum so that students would have multiple options for their instruction and assessment. Another similar trend is that of personalized instruction. As the term suggests, the idea is that teachers would teach directly to the needs of each student. It probably would not have been possible to personalize learning a generation ago, but the new generation of tech tools makes it a possibility.

https://www.thetechedvocate.org/the-future-of-learning-meeting-the-needs-of-all-learners/

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January 14, 2019

GIS is the most preferred career choice

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By Mahashreveta Choudhary, Geospacial World

A recent report published by Devex, USAID, and DAI says that geospatial technology is one of the most preferred career choices amongst youngsters followed by Big Data, Cloud Computing and Artificial Intelligence which are half-finished areas without geospatial technology. According to the report 2,500 respondents wish to learn and use advanced information and communications technology or ICT in the next 10 years where GIS is number one choice for them. Below are four top technologies with GIS on top that are going to be a next being thing to the world and for you if you are a tech enthusiast and wish to make a career in it.

https://www.geospatialworld.net/blogs/gis-is-the-most-preferred-career-choice/

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The Future of MOOCs Must Be Decolonized

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By Taskeen Adam, EdSurge

MOOCs, if designed inclusively, have the potential and ability to create reciprocal channels between truly diverse global participants, where a plurality of voices can be heard and true diversity of global knowledge can be achieved. This would require taking into account the context of the marginalized virtual participant such as financial difficulties, geographic limitations, educational and emotional support, resources and infrastructure constraints, data costs and connectivity access, time and opportunity costs, levels of education, and aspirations, amongst many other factors.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-01-03-the-future-of-moocs-must-be-decolonized

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AI Can Now Decode Words Directly from Brain Waves

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By Rafi Letzter, Live Science
Neuroscientists are teaching computers to read words straight out of people’s brains. Kelly Servick, writing for Science, reported this week on three papers posted to the preprint server bioRxiv in which three different teams of researchers demonstrated that they could decode speech from recordings of neurons firing. In each study, electrodes placed directly on the brain recorded neural activity while brain-surgery patients listened to speech or read words out loud. Then, researchers tried to figure out what the patients were hearing or saying. In each case, researchers were able to convert the brain’s electrical activity into at least somewhat-intelligible sound files.

https://www.livescience.com/64424-speech-computer-brain-interface.html

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January 13, 2019

Have Online Degrees Finally Lost Their Stigma?

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Cait Etherington, eLearning Inside

A new report by Northeastern University’s Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy has concluded that employers—specifically, human resources (HR) leaders—are now increasingly interested in candidates’ credentials, not simply their degrees. The study also found that most HR leaders no longer view online degrees or credentials as inferior to those earned on campus.

https://news.elearninginside.com/have-online-degrees-and-credentials-finally-lost-their-stigma/

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Year of MOOC-based Degrees: A Review of MOOC Stats and Trends in 2018

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By Dhawal Shah, EdSurge

The first online degrees by Coursera, Udacity and edX have done well, with combined potential revenue of more than $80-million, based on numbers of current students. Over 10,000 students are currently enrolled in a MOOC-based degree program. But the bulk of those of students come from just two universities and three online degrees: the Online Master’s Degree in Computer Science (Georgia Tech with Udacity), the Online Master of Science in Analytics (Georgia Tech with edX), and the iMBA (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with Coursera).

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-01-02-year-of-mooc-based-degrees-a-review-of-mooc-stats-and-trends-in-2018

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2019 – The Year AI Will Move Into The Mainstream

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Kim Nilsson, Forbes

I do believe that when it comes to the use of AI, data analytics and data science, 2019 will be the year when we see a sharp increase in its use by organisations of all sizes. Central to the rise of data analytics are open source tools, which I believe are doing more to democratise the field of data science than anything else. As someone working in the field, I believe that open source is not just an interesting side note to the data science revolution; it is absolutely integral.  Closing the gap between data science teams and other areas of the business is central to deriving the maximum amount of value from an enterprise’s AI initiatives. 2019 is shaping up to be the year when this will actually happen, driven by a more equitably distributed amount of technology expertise throughout an organisation and the smart application of AI.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimnilsson/2019/01/04/2019-the-year-ai-will-move-into-the-mainstream/#33036b1450b4

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January 12, 2019

MBAs need to stay relevant with life-long learning

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Jonathan Moules, Financial Times
When the Association of MBAs, the accreditation body for postgraduate management education, gives its approval to a business school’s MBA programme, it does so for a maximum of five years. But when that same business school awards one of these degrees, it is for life.  This does not make sense, according to Bodo Schlegelmilch, who is both chair of AMBA and a professor of international management and marketing at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. He is involved in both assessing schools and teaching masters degree students.  Subscription business models, such as car clubs and music streaming services, have made it a smart, easy choice to rent the things we used to own, Prof Schlegelmilch says. It would not, he thinks, take a great leap to apply this logic to degrees.

https://www.ft.com/content/257d9aa8-fd69-11e8-ac00-57a2a826423e

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As the Food Industry Wakes Up to Blockchain, Online Training Options are Now Available

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By Sam Dean, the Spoon

It’s no secret that the food industry is rapidly awaking to the great promise of blockchain technology, and headlines abound about how it promises to make traditional paper ledger-based transactions obsolete, replaced by digital ledgers. That could revolutionize the food supply chain, which remains burdened by sketchy accountability. Part of the challenge in assuring that blockchain fulfills its promise is connecting the right people—everyone from farmers, to fishermen to warehouse managers to data scientists. Another part of the challenge, though, is educating people in the food industry so that they can implement blockchain-based food source tracing solutions, and more.

 

https://thespoon.tech/as-the-food-industry-wakes-up-to-blockchain-online-training-options-are-now-available/

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Intro to Comp Sci tops list of most-subscribed HarvardX class

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By Annika Hom, Boston Globe
Millions of people around the worldtake advantage of the free Harvard offers online, but what types of subjects are trending these days? Harvard recently released its most popular online courses in 2018, a list that reflects interest in computer science, data science, architecture, and religion.   Introduction to computer science CS50 collection. Students learn how to program using the modern coding languages Python or JavaScript or explore how computer science manifests in game development and apps. Since its creation in 2012, this collection has over one million users.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/01/04/intro-comp-sci-tops-list-most-subscribed-harvardx-class/g2Y8pnOJyw1nkRGMof4YqJ/story.html

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January 11, 2019

VR Tops Faculty Wish List for the Classroom

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Rhea Kelly, Campus
In our 2018 Teaching with Technology Survey, faculty members told us about their most-wanted hardware and software, feelings on tech’s value for learning, technologies they’re using in class and more. In a recent survey of faculty members at colleges and universities across the country, the No. 1 tech respondents said they wished for was virtual reality gear. Interactive, large-screen displays came in second, followed by detachable tablets, 3D scanners and interactive projectors. These findings come out of Campus Technology’s third annual Teaching with Technology Survey, which asked higher education faculty for their perspective on technology in the classroom, its impact on students and its potential in the future.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2018/12/05/vr-tops-faculty-wish-list-for-the-classroom.aspx

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New Insights into How People Learn

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Dian Schaffhauser, Campus Technology
When the National Academies issued its first expanded “How People Learn” report, the contents struck a nerve, providing a readable explanation of the various research findings on the science of learning along with guidance on how to turn those insights into instructional practice in the classroom. A new version of that report offers an updated view on the topic and pushes beyond K-12.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2018/12/12/new-insights-into-how-people-learn.aspx

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