The Clayton Christensen Institute’s Julia Freeland Fisher has written an interesting analysis of ed tech diffusion by comparing it to that of various household appliances in the 20th Century.
University of California’s Payroll Project Reboot Now At $504 Million
What’s an extra $38 million among friends?
Recommended Reading … or Not: Updates on UC Berkeley and NBER stories
We have a better understanding of UC Berkeley’s decision to remove free video lecture captures in response to an accessibility suit. Less so on Caroline Hoxby’s problematic paper on the ROI of online learning.
Recommended Reading: Ballmer group publishes “Annual Report” on government spending
This is an interesting model for transparency in government, with some good data on public education expenditures as a bonus.
Lumen and Follett: Canary in the Curricular Materials Coal Mine?
The investment by one of the US’s largest textbook distributors in an OER company portends a larger shift in the curricular materials markets.
Some Notes On Lumen Learning’s $3.75 million Funding Round Led By Follett
OER implementation gets a major investor with a lot of leverage in the market.
Can There Be a Microscope of the Mind?
Want to understand “brain science” and “machine learning” better? Maybe? Give it a try with this post and see how you like it. You may be surprised at how accessible and relevant it can be.