All posts by Henry Kronk
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Harvard Business School Launches New Virtual Leadership Course
June 05, 2018 Henry Kronk
This week, Harvard Business School announced they will be offering a new leadership course via HBX, their online learning platform. The name says…
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Roblox Launches Summer Education Initiative
June 05, 2018 Henry Kronk
Roblox, a highly popular gaming platform for young people, is adding some educational content into the mix. This week, the company announced Roblox…
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LearnLaunch Accelerator Partners with ETS to Boost Their Next Round of Edtech Startups
June 04, 2018 Henry Kronk
On Monday, the Educational Testing Service (ETS) and LearnLaunch Accelerator announced they would collaborate to offer support and resources for edtech startups. The…
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Missouri Districts Will Face a Unique Issue with Virtual Charter School Law
June 04, 2018 Henry Kronk
In Missouri, educators at public schools are facing a unique situation: virtual charter schools might make them look bad. This month, a bill…
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Woz U Partners with NJIT to Offer Cybersecurity and Programming Courses
June 02, 2018 Henry Kronk
Woz U bills itself as an education as a service (EaaS) business. While they began last year with some online courses in coding…
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MOOC Expert Fiona Hollands Makes A Suggestion and a Prediction
June 01, 2018 Henry Kronk
Delivering a keynote address at this week’s Open edX 2018 conference, MOOC expert Fiona Hollands made two predictions about the future of her…
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ISTE Standards–Which Tend to Be Broad, and Not Prescriptive–Benefit the Motivated Tech Teacher
June 01, 2018 Henry Kronk
Considering the often-vague nature of ISTE’s standards, we questioned the rigor of the standards. In certain districts and classrooms, it might not be…
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edX CEO Anant Agarwal Announces Ambitious Goals for 2022
May 31, 2018 Henry Kronk
On Wednesday, edX CEO Anant Agarwal took the stage at the University of Montreal to kick off the Open edX 2018 conference. As…
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SelfStudy Raises $3 Million in Seed Round Led by the IARS
May 30, 2018 Henry Kronk
On Wednesday, SelfStudy announced they have received seed round funding to the tune of $3 million. The AI-powered cloud platform has an ambitious…
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Gamification vs. Game-Based Learning–Which Is More Effective?
May 30, 2018 Henry Kronk
In recent years, educators who spend any time on the internet have no doubt come across one particular buzzword: gamification. For anyone struggling…
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