New MOOC partnerships and educators making use of Tumblr topped Education Dive's charts this week in the news feed. If you want to see what Yahoo gained and what Apple faces in terms of classroom competition for iPads, have a look at the links below:
- 10 iPad competitors for school tech budgets: Who poses a threat to Apple's tablets at the top of the ed-tech mountain?
- The college dropout who blamed Ubuntu: Dive Insight: What would you have said to this student who said a Ubuntu machine forced her to withdraw from classes?
- MOOC platform edX announces 15 new university partners: The Harvard and MIT-funded MOOC provider added 15 higher education institutions spanning nine countries. Here they are.
- Study: Free computers won't solve rich-poor achievement gap: A new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research found no evidence computers can close the socioeconomic divide.
- 5 Tumblr education resources that are now Yahoo's: As Yahoo prepares for its big new purchase, here is a look at what it will get in the education world.
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