{"id":81385,"date":"2022-06-22T21:38:45","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T01:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=81385"},"modified":"2022-06-22T21:38:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T01:38:45","slug":"facebook-seems-to-be-adding-video-course-features-for-edtech-that-raises-old-fears-mollenkamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2022\/06\/22\/facebook-seems-to-be-adding-video-course-features-for-edtech-that-raises-old-fears-mollenkamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Seems to Be Adding Video-Course Features. For Edtech, That Raises Old Fears. [Mollenkamp]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/news\/2022-06-14-facebook-seems-to-be-adding-video-course-features-for-edtech-that-raises-old-fears\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Facebook Seems to Be Adding Video-Course Features. For Edtech, That Raises Old Fears.<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from edsurge.com by\u00a0Daniel Mollenkamp<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpts:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The tech giant Meta, widely known under its previous name Facebook, seems to be eyeing a way to allow users to offer video classes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Since at least last year, Meta has experimented with Facebook Classes, a program designed to make online instruction through its platform smoother. A consultant recently noticed a company announcement about the features in the U.K. version of the platform and shared a screenshot on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">New! Facebook Classes for Events<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Classes\u2019 is new event type which can be selected when creating a new online event on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>It aims to make it easier to instruct and discover a class on Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L0BvBuTXkM\">pic.twitter.com\/L0BvBuTXkM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattNavarra\/status\/1352260188275937280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The company did not respond to questions about the program. But recent reports have speculated that the company could \u201cbootstrap an online course ecosystem.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Meta\u2019s learning offering could be most trouble for other tech behemoths like Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams, according to some speculations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Either way, Meta\u2019s possible entrance into the market plays into a long-standing fear of big tech in the edtech industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook Seems to Be Adding Video-Course Features. For Edtech, That Raises Old Fears. &#8212; from edsurge.com by\u00a0Daniel Mollenkamp Excerpts: The tech giant Meta, widely known under its previous name Facebook, seems to be eyeing a way to allow users to offer video classes. 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