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Edtech, Equity, and Innovation: A Critical Look in the Mirror

Digital Promise

Unfortunately, too many of our investments in educational technology (edtech) have fallen far short of our civil rights aspirations. Taking a more critical look at edtech. Why do we hold edtech products to a lower standard than many other educational factors that interact with our students? We need to make a change.

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Top e-learning trends to keep an eye on in 2020

Neo LMS

With that in mind, it’s important to keep an eye on the myriad of digital education trends that are currently shaping up the industry. Edtech is developing at incredible rates, so educators need to be on a constant lookout for the current developments in order to create better learning environments for their students. Wrapping up.

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Acceleration Academies Appoints Kelli Campbell as New Chief Executive Officer

eSchool News

As a career EdTech executive, she brings a demonstrated history of success leading the sales and marketing, product development and operations functions for pioneering educational technology organizations. We are confident that Kelli is the right leader to accelerate the company’s growth opportunities.”

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After Transforming a College With Online Offerings, a President Steps Down to Tackle AI

Edsurge

But LeBlanc, who was enthusiastic about technology and had worked in edtech, made a bet that was unusual at the time: He decided to grow the university’s online offerings. And the Navy said, rightly, every time we put a ship out to sea, all of those sailors are suddenly college dropouts. We should own this as an industry.

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Most Popular EdSurge Podcast Episodes of 2019

Edsurge

High School Dropout. The title of Anthony Johnson’s book explains why he’s an unlikely educator: it’s called “High School Dropout to Teacher of the Year.” Will the Edtech Industry Pay Attention? Here's the count-down of the most-listened-to episodes of the year. Meet Anthony Johnson: Teacher of the Year. Rebel ‘Mayor.’

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EdTech Promised to Change How Students Learn, But the Real Revolution Lies Within Us

Edsurge

Last fall, nearly six and a half years after my SMART board was fixed, I started a new job and became a deeper learning coordinator, leading the implementation and creation of an edtech ecosystem for the entire Reynoldsburg school district. Despite the money spent, our students have yet to recover from the learning loss.

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‘Our Technology Is Our Ideology’: George Siemens on the Future of Digital Learning

Edsurge

He just doesn’t think our current university systems and edtech solutions will get us there. He’s worried that, rather than advancing our human potential, many edtech companies and universities are perpetuating the status quo. Rise of the robots Siemens has both an academic and an industry perspective on digital learning.