Dangerously Irrelevant
JANUARY 31, 2021
As I noted in a recent article that I submitted: “… reflection on organizational possibilities and institutional futures is common during the ‘reconstruction’ phase (Boin & Hart, 2003) of a crisis (see also Coombs, 2000; Heath, 2004; Boin, Hart, Stern, & Sundelius, 2005; Jaques, 2009; Smith & Riley, 2012). Millar & R.
Edsurge
JUNE 18, 2017
Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. 1993-2004: Building the Infrastructure. 2004-2011: Washington Leans In. Not yet convinced?
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Edsurge
AUGUST 17, 2020
-based provider of digital K-12 instructional and assessment tools has agreed to acquire Australian education technology company 3P Learning in an all-cash deal worth approximately AU $189 million, or approximately US $135 million. The transaction is subject to a shareholder vote.
Waterford
MARCH 11, 2021
The term was coined by author Marc Prensky to describe a person who grew up surrounded by technology and is familiar with the Internet from an early age on. Hillary Scharton writes that children aren’t born knowing technology, and that the belief that digital natives excel at multitasking can be detrimental to their learning.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 21, 2020
More than 50 people across the marketing, enrollment and technology teams from HotChalk will join its new owner, including CEO Rob Wrubel, who will serve as Noodle’s chief marketing officer. Founded in 2004, HotChalk has raised $235 million in investment capital, most of it from German publisher Bertelsmann.
Edsurge
JANUARY 19, 2021
Even before the pandemic, broadband and mobile technology was expanding connectivity across the globe, hybrid and virtual classrooms were gaining steam in providing personalized learning to students, and project-based learning was proving to be an effective, engaging and increasingly popular pedagogy.
Edsurge
JANUARY 22, 2020
Last week, Pearson announced it paid $25 million to acquire Smart Sparrow’s technology, in a move that the publisher says will bolster the digital infrastructure that will soon support all its future higher-education offerings. The following year, Knewton was bought in a deal that has become a poster child for education technology hype.
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