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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

Edsurge

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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Chinese New Year- What Animal Am I?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016, 2028), legend has it that you are a person who is family oriented, you enjoy family get-togethers, indulge in family traditions, and you thrive in group work. NG) This post originally appeared in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning ( www.educatorstechnology.com ).

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Can Work Be Dignified in an Automated World?

Edsurge

It's a place where researchers are delving into topics around race, the global environment and how to prepare changing societies for new technology and the workforce. So, I took my own advice and followed through with that and returned to the University of Michigan where I'd been on the faculty from 1989 to 2004. Learn more here.

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

Hack Education

I pick ten trends and themes in order to closely at the recent past, the near-term history of education technology. Of course, if you look for those education technology writers who are independent from venture capital, corporate or institutional backing, or philanthropic funding, there is pretty much only me.).

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10 years later, goal of getting more Americans through college is way behind schedule

The Hechinger Report

The proportion of nurses with bachelor’s degrees is up from 44 percent to 57 percent since 2004, but still far short of the goal of reaching 80 percent by next year set by the Institute of Medicine to deal with the increasing complexity of healthcare. Matt Rourke/AP. Annual household incomes for all Americans would drop. Need a nurse?

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