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A Sideways Look at the Future of Higher Education

Edsurge

The development and widespread adoption of new technologies—VHS tapes and DVD discs- empowered consumers. Newspaper circulation dropped by nearly half between 2005 and 2018, from 53.3 Carefully monitor and learn from emerging competitors, changing consumer tastes and new technologies. million to 28.5 billion to $14.3

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Three Things We Learned at Khan Academy Over the Last Decade

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This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. In 2005, Sal Khan founded Khan Academy, the online education nonprofit where is now CEO, and in 2014 he founded the Khan Lab School. At the same time, we knew that technology was nowhere near a silver bullet. Fast forward to 2019.

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The Past Decade Forecasts a New Wave of Economic Opportunity in Education

Edsurge

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. Some call it “The Rise of the Machines” for the convergence of multiple technologies: artificial intelligence, big data, data science, robotics plus virtual and augmented reality. Our higher education system formed around libraries.

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edFocus Policy Update | Summer Federal Funding Surge in DC

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This framework includes approximately $65 billion in broadband funding but it remains unclear how those funds will be disseminated—to states directly, via a federal government grant process—and how they will be spent. If any of the $7.17 He also worked for The Lightspan Partnership and as a Legislative Fellow for U.S.

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The cost of not investing rural high speed Internet: Why one school upgraded to fiber

Education Superhighway

Jim Beasley’s mission to upgrade Llano Independent School District’s network began when he first started working there in 2005. The school district must leverage distance education — which requires a strong broadband connection. His biggest barrier to getting rural high speed internet? The best part?

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Announcing the Library 2.019 "Open Data" Mini-Conference - June 5th

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

As part of the California State Library’s Executive team, she is co-director a Knight Foundation grant to support open data literacy in public libraries and communities and serves on the board of CENIC, California’s research and education broadband network. Please register as a member of the Library 2.0

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[Guest Post] The Future of Learning is Now

Education Elements

Then in 2005, I had an epiphany. As he spoke, it became clear to me that the only way to have an impact on the K-12 education industry (a $650 billion business at last count) was to introduce the use of technology to improve its product and increase its productivity. and Oakland, CA.