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The Winners and Filmstrips of An (Almost) Decade in Education Technology

Edsurge

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. I define education technology as any tool that supports learning, digital or not. I define education technology as any tool that supports learning, digital or not. An abacus is an educational technology, as is the slide rule.

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The Still-Evolving Future of University Credentials

Edsurge

Education policy leaders at the federal level and beyond were exploring the growing role of competency-based education and non-traditional providers —and calls were growing for stronger connections between universities and the world of employment. To start off, it’s worth thinking back to 2016.

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It’s Time to Digitally Transform Community College

Edsurge

With an uncertain fall and a deep economic downturn, many believe two-year colleges may be the best answer to meeting the higher education needs of both traditional and non-traditional students and workers looking to learn new skills. peaked at the end of the last recession in 2010 , and has been declining ever since.

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

Edsurge

In the next few days, thousands of edtech entrepreneurs, investors, educators and policymakers will flood a hotel in San Diego to attend the Mecca of Education Innovation Optimism known as ASU GSV. I was lucky enough to attend the inaugural ASU GSV back in 2010 in Tempe, Arizona. Here’s why 2021 was a banner year for U.S.

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What Happened in Ed-Tech in 2016 (And Who Paid for It)?

Hack Education

These are my observations about what’s happened in education technology (and education more broadly) over the course of the past 12 months. Education Technology and the Year of Wishful Thinking. The Politics of Education Technology. The Business of Education Technology. Who’s Funding MOOCs in 2016?

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My Top 5 Posts from 2017

The Principal of Change

“, Where he shows a change in attitude toward a practice in education where he once shared an opposite viewpoint. As I was talking to a group of educators this past week, I shared that if you do not look back at the beginning of your career with a little bit of embarrassment, you should be concerned that you haven’t grown.

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Essential Reading for Technology in Student Affairs v1.1

Mistakengoal.com

The articles in these categories tend to be too narrow in scope either because they focus too narrowly on a contemporary issue or technology (and thus quickly fall out-of-date) or because they neglect much or all of the scholarship that lies outside of higher education and student affairs. higher education. Technology in U.S.