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It’s Time to Digitally Transform Community College

Edsurge

peaked at the end of the last recession in 2010 , and has been declining ever since. This could include new firms, service models and software tools that are more tailored to community colleges’ needs and offerings. The Colorado Community College System was an early pioneer in offering digital badges.

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What Problems Has Edtech Solved, and What New Ones Did It Create?

Edsurge

Computing devices and 1:1 programs are far more prevalent now than in 2010. Open digital badges. Introduced in 2010, iPads spurred Dumbo Drops of tablet tech into classrooms. School internet connectivity is so close to ubiquitous that the nonprofit tracking it is shutting down. Certain interoperability efforts.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. But in 2010, the company, co-founded by Gina Bianchini and Marc Andreessen, announced that it would no longer offer a free version. And “free” doesn’t last.

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