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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

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It was early in offering programs that highlighted edtech,” says Frank Catalano, an independent industry strategist who previously served on SIIA’s education board. “It It was essentially the go-to association for the edtech industry.” edtech companies, marking the highest tally of the decade. billion in U.S.

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Campus Edtech Has Shifted Focus From Tech to Ed

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But by 2010, LMS selections were increasingly influenced by faculty input. Educators can now customize their learning environments in ways that we could only dream of (and beg for) in 2010. Second, in the last few years, interest has begun to shift from a focus on adding new features to a focus on adding data-analytics tools.

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Remote Work May Transform Higher Education. But Will Printers and Alexa Undermine Its Privacy?

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An “uber trend” of remote work for higher education information security is coming, at a time when more connections are being forged between higher ed and other state data. Plus: printers, smart speakers and privacy (oh my!) — all in this Edtech Reports Recap.

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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. It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. But in 2010, the company, co-founded by Gina Bianchini and Marc Andreessen, announced that it would no longer offer a free version.

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