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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. Community college enrollment in the U.S. With COVID-19, the pendulum has now swung back the other way.

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

Edsurge

Now, educators are focused on linking edtech tools directly to student learning outcomes. Computing devices and 1:1 programs are far more prevalent now than in 2010. Introduced in 2010, iPads spurred Dumbo Drops of tablet tech into classrooms. But we’ve learned technology alone does not drive higher achievement.

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What if we hired for skills, not degrees?

The Hechinger Report

One day, a friend forwarded an email about Resilient Coders, a boot camp that trains people of color for web development and software engineering jobs. In the past few years, Apple, Google, IBM and other high-profile companies have stripped the bachelor’s degree requirement from many of their positions. billion in revenue last year.

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What to Look for When Purchasing an Education Projector

ViewSonic Education

Until around 2010, these lenses were cost-prohibitive for most schools. Numerous studies have shown that student engagement and learning outcomes improve when it’s employed. Interactive software, which varies by manufacturer, lets multiple users interact at the same time. Interactive Education Projector Solutions.

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The Top Ed-Tech Trends (Aren't 'Tech')

Hack Education

Every year since 2010, I’ve undertaken a fairly massive project in which I’ve reviewed the previous twelve months’ education and technology news in order to write ten articles covering “the top ed-tech trends.” Silicon Valley does include Mountain View, where Google is headquartered. More analytics.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

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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Education Technology and the History of the Future of Credentialing

Hack Education

Throughout the year, the Department of Education also took steps to strengthen the oversight of accreditors, adding requirements regarding data that they had to report to the government and to the public as well as pressuring accreditors to do more to improve “student outcomes” at the schools they monitored. By Khan Academy.