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

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Among the competitors Billings and Joseph named: the ASU GSV Summit , launched in 2010 by investment firm GSV Capital and Arizona State University, and which has become the annual dealmaking venue for education businesses and their financiers. In their heydays, each event attracted upwards of 500 attendees, she estimated.

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From High School to Harvard, Students Urge for Clarity on Privacy Rights

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Chad Marlow, ACLU Counsel According to the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), a Washington, D.C.-based based nonprofit, states have passed approximately 110 laws since 2013 concerning student data privacy. But what happens in these legislative halls are rarely visible to teachers, students and parents.

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Critical Steps for Safeguarding Data Privacy

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During a recent edWebinar , sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN and AASA , the presenters discussed the policies and practices that also keep data safe in a digital education environment. Based on CoSN’s “ Student Data Privacy: A School System Priority. citizen in 2010. About the Host.

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

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The report goes on to highlight six key technologies and practices that could provide comfort: cloud vendor management, endpoint detection and response, multifactor authentication/single sign-on, preserving data authenticity/integrity, research security, and student data privacy and governance.

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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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As the Higher Ed Opportunity Act Turns 10, Here’s How the Landscape Has Changed

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Though some advocates believe this would lead to better consumer information and transparency about the return on investment for college, the linkage was banned because of differences over student data privacy and how big a role the federal government should play in higher education.

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