Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

In December 2010, The Journal –“t he leading Technology based education publication for K-12 and higher education”– published an article with a 5-prong prediction for the following year. In 2012, Chromebooks accounted for only 1% of the devices sold to US classrooms; now, they make up more than half of the edtech market. Indeed, $2.3

EdTech 176

EdTech Common Core Chromebook iPad 176

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.”

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Only 58% of students who started college in 2012 had graduated 6 years later. As this article was being written, the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world, forcing a global experiment in online education as schools and colleges closed their doors and moved teaching to online formats.

Education 215

Education Learning Software Knewton 215

edWeb.net

JUNE 18, 2021

99% of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, but the district’s graduation rate is now over 90%, exceeding the state and national averages. District administrators were able to obtain grants from companies such as Apple and Verizon and leverage their location to build partnerships with Boeing and other firms.

E-rate 57

E-rate Professional Learning Elementary Robotics 57

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via the AP : “One of the nation’s largest student loan servicing companies may have driven tens of thousands of borrowers struggling with their debts into higher-cost repayment plans. Private School With Low Vaccination Rates.”

Education 52

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Remember 2012 , “ The Year of the MOOC? ” Remember in 2012 when Udacity co-founder Sebastian Thrun predicted that in fifty years, “there will be only 10 institutions in the world delivering higher education and Udacity has a shot at being one of them”? Google)’s biotech company, Calico.

MOOC 40

MOOC Technology OER Coursera 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

No doubt, Udacity, Coursera, and edX have been moving away from “free” and “open” online education for a while now , charging fees for courses and certificates and acting much more like online program management companies – third party vendors for Internet-based courses and degree programs.

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MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55