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A Technologist Spent Years Building an AI Chatbot Tutor. He Decided It Can’t Be Done.

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He’s a longtime edtech consultant and blogger, and in the past he wasn’t shy about calling out what he saw as excessive hype by companies selling edtech tools. In 2015, he famously criticized promises about what was then the latest in AI for education — a tool from a company called Knewton.

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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

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The trend is not unique to Hollywood; other American businesses— from appliance makers to luxury resorts —are similarly entangled with Asian money. To adapt, many companies are investing domestically, particularly in China, where edtech companies raised more than $1.2 edtech startups raised last year. edtech investor, including.

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The Past Decade Forecasts a New Wave of Economic Opportunity in Education

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Some call it “The Rise of the Machines” for the convergence of multiple technologies: artificial intelligence, big data, data science, robotics plus virtual and augmented reality. From 2008 to 2019 we have witnessed a 4,000-plus percent expansion in the number of funded edtech startups, and the best startups can become unicorns.

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#FETC 2015 Recap

The Electric Educator

FETC is one of the largest EdTech conferences in the country with over 10,000 attendees from around the world. Here are my top take-aways from the 2015 conference: 1. The 2015 Keynotes included the COO of Makerbot, designers of one of the top 3D printers in schools today. Do you agree with these trends?

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7 Days of Education Conference Fever Across the Pond

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Perhaps one of the few areas of overlap was that three of the four conferences featured the similar talk by Andreas Schleicher, OECD’s education lead, who shared snippets from his team’s latest “Trends Shaping Education” report. There was also an “edtech surgery” where startups could seek advice from experienced educators.

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Analysis: Is Higher Ed Ready for the Tech Expectations of the Teens of 2022?

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Not quite enough time for our robot overlords to overtake us, but both distant and soon enough to make us wonder. Those interactions look a lot different than just evaluating consumer or edtech trends in isolation. It’s hard to make a case that there is still a separate edtech industry.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition)

Doug Levin

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition). Tagged on: March 19, 2017 Cyber attacks a serious, and under-reported, threat to Boulder Valley companies | Boulder Daily Camera → Specific to the Boulder, CO-area, but useful overview of cybersecurity trends. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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