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HE Challenges: Fast changing digital teaching methods

Neo LMS

According to UNESCO, global demand for higher education is expected to grow from 100 million students currently to 250+ million by 2025. In Ontario, Canada, for instance, the somewhat shocking facts are: 99% of all Ontario elementary and secondary students have access to computers at school. A grim future for today’s providers of HE?

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When a Pandemic Upends Labor Markets, Will a New Workforce ISA Fund Work?

Edsurge

A self-taught programmer, he found on-and-off work building websites, managing social media and handling e-commerce for dental offices, toy shops and other clients. He was working for a tech company, but this was no tech job. They also explore whether an applicant may have access to other sources of funding to pay for the program.

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Funding Year 2021 E-rate Application Window is Now Open

eSchool News

Funds For Learning announces that the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) opened the E-rate filing window on January 15, 2021, and will accept applications until March 25, 2021. The 24th year of the E-rate program enters a new phase of regulations intended to increase equity and streamline the application process.

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Mission (Almost) Accomplished: Nonprofit EducationSuperHighway Prepares to Sunset

Edsurge

After seven years of coordinated efforts to improve internet access in schools, thereby laying the foundation for digital learning to take root and expand in U.S. schools had gained high-speed internet access, per the Federal Communications Commission’s minimum connectivity standard of 100 kilobits per second (kbps) per student.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Um, they do.)

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The Verge : “ Juul has 60 days to prove it can keep its e-cigs away from kids, FDA warns.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Purdue pilot program restricts access to sites such as Netflix and Hulu in specific lecture halls.” The textbook company has raised $6 million total. ” She’s 9.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

UC Berkeley says it will remove online course content in response to a Department of Justice assertion that the materials violate the ADA as they are not fully accessible to those with disabilities. – to the New York-based company Cyndx. The company has raised $7.45 Upgrades and Downgrades. Glam Media has closed.