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It’s Time to Reboot Our Thinking About Adult Learners in a Digitally Transformed World

Edsurge

For example, community college enrollment declined 11 percent in spring 2021 compared to the year prior. Similarly, online education company 2U, which partners with many leading universities, reported 36 percent growth in its “alternative credentials” business segment in its most recent quarter.

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Ten jobs that are safe from robots

The Hechinger Report

Over the next decade, at least one-third of the tasks in about 60 percent of jobs could be automated, according to research by consulting firm McKinsey & Company. For example, Harvard’s Fuller cites the growing demand for registered nurses with specialized computer science skills. I’ve looked all across the U.S.,

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The Business Benefits of Video Conferencing

ViewSonic Education

Online meetings have become critical to many companies’ collaboration strategies. Move a company more effectively towards its goals . To give you an example, Zoom saw its profits jump by 300% that year. billion in 2028. . Below are some of the main reasons companies are using video conferencing more than ever before:

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Ten Jobs That Should Be Safe From Automation

MindShift

Over the next decade, at least one-third of the tasks in about 60 percent of jobs could be automated, according to research by consulting firm McKinsey & Company. For example, Harvard’s Fuller cites the growing demand for registered nurses with specialized computer science skills. I’ve looked all across the U.S.,

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Reading the Trend Lines Reshaping Education: A Look at Bryan Alexander’s Book in Progress

Edsurge

Take the medical sector, for example. For example, campuses might have more nursing programs, more radiology, more full medical schools. It might be that in 2028, we think we've just lived through this Golden Age, and maybe Moore's Law comes to a halt, which is quite possible. In the 1990's we developed ways of handling that.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Without revenue the company will go away. And “free” doesn’t last.

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