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

Edsurge

To date, our education systems sit atop a cultural assumption—that information is scarce. Our higher education system formed around libraries. Our primary and secondary education systems formed around teachers imparting knowledge. Education is now a high-growth market that combines attributes of consumer and enterprise software.

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What the World Can Teach the US About Education Technology

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Long-term planning and investment in infrastructure for widespread and improved access to the internet and mobile devices is critical. China’s Education Modernization 2030 Policy and Ten Year Development Plan for ICT and Education 2010-2020 are among government initiatives named that intend to improve the country’s education in the long run.

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Pearson’s Former Product Chief Reflects on the 4 Megatrends Shaping Global Education

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Since then, I’ve built award-winning educational CD-ROMs, led the development of formative assessment, curriculum management, and student data systems like Schoolnet and Powerschool, and most recently, managed strategy for Pearson’s $6 billion global product portfolio as its chief product strategy officer. Which brings me to.

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10 Ways Interactive Touch Screen Displays Improve Education

ViewSonic Education

Add collaboration software and students can cast and share content from their seats. By 2030, 30 to 40 percent of jobs will require strong social-emotional skills. Like captions, text highlighters and text-to-speech software. An ADA-compliant lift with robust functionality adds accessibility. Analyze text or images.

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

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My bet is that by 2040, our children will look back on this period between 2015 and 2030 in education technology much the same way internet historians look to the period 1995 to 2010 as the birth of the commercial web. Although we were convinced that technology could transform education, simple internet access was patchy at best.

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

Hack Education

Software is eating the world,” investor Marc Andreessen pronounced in a Wall Street Journal op-ed in 2011. “Over the next 10 years,” he wrote, “I expect many more industries to be disrupted by software, with new world-beating Silicon Valley companies doing the disruption in more cases than not.”

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A Record Year Amid a Pandemic: US Edtech Raises $2.2 Billion in 2020

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Unfortunately, it was on the back of the education system breaking down, especially at the K-12 level,” says Ebony Pope, a principal at Rethink Education, an education technology investment firm. Our traditional education system is strained, and we do think that corporations will take on more of that role. million.

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