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How Library Closures Hurt Adult Learners as Kids Doubled Down on Digital Reading

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Library closures hit patrons hard—especially those who relied on them as their main internet source and used them to access online educational resources. And kids double down on digital reading—all in this Edtech Reports Recap. adults lost their main source of internet access as libraries started to shut down in March 2020.

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Number crunch: Edtech data you can use right now

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A study of open educational resource collections found that nearly 90% of higher education online repositories were created either in Europe or in North America; 92% of the material in the Open Educational Resources Commons global library is in English. Is it equitable? Is it scalable?

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Celebrating Earth Day with Resources from Discovery Education 

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Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place. Aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, SEI aims to empower more than 10 million students to take responsible action for economic viability and environmental integrity by 2030.

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

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Our higher education system formed around libraries. According to Dell Technologies and the Institute for the Future, 85 percent of the jobs in 2030 don’t exist yet. 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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The 2020 Learning Revolution daily online conference starts today!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Farmer, Professor of Library Media || Interested to learn new ways to communicate, collaborate, and connect? Loertscher | Pippa Davies || Build Your Own Virtual Library Learning Commons: Session 2 of 3 with Anita Brooks Kirkland, Chair | Professor David V.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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(FWIW, if you’re looking for a good source of curated headlines, particularly about digital access and digital security, I recommend Doug Levin’s “A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News.”). “By 2030 students will be learning from robots ,” the World Economic Forum claims.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via EdScoop : “Two edtech champions to join White House offices as fellows.” ’” Via Education Week : “ FCC Seeks Comment on Access to WiFi for Schools and Libraries.” ” Getting Smart’s Tom Vander Ark on a new report from Pearson : “ The Future of Skills : Employment in 2030.”