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Amazon Taps Stanford Professor, Candace Thille to Lead Internal Professional Learning

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One of the most prominent researchers and critics of how learning technologies are built and used in higher education is joining, temporarily, one of the biggest tech companies in the world. That’s a problem, she argues, as these tools increasingly inform the decisions that instructors make.

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2018 Halftime Ka’Ching Report: U.S. Edtech Raises $739M in Venture Funding

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edtech company has hit the nine-figure mark in 2018: a $110 million round for Connexeo, a provider of administrative payment software for schools and community institutions. There are newly-funded curriculum and courseware services, games, adaptive learning platforms and study tools. (The full-year tally for 2017 reached $1.2

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?HigherEd Year in Review: What We’ve Learned (and Loved) in Our First 365 Days

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went straight to our podcast, which has had a fresh resurgence with the last year of higher education reporting through our newsletter, Next. It’s a topic that consistently drives lively debate, and the conversation between Michigan’s president Mark Schlissel and EdSurge reporter Jeff Young does not disappoint! The interview, “ Why U.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed. Subscribe to their blog. It’s now an LMS too.

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What’s New: New Tools for Schools

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Software & Online 3DBEAR AR INNOVATOR PROGRAM ( 3dbear.io/product/ Teachers can create transformational learning experiences for students by joining 3DBear’s AR Innovator Program. This program adds full home access for students, custom curriculum alignment, performance reporting, professional development, and more.

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Ed Tech News, a New Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

ANNOUNCEMENTS The Library 2.011 worldwide virtual conference is almost here! The conference schedule is now online, with all 160+ sessions, and an individual hour-by-hour schedule calendar for all 36 time zones. The 2011 Global Education Conference is also fast approaching: November 14 - 18. November 2 - 4, all online, all free.

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October 24 - Ed Tech News, Our Weekly Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The Library 2.011 worldwide virtual conference starts in just over a week! The conference schedule is now online, with all 160+ sessions, and an individual hour-by-hour schedule calendar for all 36 time zones. The 2011 Global Education Conference is also fast approaching: November 14 - 18. November 2 - 4, all online, all free.