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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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This year’s 1 3th edition will swamp San Diego’s waterfront for four days and feature 1,000 speakers, including Thomas Friedman and Margaret Atwood, plus the buzziest for-profit companies in our industry. It’s hard to remember now, but many industry colleagues felt edtech was a frothy market in 2017. NYSE: PWSC), Duolingo, Inc.

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?Why an iTunes Model for Online Learning Is Bad for Educators

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In the future,” he wrote, “I envision three tiers of education that look a lot like the music industry of today. This compensation structure may seem common (or to some even fair) in other industries such as entertainment. Climbing Out of the “Free” Abyss How did we get here?

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

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Newkirk calls his company Acuitus , in hopes of encouraging sharpness of thought. He co-founded the company in 1999 with Maria Machado, who also got her start in the semiconductor industry before turning her attention to education. Newkirk believes that his model will work for other STEM fields, including chemistry and physics.

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Why Some Investors Say Edtech ‘Doom and Gloom’ is Overhyped

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Responding to some of EdSurge’s coverage in the Biz newsletter, Atin Batra, founder and general partner at 27 Ventures, an early investor in companies like the livestream tutoring platform Fiveable , wanted to offer an alternative perspective. It showed the industry, Batra says, that consumers have become agreeable to purchasing edtech.

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The 2017 Global Education Conference (Online) Starts Today! Join Us!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Eunmi Song University-Industry Collaboration in Vietnam: When the boss says Jump, you say Why? - We are grateful for companies and organizations who believe in the power of globally connected learning. Contact Steve Hargadon (steve@hargadon.com) about opportunities to get involved with our community.

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The Stories We've Been Told (in 2017) about Education Technology

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I’ve called this “the Top Ed-Tech Trends,” but this has never been an SEO-optimized list of products that the ed-tech industry wants schools or parents or companies to buy (or that it claims schools and parents and companies are buying). Beyond the MOOC. MOOCs and Anti-MOOCs. Indie Ed-Tech.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

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The work is also supported by companies including Apple, Google and Expedia, as well as education organizations including the CollegeBoard, Teach For America and STEMx.” ” Industry, not the child’s imagination as Seymour would have it, largely dictates the shape and direction of the CS trend. Only “1.86