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COVID-19, academia, and the big push online: an update

Bryan Alexander

Academic events are starting to be hit. The Asia-Pacific Association for International Education Conference and Exhibition (#APAIE2020) canceled its Vancouver event. My readers know that the digital divide means unequal access to bandwidth, which can limit use of video and large files. Which brings us to challenges.

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COVID-19, academia, and the big push online: an update

Bryan Alexander

Academic events are starting to be hit. The Asia-Pacific Association for International Education Conference and Exhibition (#APAIE2020) canceled its Vancouver event. My readers know that the digital divide means unequal access to bandwidth, which can limit use of video and large files. Which brings us to challenges.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide. We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2024.

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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide. We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2024.

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Should rich families be allowed to fundraise a better public school education for their kids?

The Hechinger Report

Instead it is often up to people like Bazemore, other PTA board members and school staff to donate their own money to cover membership fees, buy lunches during teacher appreciation week or help families afford tickets to attend special events. “We Related: A parent-led effort to close the digital divide. Credit: Kam Yee.

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The Politics of Education Technology

Hack Education

So I’m including a lot of events in this article that are not “ed-tech” per se. Thiel spoke at the Republican Party Convention, the first gay man to take the main stage at that event. Wikileaks – perhaps in cooperation with Russia – releasing stolen emails from the DNC and from Clinton’s campaign.