Hack Education

JUNE 14, 2016

billion in venture capital going to startups in the industry. trillion industry. One firm predicted that the “ smart education and learning market ” will grow from $105.23 Ed-tech amnesia: we act as though nobody thought about using computers in the classroom until Steve Jobs introduced the iPad, or something.

Company 67

Company Industry Assessment Examples 67

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

.” In his book, Srnicek identifies five kinds of platforms: advertising platforms (like Google and Facebook), cloud platforms (like Salesforce and Amazon Web Services), industrial platforms (like GE and Siemens), product platforms (like Spotify), and lean platforms (like Uber and AirBnB). Students will receive iPads.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

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). Learning to Code. Education Data and Learning Analytics.

Technology 58

Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 58

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his kids have iPads. Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. Bill Gates wouldn’t let his kids have cellphones. 3D Printing.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

This year feels different too than the previous years in which I’ve written these reviews because education technology – as an industry – sort of floundered in 2016, as I think my series will show. Learning to Code. Education Data and Learning Analytics. Investment dollars were down, if nothing else.

Trends 40

Trends MOOC Khan Academy Maker Movement 40

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

But you’re full of fallacy yourself if you think that’s going to stop me from making critiques about this industry. Via Quartz: “ Even Apple is acknowledging that the ‘ iPads in education’ fad is coming to an end.” “ Key Tensions in the Field of Learning Analytics ” by Bodong Chen.

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

million gift from the Charles Koch Foundation and Koch Industries , a well-known opponent of government spending on things like public education (among other things). Via Zion Market Research : “ Massive Open Online Course Market : Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecasts 2016-2024.”

MOOC 40

MOOC Education Robotics Report 40