ED Surge

AUGUST 19, 2024

It wouldn’t be responsible to lean on AI as the quick fix for all our economic shortages in schooling. What these leaders want is evidence that suggests which tools actually work, as well as help navigating edtech tools and training their teachers, she adds. So how should educators approach AI?

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 13, 2022

She hopes that the transparent review process can influence edtech companies to prioritize strong outcomes for all students. Reviews take into account some information provided by courseware makers, but Jones-Davis says suppliers don’t have input into the design of the review rubric. history surveys.

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ED Surge

MAY 8, 2024

In a time when technological advancements shape our daily lives and drive economic growth, focusing on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education in K-12 schools is not just a trend but a necessity. Initiatives like the U.S.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

Recently, I attended the 2019 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in Portland, Oregon, hosted by NTEN , to catch up on the newest trends in educational technology (edtech) and learn about cutting-edge tools that may be integrated to boost adult learning and workforce development initiatives at Digital Promise.

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ED Surge

MAY 16, 2024

She’s also director of the Center for Teaching Excellence there, which provides faculty with support for instruction, edtech, course design, classroom management and grading. You think there might be an economic prompt, if nothing else, to maximize this experience, but it sounds like that's not the case for everybody? You would think.

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ED Surge

MAY 6, 2022

In a crowded market, where the barrier of geography has been eliminated, providers of online education say they have been forced to spend more time, energy and money on marketing. That was one prediction of the late David Noble, a critic of edtech, in the 1997 essay “Digital Diploma Mills: The Automation of Higher Education.”

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 19, 2023

But LeBlanc, who was enthusiastic about technology and had worked in edtech, made a bet that was unusual at the time: He decided to grow the university’s online offerings. We were very much influenced by the book “Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence.”

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ED Surge

JULY 26, 2022

The way we accommodate child care, and time for our loved ones, is both the greatest challenge and the greatest economic opportunity of our time,” Nooyi said, adding that it is a core challenge for employers. economic health and competitiveness, noted Reshma Saujani, founder and CEO of Marshall Plan for Moms in an interview.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Mahajan, who was part of national leadership at the Self-Employed Women's Association , noted that her interest in early childhood education stemmed from the perspective of motherhood, through which she recognized the importance of quality childcare for women's labor force participation and economic empowerment.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2023

And studies show that the majority of the students who graduate from college end up economically much better off than those who don’t go to college. But Strachman counters that as the cost of college increases, colleges aren’t living up to that promise of economic opportunity. Millions of students in the U.S.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Rhode Island also emphasized the importance of involving state government in their efforts (the Rhode Island Office of Innovation, led by former Office of Educational Technology Director Richard Culatta, has been a key partner in EduvateRI). LearnLaunch has graduated 31 #edtech companies and has 120 mentors.

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ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2022

And the people arguing for and against the motion were both devoted educators. The venue was the Teacher Tech Summit, a two-day virtual event last month run by T4 Education, and co-hosted with the World Bank and the edtech investment firm Owl Ventures. EdSurge was asked to moderate the debate session.

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ED Surge

APRIL 25, 2022

That economic influence is powerful, yet we fail to use it to protest companies’ actions that run counter to our ethos. Take, for instance, the businesses that were so dependent on Facebook that one algorithm change destroyed their companies. Higher ed spends billions of dollars a year on advertising.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Joint International Programs As dean of online learning at Stevens more than a decade ago, I ran three hybrid master's degrees at two top Chinese institutions: Beijing Institute of Technology and Central University of Finance and Economics.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 30, 2023

For early learners, exposure to math concepts can be at the mercy of their family’s economic status or related factors like whether their parents are college-educated. However, reliance on edtech introduces further questions. Knowing what works in edtech is difficult. That’s exciting, she adds.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Using an array of digital communication technologies, messaging platforms and learning management systems, institutions were able to continue operations and maintain their student market share. How will institutions find means to deliver student support and instruction on par with student expectations?

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ED Surge

AUGUST 2, 2023

This is the third in a three-part series of conversations with Latino educators and edtech experts. Before we get into the educator perspectives shared below, there’s something I have to explain about Latino culture. Read the first part here and the second part here. It would be worse to make waves and risk getting fired.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2022

Larger groups are more economical and reach more students. The Tennessee Department of Education said it was seeing much lower attendance rates for tutoring sessions scheduled before and after school. Most schools, however, have opted to provide tutoring during the regular school day, the department said. But attendance is uneven.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

That experience indicates why leaders of education technology companies and investment firms are starting to see opportunity in expanding their reach into children’s earliest moments of life. In some small ways, edtech may be beginning to catch up, especially through new investments into family-related support systems.

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ED Surge

APRIL 24, 2025

Use of AI in schools, the order states, demystifies this powerful technology but also sparks curiosity and creativity, preparing students to become active and responsible participants in the workforce of the future and nurturing the next generation of American AI innovators to propel our Nation to new heights of scientific and economic achievement.

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