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3 Things Educators and Edtech Suppliers Need to Talk About

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Collaboration and open dialogue are key as we navigate this terrain, ensuring innovation meets the needs of today's educational institutions. When building up edtech resources for any learning environment, whether it be a K-12 school district, institution of higher education or professional development, there is a lot to consider.

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Revised Federal Edtech Plan Calls for Closing Digital Divides

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When the federal government released its revised edtech plan last month, it was laying down its hope for a future that delivers on effective instruction for students. January’s update was published alongside guidance concerning the use of technology for helping students with disabilities.

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Learning Designers Call for More User Testing of Edtech Products and Teaching Materials

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These days there’s a wave of new edtech products hitting the market, and teachers and professors are increasingly making teaching videos and other materials for their classes. from the MIT Media Lab and has been working on design of educational materials for more than a decade, said it’s not that edtech companies don’t do any testing.

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An Edtech Giant Declares Bankruptcy. What Might It Mean for Online Higher Ed?

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The company was an edtech “unicorn” at its height — worth billions — and characterized as a “giant” in the space. Department of Education proposed regulations to increase oversight over distance education programs, including requiring additional reporting to better enable the government to monitor student outcomes.

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Schools Use Trial and Error for Choosing Edtech, But They Don’t Have to

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In each of these situations—and many more—the federal government makes possible the collection, analysis and dissemination of information that would otherwise not flow. When the federal government does this, it acts not as a regulator or as a funder, but as an information aggregator and distributor.

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Edtech Has Grown More Common, More Global and More Sophisticated. What’s Next?

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And in the edtech world, normal meant more ed and less tech than in 2020 and 2021. Public and private edtech companies felt the pain of these poor results, announcing more than 8,000 layoffs in an industry that only employs about 100,000 people. It’s a tough time to build or invest in an edtech company. Students across the U.S.

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Align Your Edtech Investments With What Matters Most

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After nearly three years of disruption to learning caused by the pandemic, government funding has enabled many schools to invest in new devices and upgrade their technology infrastructure to accelerate learning and improve the education experience for all students.

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