ED Surge

MARCH 6, 2023

EdSurge: How does Qualcomm fit into the equation of advancing the education sector? It really demonstrates what's possible when we look at connected learning not as a luxury but as a basic human right. Connectivity is probably how Qualcomm offers the greatest impact in education.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This will require action from all sides — policymakers, education leaders and education technology developers themselves. The new European Union Artificial Intelligence Act categorizes AI-enabled technologies based on the risk they pose to the health, safety and human rights of users.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 12, 2024

Access to high-quality education is widely recognized as a pivotal tool for alleviating poverty, mitigating the spread of disease and malnutrition, fostering children's overall welfare and empowering women. We take a bottom-up approach to education technology in a way that is contextual and responsible.

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ED Surge

APRIL 17, 2023

And human rights groups and regulators have also raised alarms about the vulnerability posed by invasive surveillance tech and school mishandling of data. The researchers also note that many sites — 7.4 percent — also used session recorders, which are known to capture sensitive information like keystrokes.

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ED Surge

JUNE 3, 2022

Perhaps most critically, edtech also has potential to provide children with a personalized learning experience tailored to their own context, interests, and abilities—something that a new UNESCO report calls a human right.

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ED Surge

JUNE 13, 2022

A natural human reaction is to defend, to protect and to guard—which translates into “hardening” schools. An example of the benefits is the case of Think Equal , a global education initiative endorsed by the United Nations Human Rights Office, teaching social emotional learning to 3-5 year olds.

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ED Surge

MAY 2, 2022

Taken to the extreme, when edtech willfully makes product decisions that are not in the best interest of educators and their students, it only serves to contribute to the brokenness of a system that too often fails at providing the basic human right of education to learners across the world.

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