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Higher Ed Leaders on New Challenges

As colleges and universities prepare for the unprecedented challenge of reopening campuses amid an ongoing pandemic, a few decision-makers in higher education spoke to EdTech about how...

Type: Informational

Submitted: June 25, 2020 - 4:45pm

EDUTECH NEWS

Miami Dade College Ranks #1...Again

Miami Dade College (MDC) once again ranks number one in the Florida College System (FCS) for reporting the most students earning industry certifications during...

Type: Certifications

June 25, 2020 - 5:30pm

EDUTECH NEWS

3 Reasons It's So Hard to "Follow Your Passion"

How many times have you been told to "follow your passion?" It's a message that appears in everything from graduation speeches to job ads. We even say it ourselves. When I surveyed a recent class of Columbia Business School ...

Type: Future Goals

Posted: June 27, 2020 - 12:25pm

EDUTECH NEWS

Educators: We Need More From Education Technology

Amid sustained growth in an education technology sector competing to put innovative digital tools in front of students, some educators are lamenting a disconnect between the products entrepreneurs ...

Type: Educators' Opinion

Posted: June 27, 2020 - 6:20pm

EDUTECH NEWS

The Ultimate Guide to Freelancing in College

Have you ever wanted to make some extra money? Of course you have. When you're in college, though, it can be a challenge. You have classes, clubs, sleep, and Netflix binge watching sessions to attend to ...

Type: College Freelance

Posted: June 28, 2020 - 7:58am

EDUTECH NEWS

The Ultimate Guide To Building A Personal Website

What's the #1 networking tool you can have in your arsenal as a student? I'll tell you this right now: it isn't your resume. You need to create a personal website! A website is the complete opposite ...

Type: Website Development

Posted: June 28, 2020 - 1:30pm

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How to Easily Stay Organized and Productive in College

I used to be a terribly disorganized person. Even as late as high school, my backpack was a mess of crumpled papers, broken pens, and cracker crumbs. It didn't hurt my academic performance, but it certainly ...

Type: Staying Organized

Posted: June 28, 2020 - 11:20pm

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The Ultimate List of Student Discounts and Deals – Winter 2020

No matter how you look at it, going to college isn't cheap. Of course, college already costs you way less than the average student because you’ve avoided taking out student loans (or at least ...

Type: Student Discounts

Posted: June 29, 2020 - 7:20am

EDUTECH NEWS

7 Video Chat Apps for Working Remotely and Staying Connected

When I was a kid, video calls seemed impossibly futuristic. These days, however, pulling a little box out of your pocket and talking in real time to someone on the other side of the world is ...

Type: Staying Connected

Posted: June 29, 2020 - 9:50am

EDUTECH NEWS

Social Media and Freelance Writing

This is a four-week continuing education course in freelance writing at the University of the District of Columbia. It's a general introduction designed for people who have college-level writing skills ...

Type: Awesome Course

Posted: June 29, 2020 - 3:46pm

EDUTECH NEWS

Booms, busts and shopping malls: How Texas community colleges are revamping workforce development

Community colleges have long been tasked with developing their region's workforce. Yet employers often bemoan that they can't find workers with the knowledge and abilities they need ...

Type: Community Colleges

Posted: June 29, 2020 - 6:13pm

EDUTECH NEWS

Chamber of Commerce report breaks down education, other opportunity gaps by the numbers

The education research highlighted in the Chamber of Commerce's report is among an extensive body of data produced in the past decade as school districts have worked to improve equity in ...

Type: Opportunity In Education

Posted: June 30, 2020 - 2:19am

EDUTECH NEWS

College closings, economic upheaval make a case for blockchain adoption

Higher education faces unprecedented uncertainty. Colleges and universities across the country are grappling with whether to reopen in the fall or keep instruction online. Students completing their education are graduating into a tumultuous job market, with a stalled economy ...

Type: BlockChain In Education

Posted: June 30, 2020 - 9:40am

EDUTECH NEWS

A first look at CompTIA's new Security+ exam (SY0-601)

Approximately every three years, CompTIA makes changes to their most popular vendor-neutral certification exams, and one of those being updated later this year is the Security+ exam (from SY0-501 to SY0-601). CompTIA has not formally announced a release date for the ...

Type: Certification Exams

Posted: June 30, 2020 - 12:26pm

EDUTECH NEWS

A behind-the-scenes look at creating (or revising) a certification course

During Cisco Live, in June 2019, I was totally expecting an update to the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) exam. I figured they would add some new content and enhance some current content. Having been a teacher ...

Type: Certification Development

Posted: June 30, 2020 - 3:46pm

EDUTECH NEWS

Look! Up in the sky! The growing importance of drone technology

Where did drone technology come from and how did it originate? I'm glad you asked. In this article we'll answer those questions and also discuss some of the most prominent drone-related technologies available ...

Type: Drone Technology

Posted: June 30, 2020 - 9:52pm

EDUTECH NEWS

Tools and AI are reducing - but not eliminating - the role of humans in web design and development

Web design and development is one of the most dynamic domains in the IT industry today. It has grown exponentially in recent years and spawns new trends every year. Some of the latest trends are Accelerated ...

Type: Artificial Information

Posted: July 1, 2020 - 7:35am

EDUTECH NEWS

Six Tips for Passing a Microsoft Certification Exam

I have taken a lot of Microsoft certification exams over the last 20 years. I can't say that I am ever excited to take an exam, but I have done well on them. Over the years I have developed an approach to taking exams and have generally passed many more than I have failed. In fact, as ...

Type: Microsoft Education

Posted: July 1, 2020 - 1:50pm

EDUTECH NEWS

Online Kanban Tools: A Buyer’s Guide

Efficient project management is the key to running a successful company, and using the most appropriate workflow app or the best Kanban tool will help you ...

Type: Kanban Tools

Posted: July 1, 2020 - 11:42pm

EDUTECH NEWS

How PMP Certification Helps Advance Your PM Career

In the current environment of professional fields, there is an endless number of certifications and licenses that one can obtain to prove the expertise level and proficiency of each respective field. The value for each certification will vary greatly depending on the complexity ...

Type: Project Management Certifications

Posted: July 2, 2020 - 7:38am

EDUTECH NEWS

Create and Use Flash Cards to Pass the PMP Exam

As you begin to dive into the formidable goal of passing your Project Management Professional (PMP) exam by Project Management Institute (PMI) you will find ...

Type: Project Management Study

Posted: July 2, 2020 - 10:59am

EDUTECH NEWS

Join Online PMP Forums to Help Boost your PMP Studies

One of the best sources of information you currently have at your disposal is the use of an internet forum. The opinions and information available on these forums can be extremely valuable and they often provide ...

Type: Project Management Forums

Posted: July 2, 2020 - 10:30am

EDUTECH NEWS

TRAUMA OR TRIUMPH: Taking the Informatics Nurse Certification Exam

I took the Informatics Nurse Certification examination, which is sponsored by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). I want to describe this experience ...

Type: Nursing Education

Posted: July 2, 2020 - 10:30am

EDUTECH NEWS

Think Self-Management, Not Time Management

There is no shortage of tips, tricks, techniques, and hacks to help people from all walks of life, including educators, manage their time. However, the massive amount of information on the ...

Type: Self Improvement

Posted: July 3, 2020 - 7:59pm

EDUTECH NEWS

How Does a College Grad End Up at a For-Profit Technical School? It's All About the Job Market - and the Value of a Bachelor's Degree

With a bachelor's degree in psychology from Rutgers University, New Jersey's flagship public college, 22-year-old Rachel Van Dyks expected to have a good job by now. A professional job with a proper salary and benefits would enable her to move out ...

Type: Technical School

Posted: July 4, 2020 - 10:56am

EDUTECH NEWS

Bradford: Black Lives Matter and Black Education Matters Because Freedom Matters.

It has been difficult to talk about the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, but that doesn't mean lots of people have not wanted to talk to me about it. The conversations ...

Type: Equal Opportunity

Posted: July 4, 2020 - 7:19pm

EDUTECH NEWS

Book Excerpt: 'Thinking Like a Lawyer' Explores How to Close the Critical Thinking Gap for All Students

In my first few years of training educators across the country on powerful, but practical critical thinking strategies, I found myself hearing a similar objection repeatedly. It did not matter whether I was working in large or small school ...

Type: Critical Thinking

Posted: July 5, 2020 - 12:59pm

EDUTECH NEWS

Kennedy: Lack of Technology Is Just the Latest Barrier to Education for Low-Income Students. Time for Philanthropy to Step Up and Help

In developing its public school system, the United States deliberately departed from the traditional European model of channeling students from wealthy backgrounds into rigorous academic tracks and ...

Type: Education Bariers

Posted: July 6, 2020 - 1:57pm

EDUTECH NEWS

Cantor & Balfanz: Relationships Can Fuel Student Growth, Resilience and Educational Equity. Bringing Caring Adults Into Schools Can Help

While all students have experienced disruption to their daily lives this spring, COVID-19, the economic disaster that followed and the continued violence against African Americans are disproportionately affecting communities of color, particularly black students ...

Type: Student Growth

Posted: July 7, 2020 - 7:47am

EDUTECH NEWS

The Dangers of Labeling Learners

Pattern recognition is one of the primary functions of the human brain. Infants come into existence seeking out patterns—categories—in their environment. One of the earliest bits of categorization in which a human ...

Type: Informational

Posted: July 8, 2020 - 9:28pm

EDUTECH NEWS

College Chatbots, With Names Like Iggy and Pounce, Are Here to Help

With college campuses, those grand convening places, nearly shut down physically, administrators are leaning on artificial intelligence to help preserve, even build, relationships ...

Type: Chatbot Technology

Posted: July 9, 2020 - 12:22am

EDUTECH NEWS

Monmouth University to Remove Woodrow Wilson's Name From Building

Monmouth University in New Jersey said it would remove Woodrow Wilson's name from its marquee building after administrators, professors and students said ...

Type: University Changes

Posted: July 9, 2020 - 7:33am

EDUTECH NEWS

Danielle Allen Wins Re-envisioned Kluge Humanities Prize

The political theorist Danielle Allen has won this year's John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity, a $500,000 award administered by the Library of Congress ...

Type: Awards and Recognition

Posted: July 10, 2020 - 7:43am

EDUTECH NEWS

Believing You Can Get Smarter Makes You Smarter

Can people get smarter? Are some racial or social groups smarter than others? Despite a lot of evidence to the contrary, many people believe that intelligence is fixed, and, moreover, that some racial and social groups are inherently smarter than others. Merely evoking ...

Type: Inspirational

Posted: July 12, 2020 - 1:20pm

EDUTECH NEWS

Stereotype Threat Widens Achievement Gap

A growing body of studies undercuts conventional assumptions that genetics or cultural differences lead some students - such as African Americans or girls - to do poorly on standardized ...

Type: Achievement Gap

Posted: July 13, 2020 - 11:55am

EDUTECH NEWS

Undoing Dyslexia via Video Games

Certain letters sound very much the same when spoken — such as 'b' and 'p,' for example. In fact, the distinct sounds represented by these two letters occur exceedingly quickly, in only ten-hundredths of a second. The ability to distinguish between these ultrafast ...

Type: Medical Education

Posted: July 14, 2020 - 7:29am

EDUTECH NEWS

Against gig academia: connectivity, disembodiment, and struggle in online education

The enduring restructuring effects of the 2008 economic crisis in the West, and their profound political, social, and cultural implications, have brought in the last decade a proliferation of studies focusing on workers' lived experiences in relation to neoliberal ...

Type: The Gig Economy

Posted: July 15, 2020 - 9:03am

EDUTECH NEWS

What the Shift to Virtual Learning Could Mean for the Future of Higher Ed

Tectonic shifts in society and business occur when unexpected events force widespread experimentation around a new idea. During World War II, for instance, when American men went off to war, women proved that they could do "men's" work — and do it well. Women never looked back ...

Type: Virtual Learning

Posted: July 16, 2020 - 6:57pm

EDUTECH NEWS

Researching Education: Five further readings on creative thinking

Creativity has been earmarked as one of the most crucial 21st Century skills to teach students. It allows our students to be able to produce innovative ideas and valuable solutions, especially as our modern society grapples to solve complex, fast-paced problems ...

Type: Education Research

Posted: July 17, 2020 - 7:28am

EDUTECH NEWS

Digital learners and digital citizens – learning remotely and safely

It might surprise you to know that data from the 2012-13 Australian census told us that young adults most often used the internet for learning; 93 per cent of 16- and 17-year-olds reported going online ...

Type: Digital Learning

Posted: July 18, 2020 - 6:45am

EDUTECH NEWS

Student Voice: Developing student leadership programs

School staff requested collaboration with university researchers to gather data for designing evidence-based, high school student leadership programs, which could be attractive to students who have not previously ...

Type: Voice OF The Student

Posted: July 19, 2020 - 12:45am

EDUTECH NEWS

What are we learning from the world's big edtech experiment?

Over the last few weeks, the biggest learning experiment in living memory began, as schools around the world closed and students moved en mass to study online at home. UNESCO, the United Nations education agency, estimates that now 91% of the world’s students ...

Type: EdTech Experiement

Posted: July 20, 2020 - 9:05am

EDUTECH NEWS

The Best Edtech for Students Is Backed by Research. Here's What to Look For

In almost any school in the country today, you can find an app or program that claims to change education as we know it. Yet schools are littered with products that have not changed anything beyond teachers' desktop screens ...

Type: EdTech Backed Research

Posted: July 21, 2020 - 10:07pm

EDUTECH NEWS

Educators and Parents React to the New Reality of Learning

As schools pivot to remote instruction - a new experience for many - challenges of equity and student engagement are underscored ...

Type: EdTech & Parents

Posted: July 22, 2020 - 8:55pm

EDUTECH NEWS

The Dark Side of Educational Technology

Tablets are a learning fixture in many K-12 classrooms these days. Teachers, administrators, and parents have all been on board to push for one-to-one tablet programs in classrooms throughout the country. Why? Because a tablet has the potential to provide quick access to ...

Type: The Darkside of EdTech

Posted: July 24, 2020 - 7:52am

EDUTECH NEWS

The Importance of Mentoring Young African-American Males

Teachers need to realize that at home, in their neighborhoods, and in school, many students face difficulties that can interfere with learning. Compared to their middle-class counterparts, it is true that disenfranchised students are more likely to be exposed to safety and ...

Type: EdTech Mentoring

Posted: July 27, 2020 - 2:17am

EDUTECH INVESTING

Education Is the New Healthcare, and Other Trends Shaping Edtech Investing

Private equity and venture funds have invested record sums into the global education sector-$30 billion in the past five years across K-12 and workplace learning. Since 2017, investment has accelerated with $14 billion allocated, according to research firm HolonIQ ...

Type: Education Technology & Investing

Posted: June 29, 2020 - 12:42pm

EDUTECH NEWS

Where the Money is in Edtech Investing

In 2018, edtech investments raised $1.45 billion for technology startups in the United States alone. That was $250 million more than the previous year. Interestingly, though, there were fewer startups funded in 2018 than in three years prior. In 2015, funding went to 165 startups ...

Type: Education Technology & Investing

Posted: June 30, 2020 - 9:42am

EDUTECH NEWS

Money for Edtech Investment Keeps Flowing Through Pandemic

While the realities of daily life continue in surreal quarantine for most of us, the business of edtech financing still seems to continue apace from the offices of investors around the world ...

Type: EduTech Investing & Pandemic

Posted: June 30, 2020 - 12:25pm

EDUTECH INVESTING

Where top VCs are investing in EdTech

Education is a $4 trillion market globally in urgent need of an overhaul — so where within education are top venture capitalists optimistic about startups building large businesses by providing new solutions? ...

Type: EduTech Venture Capital

Posted: June 30, 2020 - 3:48pm

INVESTING IN EDUTECH

The broken edtech ecosystem investors once avoided is changing

"Don't go into education technology, no one makes any money," was the advice I once got from an early founder of an edtech startup that failed ...

Type: EduTech Ecosystem

Posted: June 30, 2020 - 9:54pm

INVESTING IN EDUTECH

Why Edtech Startups Are Impactful Business Models?

Educational technology or Edtech or Edutech is a buzzword that is heard nearly everywhere in the tech sector today. Edtech deals with facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using and managing appropriate technological processes ...

Type: EduTech Impact

Posted: July 1, 2020 - 7:36am

INVESTING IN EDUTECH

Disrupting how we learn: four EdTech areas to watch

The internet and digital technology are changing the way people learn. A global market opportunity no longer confined to the classroom, technology has the potential to transform everyone into life-long learners ...

Type: EduTech Disruption

Posted: July 1, 2020 - 1:52pm

INVESTING IN EDUTECH

PREPARING FOR IMPACT: WHAT'S CHANGING EDTECH INVESTMENT

Starting in 2010, a host of developments began to fuel excitement around building technology to support teachers and students in grades K through 12. In that year, the U.S. Department of Education released its first National Education Technology Plan and backed it up with funding for districts. Apple created the first iPad, and a year later, Google ...

Type: EduTech Investment Changes

Posted: July 1, 2020 - 11:41pm

INVESTING IN EDUTECH

To Be or Not to Be: Investing in EdTech Ventures

Education has changed and continues to change. Today's learning is not only lectures and textbooks, it uses a variety of resources and interaction methods, including video and audio materials, interactive exercises ...

Type: EduTech Investing: The Stats

Posted: July 2, 2020 - 7:40am

INVESTING IN EDUTECH

China's Edtech Market Soars In Stay At Home Era

Even today, there are various regions and communities that do not have access to the educational resources. They are not able to have even the basic learning experience. Likewise, there are various people who are eager to learn something new or polish their skills ...

Type: EduTech International

Posted: July 2, 2020 - 10:58am

INVESTING IN EDUTECH

U.S. EdTech Investment at an All-Time High

The main question is U.S. EdTech Investment really at an all-time high? Well, without a shadow of a doubt, 2018 was a record-shattering year for Venture Capital and Private Equity. We witnessed both the incredible growth and concentration of capital in private markets with the largest VC deals in history and the continued ballooning ...

Type: EduTech Investing Statistics

Posted: July 2, 2020 - 7:40am

INVESTING IN EDUTECH

Edutech startups: Why The Opportunity As Well As The Challenge Is Huge

In March 2015, Embibe, a company providing customised learning solutions, decided to make what appeared to be a foolhardy move. At a time when startups were racing to squeeze out more revenue from their business, it seemed ...

Type: The EduTech Pitch

Posted: July 3, 2020 - 8:05pm

INVESTING IN EDUTECH

Impact funds pour money into ed tech businesses

The topic of impact investing dominated a September 2019 lunch panel at BMO's Annual Back to School Conference, which brings more than a thousand investors and education entrepreneurs together in a Manhattan hotel every year. Phil Alphonse, a senior partner ...

Type: Impact Funds & EduTech

Posted: July 4, 2020 - 11:03am

INVESTING IN EDUTECH

EdTech Funding Is Growing - But the Majority of Investment Isn't for the Classroom

In 2017, edtech investment reached a record high of over 9.52 billion. But ironically, the majority of that investment will never see a classroom. The findings were released in a recent report from Metaari, a Seattle-based research firm. The annual tally ...

Type: EduTech Investing Growth

Posted: July 8, 2020 - 10:21pm

INVESTING IN EDUTECH

Role of EdTech Before, During and Post COVID-19 Lockdown

All over the internet we are reading news about a spike in edtech users due to lockdowns imposed all over the world to curb the spread of COVID-19. The surge in edtech use is partly due to a lot of edtech providers offering free or discounted content to users. For example, Byju's, an India-based learning platform ...

Type: Role Of EdTech & COVID

Posted: July 9, 2020 - 12:21am

INVESTING IN EDUTECH

EdTech investing: The time is now

Education is the first principle in building a sustainable economy. Ray Dalio's online series “The Changing World” makes this point with an impressively well researched and articulated piece on the 'rise and decline of past leading empires that puts today's economic, political, and policy situation into perspective of the big picture.' Dalio establishes ...

Type: EduTech Investing Time

Posted: July 9, 2020 - 7:35am

INVESTING IN EDUTECH

Edtech: Know more about using technology in education

Teaching practices in schools are constantly evolving, but one thing remains unchanged; a child's personal development is inherently linked to their school education. Teachers work incredibly hard to deliver positive ...

Type: Getting To Know EduTech

Posted: July 10, 2020 - 7:42am

INVESTING IN EDUTECH

The Education Technology (EdTech) Industry: Overview of Mergers, Acquisitions and Venture Capital Trends & Investments

Education technology (EdTech) is a term used to describe the industry that combines education and technological advances, revolutionizing the conventional landscape of education. EdTech not only allows educational institutions to serve a larger and more diverse audience, but also enables educational participants, both teachers and students, ...

Type: EduTech Industry Overview

Posted: July 13, 2020 - 11:53am

INVESTING IN EDUTECH

5 Questions Investors Will Ask You Before Investing in Your EdTech Startup

Old school models in education are being disrupted with new-age technology and innovations. This is driving opportunities for a variety of EdTech businesses. While these are definitely reasons for optimism, there are still quite a few "uniquely EdTech" problems that investors ...

Type: EduTech Investment Guide

Posted: July 14, 2020 - 11:04am

INVESTING IN EDUTECH

Why Europe is so far from its first edtech unicorn

It's fair to say that edtech is far from the darling of European tech. With zero unicorns, it's lagging behind almost every other sector in terms of innovation and success. With billions flying around everything from bank accounts ...

Type: EduTech Unicorn

Posted: July 15, 2020 - 9:01am

INVESTING IN EDUTECH

Emotionally Connected Learning Is Possible Online. Start With Relationships

July is a luminous month that I've spent in previous years exploring, traveling, visiting friends and feeling that deep rejuvenation after a busy end of a school year. This time, it's unsettling, as summer has quietly arrived without the crescendo ...

Type: EduTech Connected

Posted: July 17, 2020 - 8:14am

INVESTING IN EDUTECH

Dozens of Venture-Backed Startups Among Edtech Recipients of PPP Loans

Even the biggest names in the education technology industry, awash in private capital, are seeking public support during the pandemic. School districts are hardly the only ones in education under financial duress inflicted by COVID-19 ...

Type: EduTech & PPP Loans

Posted: July 18, 2020 - 6:43am

INVESTING IN EDUTECH

Can 'Equity-Based Pricing' Make Edtech Products More Accessible?

In Finland, a speeding ticket can cost six figures. That's because the country, like several of its European neighbors, fines offenders a percentage of their income, instead of a flat rate. The idea is that the financial punishment ought to fit one's privilege in society ...

Type: EduTech Equity

Posted: July 19, 2020 - 12:56am

INVESTING IN EDUTECH

5 Questions Investors Will Ask You Before Investing in Your EdTech Startup

Old school models in education are being disrupted with new-age technology and innovations. This is driving opportunities for a variety of EdTech businesses. While these are definitely reasons for optimism, there are still quite a few "uniquely EdTech" problems that investors ...

Type: EduTech Investment Guide

Posted: July 20, 2020 - 9:11am

INVESTING IN EDUTECH

Here's How Colleges Should Help Close the Digital Divide in the COVID-Era

San Antonio, Texas, the place my family currently calls home, ranks high among major cities with the fastest-growing number of COVID-19 infections. Add in Houston, Austin, and Dallas, and Texas now accounts for over 7 percent of the nation's 3 million cases. It's a harsh and disastrous reality ...

Type: EduTech Digital Divide

Posted: July 21, 2020 - 10:14pm

INVESTING IN EDUTECH

Digital Promise Brings Edcamps Into Its Tent

For years, organizers of "Edcamps," a popular brand of informal professional development gatherings for teachers, received a resource kit sent by their host organization, the Edcamp Foundation. The box included nametags, pens, markers, sticky notes and lanyards—the typical staples ...

Type: EduTech Digital Promise

Posted: July 22, 2020 - 8:53pm

INVESTING IN EDUTECH

Edutech firms struggle to capitalize on surge in users

After schools and colleges across the country shut down earlier this month, some online education startups were expecting hordes of students to flock to their platforms. A few weeks later, while user traffic has surged, revenues have actually ...

Type: EduTech User Surge

Posted: July 24, 2020 - 7:50am

INVESTING IN EDUTECH

How IoT Can Help Bridge Education Gaps For Now And The Future?

The global disruption caused by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is unprecedented. We have never witnessed our society and economy being impacted like this before. And while many of us are so focused on the present, understandably ...

Type: EduTech Bridging Gaps

Posted: July 27, 2020 - 2:12am

EDUTECH NEWS

Higher Ed Leaders on New Challenges

As colleges and universities prepare for the unprecedented challenge of reopening campuses amid an ongoing pandemic, a few decision-makers in higher education spoke to EdTech about how...

Type: Informational

Submitted: June 25, 2020 - 4:45pm

EDUTECH NEWS

Long road ahead to close California's digital...divide

California needs at least 708,400 laptops and 322,100 Wi-Fi hotspots to connect all students to the internet from home, a significant jump from previous estimates, according to data from the California Department of Education ...

Type: Digital/Internet

June 26, 2020 - 6:07pm

EDUTECH NEWS

LSSU starts new bachelor degree programs

Lake Superior State University (LSSU) has announced, in partnership with Bay College, its baccalaureate programs in elementary education and secondary education will be available entirely ...

Type: Degrees

Posted: June 26, 2020 - 6:07pm

EDUTECH NEWS

9 Qualities You Need to Look for in a Business Coach

Every entrepreneur needs a coach, because the fastest way to learn any business is to study someone who has been successful at it. This person has already paid the price of ...

Type: Mentorship

Posted: June 26, 2020 - 7:27pm

EDUTECH NEWS

Improving academic success through service-learning

At the George Washington University geography students enrolled in an urban sustainability course worked with the Anacostia Watershed Society to help restore and sustain the Anacostia ...

Type: Service Learning

Posted: June 26, 2020 - 9:07pm

EDUTECH NEWS

Education Department Revives Website

Less than a day after a report that the site was rejected for providing borrowers too much information about loan forgiveness, the Education Department confirmed it had been revived ...

Type: Student Loans

Posted: June 24, 2020 - 10:21pm

EDUTECH NEWS

EdReports to Look at Curricula's Capacity for Remote Learning

EdReports, known for its curriculum reviews that evaluate materials against the Common Core State Standards, has started to offer a new resource: a rundown of these curricula's capabilities for remote learning ...

Type: Remote Learning

Posted: June 25, 2020 - 11:11pm

EDUTECH NEWS

University of Utah to drop ACT, SAT requirement

Prospective students at the University of Utah will no longer be required to submit ACT or SAT scores for the next two years in response to the coronavirus pandemic, which is causing colleges to rethink their application processes ...

Type: College Entrance Exams

Posted: June 26, 2020 - 12:01pm

EDUTECH NEWS

New rule requires Tennessee students to get flu vaccines

Tennessee students will have to get their flu shot this fall and also be immunized for COVID-19 if a vaccine becomes available under an emergency rule unanimously approved Friday by the university's Board of Trustees ...

Type: Medical Requirement

Posted: June 27, 2020 - 7:01am

EDUTECH NEWS

Ed-Tech Usage Levels Are Low: What Should Schools Do?

Evaluating the usage of ed-tech products is tricky, complicated, and oftentimes confusing. But it can be done. Consider the case of the Granite County school district in Utah. It partnered with a company called LearnPlatform to measure ...

Type: Education Technology

Posted: June 27, 2020 - 10:01am

EDUTECH NEWS

Will the Coronavirus Forever Alter the College Experience?

The disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic has prompted cobbled-together responses ranging from the absurd to the ingenious at colleges and universities struggling to continue teaching even as their students have receded ...

Type: College Experience

Posted: June 26, 2020 - 12:24pm

EDUTECH NEWS

Spelman College Faces a Redefined Reality

The school, which was designed for the success of black women and cherishes close relationships among its Spelman Sisters, is dealing with distance and separation ...

Type: The HBCU Experience

Posted: June 27, 2020 - 6:18pm

EDUTECH NEWS

Two-Thirds of College Grads Struggle to Launch Their Careers

Every year, high school students and their parents spend much time, effort, and money on the college search. By comparison, they spend very little time focused on how they will spend their undergraduate years while in college ...

Type: Career Exploration

Posted: June 27, 2020 - 10:16pm

EDUTECH NEWS

Listen and Learn: The 40 Best Educational Podcasts in 2020

Wouldn't it be great if there were a way to stay fit and learn new things? If you're looking for a way to make your gym time productive for your mind as well as your body, then podcasts are ...

Type: Educational Podcast

Posted: June 28, 2020 - 7:56am

EDUTECH NEWS

How to Easily Stay Organized and Productive in College

I used to be a terribly disorganized person. Even as late as high school, my backpack was a mess of crumpled papers, broken pens, and cracker crumbs. It didn't hurt my academic performance, but it certainly ...

Type: Staying Organized

Posted: June 28, 2020 - 1:27pm

EDUTECH NEWS

School districts, boards respond to calls for change amid civil rights protests

Around the country, districts and boards are reexamining their policies, practices and relationships with local police departments that could be contributing to systemic racism in response to the global protests ...

Type: Education & Diversity

Posted: June 28, 2020 - 11:17pm

EDUTECH NEWS

Where does school cybersecurity stand in a year disrupted by coronavirus?

Cybersecurity in K-12 is ultimately more than a student data privacy concern, additionally encompassing employee and staff data. Ransomware attacks targeting any of this data, for example ...

Type: CyberSecurity

Posted: June June 29, 2020 - 7:22am

EDUTECH NEWS

As colleges mull reopening, coronavirus hits athletic departments

The NCAA began allowing colleges to hold voluntary athletics activities in all Division I sports on June 1. Since then, at least 36 colleges have publicly said one or more student-athletes or sports staff members ...

Type: College Athletics

Posted: June 29, 2020 - 9:45am

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Improving LGBTQ representation in curriculum reduces stigma, bullying

An LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum may not only help LGBTQ students feel they are reflected in materials used in their school or classroom, but also help to play a role in reducing bullying and stigma ...

Type: LGBT & HigherEd

Posted: June 29, 2020 - 3:45pm

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Head of North Carolina's community colleges tapped to lead UNC

The University of North Carolina (UNC) System picked Peter Hans, head of the state's community colleges, as its leader Friday, touting his state roots and ability to rise above rancorous ...

Type: HigherEd Leadership

Posted: June 29, 2020 - 6:15pm

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The six best countries to look for IT work

The number of smartphone users is also growing rapidly. As digital connectedness continues to affect more and more people and almost every aspect of ...

Type: Global IT Employment

Posted: June 30, 2020 - 2:18am

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Nearly half of American adults are now unemployed

The employment-population ratio - the number of employed people as a percentage of the U.S. adult population - plunged to 52.8% in May, meaning 47.2% of Americans are jobless, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics. As the coronavirus-induced shutdowns tore through the labor market, the share of population ...

Type: Employment News

Posted: June 30, 2020 - 6:47am

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Are student-earned certifications a good indication of job-ready skills?

Higher education academic programs emphasize equipping their graduates with some practical experience in their field of study through projects, internships, practicums, and so forth, to better prepare them for the job market ...

Type: Building Credible Experience

Posted: June 30, 2020 - 9:41am

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Change leading to improvement

Educators across Australia are always trying new ways to improve outcomes for their students. Not all changes result in improvements. Is there a way that we increase the likelihood of a change leading ...

Type: Leading Change

Posted: June 30, 2020 - 12:24pm

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A tailored approach to STEM learning

In STEM Studies at Parklands, we purposefully did not provide traditional assessment opportunities for students. There were no formal, summative assessment items ...

Type: STEM Learning

Posted: June 30, 2020 - 3:47pm

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STEM Studies - Our school's story

STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) at Parklands Christian College is not your typical STEM class. There are no robotics labs, we aren't flying drones and we definitely aren't coding apps. Whilst these are all valuable ventures, and we cheer on ...

Type: STEM Studies

Posted: June 30, 2020 - 9:50pm

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Combining samples of student work with rubrics

With 20 blank faces staring back at me, it was clear that no formative assessment was required. We had definitely not met the success criteria for this session ...

Type: Hands-On Learning

Posted: July 1, 2020 - 7:36am

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Using personal best goal-setting and values driven action

Our research in schools has clearly shown that adolescents tend to be lower in positive aspects of motivation such as self-confidence, valuing of school, persistence, planning and learning focus - and tend to be higher on negative aspects of motivation ...

Type: Goal Setting

Posted: July 1, 2020 - 1:45pm

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Service learning in schools

What was it that took Nathan from being 17 and barely literate to being the author of a chapter in a published book? What was it that saw Ellie, who once proudly declared that she 'hated school', seek work experience as a teacher's aide? What gave Paolo, normally riddled with anxiety ...

Type: Service Learning

Posted: July 1, 2020 - 11:45pm

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Communication Technology and Inclusion Will Shape the Future of Remote Work

In the past, remote employees have had a bad reputation. Many employers believed their workforce would be too easily distracted at home, where their managers ...

Type: Communication Technology

Posted: July 2, 2020 - 8:37am

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Is Working Remote or Working From an Office More Secure?

Pre-crisis, most assumed the reason we didn't work from home en masse was because we didn't know how to or that it would take too much investment. We now know that’s ...

Type: Remote Work

Posted: July 2, 2020 - 10:54am

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4 Tips for Contactless Hiring and Onboarding

Is it just me, or is it a bit strange to watch a movie and see strangers shaking hands when they meet? It will be a long time before that simple gesture will be an expected part of job interviews again. The global health crisis ushered ...

Type: Remote Hiring

Posted: July 3, 2020 - 10:27am

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5 Tips for Military Vets Transitioning Into a Remote Workforce or Business

Leaving service is enough of a sea change on its own, but combine that with a worldwide economic downturn, and vets now have to think more carefully about ...

Type: Military Veterans

Posted: July 3, 2020 - 7:48pm

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How to Step Back and Still Keep Your Team Accountable

In the natural world, massive flocks of starlings are called murmurations. They swarm through the sky in tight, ceaseless formation and can range from small groups to several ...

Type: Team Accountability

Posted: July 4, 2020 - 10:58am

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The Complete Toolkit for Leading Remote Workers

Ubiquitous connectivity, mobile technology, shifting generational expectations and life events like the current health crisis have all swiftly contributed to ...

Type: Leading Remotely

Posted: July 5, 2020 - 1:01pm

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FBI: Watch Out for 'Zoom-Bombings' on Online Video Meeting Apps

The FBI is warning the public to watch out for hijackers trying to infiltrate Zoom video sessions ...

Type: Tech Security

Posted: July 6, 2020 - 1:55pm

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98 Percent of Current Teleworkers Want to Work Remotely for Life

If you're not familiar with being a remote worker (a.k.a. a telecommuter or teleworker) doing the work-from-home (WFH) thing, well, you're probably going ...

Type: Telework Consensus

Posted: July 8, 2020 - 9:31pm

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Microsoft Teams Goes Down as Europe Tries to Work From Home

Microsoft Teams, the company's Slack competitor has gone down today under the load of people across Europe attempting to work from home ...

Type: Microsoft Teams

Posted: July 9, 2020 - 12:20am

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A Remote Workforce Keeps Your Business Agile

In early September, a creative agency contacted me about a resource-intense, high-profile project that needed to be turned around in just three weeks ...

Type: Agile Workers

Posted: July 9, 2020 - 7:35am

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The Coming Workplace Revolution

Today's workplace is experiencing a shift in the way we do business, a pivot we haven't seen since the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century. This transformation in ...

Type: Future of Work

Posted: July 10, 2020 - 7:44am

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To Build a Global Business, You Must First Expand Your Vision of What's Possible

As you're reading this, there are customers all over the world buying products and services, joining programs and hiring entrepreneurs. Internet access, social ...

Type: Global Business

Posted: July 12, 2020 - 1:14pm

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Taking Over Another Companies Remote Workers

Red Rocket recently acquired Restaurant Furniture Plus, a B2B ecommerce website selling furniture to restaurants. What made this business different from most of the other businesses ...

Type: Acquisition Experiences

Posted: July 13, 2020 - 11:51am

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6 Hacks for First-Time Entrepreneurs Seeking to Successfully Manage Remote Teams

As with any great opportunity, there are unique challenges associated with outsourcing business tasks to remote teams. In many cases, distance, time zones, language barriers and cultural differences must all be ...

Type: First Time Entrepreneurs

Posted: July 14, 2020 - 7:28am

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Which Country to Move to If You're Young and Want to Be Your Own Boss?

Forget debates about whether you should plant roots on one of the U.S. coasts or flock to the middle of the country to forge a startup hub. If you're thinking about making ...

Type: Global Moves

Posted: July 15, 2020 - 9:04am

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The Future of Work: Solving Problems Through a Flexible Workforce

The media devotes a lot of time to covering early adoption. Media outlets profile emerging technology trends, digital marketing best practices, and health and fitness movements ...

Type: Solving Problems

Posted: July 16, 2020 - 6:56pm

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Remote Leaders? Here's How Your Company Can Retain 99 Percent of The

Remote work has improved employees' work-life balance and widened company talent pools. Still, there are some drawbacks ...

Type: Remote Leaders

Posted: July 19, 2020 - 12:36am

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The Augmented Reality Workforce is Coming -- Here's What You Need to Know

Jobs for the average worker are becoming obsolete at rate much faster than anticipated. While advances in automation are revolutionizing the way many businesses operate ...

Type: Augmented Reality

Posted: July 20, 2020 - 9:06am

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The Key Management Skill for the 21st Century: Leading Remote Teams

The future of work was a major topic at SXSW this year, where I participated on a panel on the topic. Afterwards, a member of the audience approached me eager to learn how to become ...

Type: Future Of Work

Posted: July 21, 2020 - 10:12pm

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5 Tips for Surviving as a Digital Nomad

A few days after arriving in Nepal in the fall of 2015, I spoke with a fellow traveler who asked me what it is that I do for a living. After explaining to her that I'm into digital marketing ...

Type: Digital Nomad

Posted: July 22, 2020 - 8:52pm

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Maximizing Business Profits with Cloud-Based Apps

There has been an explosion of cloud-based applications and tools for both consumers and business owners, but which ones are best in class? During this 30-minute discussion, business management expert Gene Marks and technology ...

Type: Cloud-Based Apps

Posted: July 24, 2020 - 7:50am

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4 Tips for Successfully Managing a Virtual Workforce

The average office worker commute time for professionals in the U.S. is just over 25 minutes, or nearly an hour a day. Add to that the time spent getting ready at home, plus more time "settling in" at the office ...

Type: Virtual Workforce

Posted: July 27, 2020 - 2:15am

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Personalizing The Curriculum To Challenge Gifted And Talented Learners/

All students show an aptitude for certain subjects, but what about those students are significantly advanced in areas such as math, language, music, and arts? Those are the students that are admitted into gifted and talented programs around the country in hopes to ...

Type: Challenging Curriculum

Posted: July 28, 2020 - 9:04am

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Poised for Another Decade of Ed-Tech “Debacles”

The first was a Washington Post article by Drew Hartwell on the various tracking technologies higher education institutions are employing to surveil their students. As Hartwell reports, “Short-range phone sensors and campuswide WiFi networks are empowering colleges across the United States to track hundreds of thousands ...

Type: EduTech Debacles

Posted: July 28, 2020 - 9:02am

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These 10 Tools for Remote Workers Will Make Office Life a Permanent Thing of the Past

Many modern businesses have at least some remote workers. Working remotely increases productivity, reduces stress and is more cost-effective than working from an ...

Type: Remote Workers

Posted: July 28, 2020 - 9:00am

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Popular Questions From College and Trade School Students

Q: How can I start to freelance with no experience?

A: Our platform was created particularly for career-minded students who have gained little to no experience.

Type: Answered Questions

Posted: July 19, 2020 - 2:36am

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Popular Questions From College and Trade School Students

Q: How does CertificatinPoint help students overcome employment challenges they face during college/trade school?

A: Students earning potential is not restricted on our platform. Although learning and collaboration is emphasized, students are able to earn income based on their submitted bids for various projects. The collaborative projects and future connections you'll make will assist you whether your route ...

Type: Answered Questions

Posted: July 24, 2020 - 11:37pm

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Popular Questions From College and Trade School Students

Q: What should I include in my college student freelance portfolio?

A: For college students without alot of real-world experience its important to play to your strengths and build from there.

Type: Answered Questions

Posted: July 19, 2020 - 2:36am

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Popular Questions From College and Trade School Students

Q: What freelance jobs are in demand?

A: 5 Freelance Skills With The Highest Value & Earning Potential
1. Graphic Designer
2. Developer/Programmer
3. SEO/SEM Professional
4. Content Writer
5. Accounting
BONUS: Photography

Type: Answered Questions

Posted: July 30, 2020 - 5:04am

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Ball State University Admissions: Everything You Want to and Need to Know

Ball State University is a public institution located in Muncie, Indiana. Ball State offers degree options in business, education, communications, and nursing are popular with undergraduates. A robust student/faculty ratio backs students, and professors take a personalized approach to ...

Type: SpotLight: Ball State Univ

Posted: July 30, 2020 - 5:04amm

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Find the Keys to Team Loyalty By Answering These 3 Questions

You care about your job because it's your business. It's something you're passionate about. However, your team may have a different attitude about work ...

Type: Team Loyalty

Posted: July 30, 2020 - 4:59am

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. I think it is worthwhile, as the decade draws to a close, to review those stories and to see how much (or how little) things have changed. You can ...

Type: EduTech Decades' Debacles

Posted: July 30, 2020 - 5:00am

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Azusa Pacific University Admissions: Everything You Want to and Need to Know

Azusa Pacific University is a private university situated in Azusa, California. The institution boasts a student body of 10,000 bachelorette and post-graduate students who are supported by a student/faculty ratio of 13 to 1. Azusa offers over 150 bachelor's, graduate, and doctoral programs ...

Type: SpotLight: Azusa Pacific Univ.

Posted: July 30, 2020 - 3:26pm

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5 Great Coffee Shops to Work In Across the U.S.

Coffee shops are ordinarily an entrepreneur's home away from home. It's where they brainstorm, create, plan, write and collaborate ...

Type: National Work

Posted: August 2, 2020 - 2:01am

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Central Michigan University Admissions: Everything You Want to and Need to Know

Central Michigan University is a public research institution with an acceptance rate of 69%. The institution has a large selection of 200 undergraduate degree programs for students to choose from. A robust student/faculty ratio backs students, and professors take a ...

Type: SpotLight: Central Michigan Univ.

Posted: August 2, 2020 - 2:31am

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5 Tips for Launching a Startup Half a World Away

Everyone has heard the horror stories of launching a startup: sleepless nights, 20-hour days, sleeping bags under your desk, iteration after iteration of whatever it is you’re trying to perfect and bring to market ...

Type: Launching A Startup

Posted: August 5, 2020 - 3:53am

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Central Connecticut State University Admissions: Everything You Want to and Need to Know

Central Connecticut State University's 165-acre campus is situated in New Britain, Connecticut, just 15 minutes from the state capital of Hartford. The institution has a 16 to 1 student/faculty ratio. Students can choose from over 100-degree options in 80 disciplines with business ...

Type: SpotLight: Central Connecticut State

Posted: August 5, 2020 - 3:48am

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Where the Money is in Edtech Investing

Many of the most well-known edtech startups have focused on solving big challenges in higher education. College students trying to navigate the channels for financial aid, loan services, and even finding jobs have turned to apps like Commonbound and Trilogy Education ...

Type: EduTech Funding

Posted: August 5, 2020 - 3:51am

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EdTech Funding Breakthrough - Great Investment or Not?

The way people learn and how they are taught has been the same for centuries. However, the advent of the internet and technological innovations is changing this paradigm. These innovations are actually big business. The EdTech industry is attracting investors all over the world. Companies are focusing on how they can best benefit ...

Type: EduTech Funding

Posted: August 14, 2020 - 10:15am

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How to Build a Culture Across Your Virtual Workforce

Just because you have employees all across the globe, doesn't mean you still can't have company culture. Even with a virtual staff, entrepreneurs ...

Type: Building A Culture

Posted: August 12, 2020 - 4:53am

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EdTech: how technology is changing education in Africa

Tools such as mobile learning, cloud computing, and gamification are dynamically changing the learning experience. Amazingly there's more computing power inside even the most basic mobile phone than there was on the Apollo 11 when it landed on the moon in 1969. ...

Type: EdTech In Africa

Posted: September 28, 2020 - 2:48pm