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28 septembre 2014
Ed Tech Investment & Exit Report – 2014 On Track for New Funding Record
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Ed Tech Investment & Exit Report – 2014 On Track for New Funding Record
Unattributed, CB Insights, 2014/09/26
Interesting set of statistics related to venturer capital investments in education technology. The first overall trend is that money is pouring into the sector at a record pace. Second, the list of must well-funded ed tech companies might surprise you - leading the way are companies like Open English, TutorGroup and lynda.com. "Open English is an online school created to reinvent the English-language-learning experience targeted towards Spanish and Portuguese speakers in the Americas. More...
28 septembre 2014
Five Ways to Improve Email
By Cathy Davidson. On Friday, Sept 26 (tomorrow) I'll be on NPR's "To the Point" with Benjamin Gottlieb talking with Matt Richtel (A Deadly Wandering) and David Greenfield (Director of the Center for Internet and Technology Addiction) about distraction. I'm downloading Matt's new book on the terrible tragedy of the two scientists who were killed in Utah by a young man texting while driving and how that is a metaphor and emblem for the technology distractions of our era. More...
27 septembre 2014
5 ways to work video into the learning system
By Ioanna Opidee. While video’s presence in higher learning is undoubtedly expanding, the frequency and extent to which it is being used varies widely—even within institutions. More...
27 septembre 2014
Mobile device use in the classroom shapes success in the workplace
By Rony Zarom. The education tide is shifting in favor of a new mobile paradigm as a way to ease students’ transition into the workplace.
According to a Marketing Charts study, today’s college student owns an average of seven mobile devices and spends nearly four hours a day using a smart phone. More...
27 septembre 2014
A CFP on Executable Culture
By Jason B. Jones. As a blog, we have always been interested in translating aspects of maker culture into higher ed. (For just a couple of examples, see Erin “On Building” or Anastasia on “Making Games in the Classroom with Scratch”.) Having said that, it is difficult to translate the products and process of making things into quantifiable academic publishing units. Read more...27 septembre 2014
What You Need to Know About Yik Yak, an App Causing Trouble on Campuses
By Rebecca Koenig. Anonymous posts on a smartphone application called Yik Yak are facilitating conversations on college campuses, but the dialogue is not always fit for the classroom. Discussions on the app sometimes dredge up racist, sexist, and other degrading content, and students at multiple colleges have been arrested for using Yik Yak to post threats to campus safety. Read more...22 septembre 2014
Online Debate on Mobile Learning
UNESCO and the Education Fast Forward Foundation are organizing an online Oxford Debate on Mobile Learning from Thursday 18 until Friday 26 September, 2014. More...
21 septembre 2014
The 5 best universities for mobile technology
By . Spotting colleges and universities with the best mobile device policies is increasingly difficult, as higher education — driven in part by K-12′s mobile adoption — is investing time and money into creating the most friendly mobile atmosphere possible. More...
21 septembre 2014
7 EdTech Failures Going Into EDUCAUSE
By Joshua Kim. The successes of educational technology (edtech) will no doubt be celebrated once again at this year’s EDUCAUSE Annual Conference (9/29 to 10/2 in Orlando). We will talk about all the ways that technology has catalyzed discussions of learning on campus. Read more...
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