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How Will the Trends of 2020 & 2021 Translate into 2022?
In the first episode of Season 2, Voices of E-learning host JW Marshall welcomes co-host Leena Saleh who is joining the show for 2022. A former teacher, recent addition to the Canva team, and creator of educational content, Saleh is heralded as an EdTech guru by Marshall. Having delivered 85 impactful episodes in its…
Will Higher Education Invest in Entryway Devices as a Risk Mitigation Tool?
Since the beginning of the pandemic, every industry has had conversations about how to use technology to mitigate risk and return to full capacity. Those discussions remain imperative, as it appears that COVID-19 is likely to become an endemic. Should that track to be accurate, the virus will be something that stays around indefinitely….
Breaking Down the Need for Cybersecurity in EdTech
Using the internet as a resource is hardly new in the education space. The security of that connection is pertinent to maintaining a safe and educational environment for students and teachers. Identity Automation’s Jamie Donally and Michael Webb discuss the value and importance of cybersecurity in the education space with host Ben Thomas. The state…
Introducing Tuesdays with Morrisey
Back by popular demand, Adam Morrisey, VP of Sales and Marketing at Shipshape, today announced the launch of his new podcast and newsletter series, Tuesdays with Morrisey. Morrisey aims to connect with entrepreneurs, authors and thought leaders to empower listeners with new insights on topics including leadership, creativity, technology and business. “This project presents an…
Schools Struggle to Reach Their Education Technology Goals. Here’s Why and How To Fix It.
As we hit the two-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic, the education sector continues to struggle in adjusting to virtual and hybrid education at scale. In 2020, McKinsey estimated that, due to COVID closures and the abrupt transition to online education, kids lost almost 7 months of learning regardless of socioeconomic background, a level of…
Encourage Students to Follow Experience Versus Pay at First
To say Manette Morrow is actively living and pursuing the American dream is an understatement. As owner of The Perfect Assistant Consulting, which provides administrative, familial and organizational services for executives, Morrow is also a real estate agent, philanthropist for Sunset Community Farm, educator, former airline attendant, Uber driver, mom, and all-around hard worker….
EdTech Providers Join Forces to Democratize Options for Hybrid Learning
Hybrid learning, meaning the use of technology to make alternatives to standard, in-classroom learning available, is nothing new. However, the pandemic has created an urgent need for more and more diverse hybrid learning options that work for both teachers and students. According to Duncan Peberdy of Learn From Anywhere, many colleges and universities have…
EdTech: How to Motivate and Engage Educators in Challenging Times
Flexibility means everything in education today. Dr. Karen Ingram, national education consultant for Istation, and Dr. Claudia Castillas, a bilingual virtual product development coach at Istation, joined host Hilary Kennedy to dive into ways administrators and personnel can support teachers in this era of education. When a technological solution is comprehensive and flexible —…
School Safety Today: Understanding the Role of Lockdown Drills
Lockdown drills: they may be an increasing trend in education systems across the country, but there is a debate on the merits of these drills versus the impact they have on students, teachers, and staff. Which causes more harm, the threat of a shooting occurring, or the stress imposed by participating in lockdown drills? School…
Bridging the Investment Gap and Inefficiencies of Youth Sports
Seeing his own kids grow up playing school sports, Chuck Thompson, Nike Dallas FC president, noticed a gap in youth sports — it is inefficient and doesn’t set players up for success. He joined Host Katie Steinberg of Game Changers to discuss the Nike Dallas Football Club and its impact on the community. Thompson’s vision…
How Top Dallas Companies Turned the Pandemic into an Era of Success
It’s hard to imagine too many companies looking back on the last 18 months and claiming it to be a successful era of growth and confidence. And yet, for SMU’s Dallas 100, resilience, ingenuity, and some strategic nimbleness gave them a path to success even when the odds looked grim. For the 31st year…
Making the List: What it Means to One Company to be in the Dallas 100™
Ironside Human Services achieved the honor of making the Dallas 100 Entrepreneur Awards. The company is a national recruiting firm for healthcare professionals. They offer temporary and permanent placement for all jobs in the sector, from entry-level to the c-suite. Winning this award demonstrates the company’s commitment to being a leading company in its industry. Doug Carter,…
The more Dr. Iskandar learns about dental implants and technology, the more he loves his results: On Point
On this episode of On Point, a podcast from X-Nav, Host Tyler Kern talked with Dr.Mounir Iskandar, a certified restorative and cosmetic dentistry specialist and a Surgical Prosthodontist at Radiance Dentistry. The duo spoke about his career and the technologies he employs in dentistry. When Iskandar graduated from medical school in 1998, dental implants…
Gamified Learning is Helping Students Connect the Dots Through Language
Key Points: Gamification is the idea of educators turning the goal of a lesson plan into a game, encouraging topic retention by incentivizing “winning” and engaging challenges. Educators need to treat mathematics as a language so students can connect what is happening “underneath” the math. The gamified learning market is actively growing, but does growth…
InfoComm 2021: USC Invested in the Cloud During COVID. Will it Pay Off Long-Term?
Universities have made some sweeping changes and added new capabilities to their offerings after the pandemic forced most schools to adapt. Now networks and systems are preparing to support hybrid and in-person learning, as well as synchronous and asynchronous choices for nontraditional students. While at this year’s InfoComm, we asked Lex Peters, UX Designer…
If Federal Transit Funding Falls Short, Will the Private Sector Fill the Gaps?
Key Points: A lack of a dedicated funding as well as additional expansion over the years has given Metrorail problems. Transit agencies have been relying on special equipment made only by a few US companies. Technical support from manufactures as well as organized safety culture that includes procedures for employees to follow are needed…
The Snowball Effects of Learning Loss
“Learning loss describes the loss of knowledge and skill that students experience when they’re not in school,” Grabill said. “It’s kind of the idea that learning decays over time if students don’t engage with it or use it regularly.” The pandemic forced educators to change the way they teach, as students shifted to an…
How One Startup is Targeting the Growing Threat of Cross-Language Plagiarism
Key Points: EdTech gained steam during the pandemic as classes moved online. Technology also increased opportunities to cheat and plagiarize. Cross-language plagiarism is a growing threat, as tech allows translation of languages. Commentary: EdTech has become more important in the last year and a half and, with technology, has more opportunities to cheat and…
Moving The Needle With Progress Monitoring: How To Accelerate Learning And Get Growth.
“One of the things we’ve done for a long time is to progress monitor and look for gaps in the student’s learning and meet those students where they are,” Pruitt said. “That has really been a process we’ve done in the past.” The pandemic put a significant hindrance on learning. With things getting back…
Part One: Navigating Change As A Leader In Today’s World: ConCensis
As a society at large, we’ve gone through a massive cultural upheaval and have had many of our societal norms challenged by a time of crisis. Not only was this a strain on everyone’s day-to-day stability, but it also put a wrench in most office-setting business leadership. On this first part of a Censis Technologies…
Studies Show Only 16% of Millennials Understand Basic Financial Concepts
Keypoints: Younger generations aren’t taught financial concepts as a life skill. Financial decision-making is something to be learned in middle and high school. Millennials saddled in student debt can’t afford mortgages. Commentary: You can’t read financial news without noticing reports about how the younger generations are writing their own rules regarding finances. A 2020…
As Math Proficiency Scores Decline Nationwide, How Should Curriculum Shift?
Disruptions to education during the pandemic had a serious impact on knowledge retention and student performance, and it’s bearing out in assessment numbers. Whether it’s a fault in the test themselves, a byproduct of COVID, or a mix of both, mathematics is one of the subjects affected the most. A study from the National…
Can American EdTech Companies Keep Pace with India?
Key Points: A shift from in-person learning to remote learning has changed education dramatically which has impacted 1.2 billion students worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a catalyst for the global edtech boom. The edtech market in India is expected to grow from $700 million to $30 billion within the next decade. Commentary: The…
Medical Professionals Leave and Join the Industry in Droves. How Should This Shape Healthcare Education?
The height of the pandemic was an era of unparalleled stress on medical professionals, and this existential moment for US healthcare has had two parallel effects. On one hand, nearly 1/5th, or 18%, of healthcare workers quit their jobs since February 2020 due to the workload of the pandemic, general burnout, and insufficient pay….
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