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Tutor.com Has Delivered 20 Million Online Tutoring Sessions
Tutor.com™, one of the nation’s largest online tutoring companies, has reached an impressive milestone: 20 million one-to-one tutoring sessions—and counting. Nearly two million of those 20 million sessions were delivered in 2020—a year in which Tutor.com met record-breaking demand for its services. At peak times, Tutor.com was delivering 7,500 tutoring sessions a day. Overall, 2020…
How Microsoft Education is Embracing the New Normal
Anthony Salcito doesn’t want things to go back to normal. Rather, he wants things to get better. As VP of Worldwide Education at Microsoft, he has navigated the company’s response to the pandemic across the planet. In this episode of EdTech Today, Anthony examines the new tools and techniques used in this massive beta…
FirePoint Brings First Hacking for Defense Program to Kansas
This semester, students at Wichita State University have become the first in Kansas to put their innovation skills to work in solving real-world national defense challenges as part of the Hacking for Defense (H4D) program, thanks to the FirePoint Innovations Center and WSU’s Masters of Innovation Design program. H4D, a program of the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN), is a semester-long course…
Giving Teachers the Confidence and Strategies to Shift Online
Celebrating the leaders and experts that are powering education into the future, host JW Marshall sets out to ask the “right questions” in EdTech to understand the changes in policy and technology that will power our universities, tradeschools, and companies – and drive growth in upskilling certifications. Most teachers had little experience with online teaching when…
5 Innovative Cybersecurity Training Strategies to Try in 2021
As much as 88 percent of data breaches are caused by human error, but only 43 percent of workers admit having made mistakes that compromised cybersecurity. In the past year, one-third of the breaches incorporated social engineering techniques and the cost of a breach caused by a human error averaged $3.33 million. The need for consistent and effective cybersecurity training…
Upskilling Strategies That Work
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on the nation’s economy, with 13.6 million Americans out of work in August 2020. According to McKinsey, even before the current crisis, evolving technologies and new ways of working were disrupting jobs and the skills employees needed to do them. This shift, coupled with a dramatic split in college attendance between higher and…
Elevating Evolving Learning Models with Cutting-Edge AV
Celebrating the leaders and experts that are powering education into the future, host JW Marshall sets out to ask the “right questions” in EdTech to understand the changes in policy and technology that will power our universities, tradeschools, and companies – and drive growth in upskilling certifications. A year after the pandemic, education is still adjusting…
How One University Used Data to Drive Their COVID Response
(DARREN CATALANO, CEO, HELIOCAMPUS) Like with any significant moment in time, “Where were you in 2020?” will likely become a topic of conversation for higher ed leaders for years to come, quickly followed by, “What did you do?” Beyond the comradery that comes of shared experiences, there is significant value in this reflection, not just…
Biden Administration’s EdTech Plan: Bridge the Student Digital Divide
With a new administration comes new policy visions, and the Biden administration has already vocalized some priorities for the United States’ education system. Reporting out of The 74 Million asserts that the new administration is pointing to the digital divide amongst students as one of the first inequities it plans to tackle, as millions of…
New Study Reveals Virtual Reality Skills Training Is Poised for Explosive Growth
Mursion, the industry leader in immersive virtual reality training for emotional intelligence in the workplace, and Future Workplace, an advisory and membership organization that prepares HR leaders for the future of work, today announced their partner study: VR Changes the Game for Soft Skills Training. The report examines the rapidly growing trend of VR simulation training being adopted as a means to…
Meeting the Demand for Better EdTech Solutions and Data
Celebrating the leaders and experts that are powering education into the future, host JW Marshall sets out to ask the “right questions” in EdTech to understand the changes in policy and technology that will power our universities, tradeschools, and companies – and drive growth in upskilling certifications. Education received a technology boost that was…
Exam Proctoring Softwares Draw Criticisms Over Student Privacy
There’s no question that the remote learning technology that popped up and evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic helped students and teachers engage from a distance under truly extraordinary circumstances. However, now that the dust has settled, concerns have arisen – specifically around the privacy rights of students asked to take exams and complete other work…
Why a Multiscreen Classroom is the Future of Learning
Hybrid-remote learning provides the flexibility and freedom schools, parents, and students need in the current pandemic. However, moving a traditional classroom that’s built for face-to-face delivery to a hybrid-remote environment where instructors are teaching to both students in the classroom and online, often simultaneously, will take more than simply a laptop and a video conferencing…
American College of Education and Study.com Announce Partnership
Study.com and American College of Education (ACE) have entered into a partnership that gives adult learners an affordable pathway to earn a college degree. The partnership offers students seamless transfer of up to 60 college credits earned using Study.com’s online College Accelerator platform to ACE toward degrees in education, leadership, healthcare, nursing and business. “At Study.com, our partners share a belief…
How Engineers Work and Learn Remotely During a Pandemic
The work of engineers is often mission critical, from ensuring that life-saving medical equipment can function properly, to providing infrastructure for 5G communications systems, to monitoring national security and defense. Performing this work from home during a global pandemic with limited access to labs and the essential technology required to do our jobs is the…
3 Reasons COVID-19 Should Spur Digital Transformation in Education
At the end of 2019, college presidents were asked what they saw as the greatest challenges for higher education in 2020 and the results are fascinating given the way the year has gone. Although none of the responders knew just how drastically 2020 would change higher education, their responses still reflect the most valid concerns…
IT Innovators in Education Need Rest, Too
Virtual or hybrid education has been a blessing during the COVID-19 pandemic. When it’s a risk to gather and parents may not feel comfortable sending their children to a classroom, technology has allowed classrooms to take place virtually. Making sure teachers can teach and students can learn and that they have the devices and network…
CES: How 5G Is Poised to Shape Education in 2021
This MarketScale industry update saw host Daniel Litwin rewelcome special guest Kevin Hogan, host of MarketScale’s Remote Possibilities and edtech industry expert. It’s an interesting time for technology in education – with vaccines rolling out around the world and many students already back in school with precautions like masks and social distancing in place, it’s…
Apple Announces Racial Equity Investments
Tech giant Apple is responding to a year full of racial unrest with a focus on racial equity, backed up by an investment of $100 million last June, as reported by The Verge. The investment, said CEO Tim Cook, addresses an opportunity for Apple to “challenge the systemic barriers to opportunity and dignity that exist…
Simio Announces Student Simulation 2020 Winners
The Simio Student Simulation Competition is a bi-annual event dedicated to undergraduate and graduate teams across the world participating in simulation modeling and scheduling coursework. The Simio Student Competition is the industry’s leading competition for students, and it prepares students for the application of simulation technology to solve complex real-world problems in teams of not…
Getting Back to Hands-On Creative Learning
Celebrating the leaders and experts that are powering education into the future, host JW Marshall sets out to ask the “right questions” in EdTech to understand the changes in policy and technology that will power our universities, tradeschools, and companies – and drive growth in upskilling certifications. The way teachers teach and students learn…
Challenge Accepted: Higher Ed and Cutting-Edge AV Technology Find COVID-19 Learning Solutions
The COVID-19 pandemic transformed the landscape of many aspects of life. Still, one of the most noticeable paradigms is the shift in the way education must face the challenges of teaching and engaging students. For higher education, getting it right could mean the difference between staying open or closing doors forever. A podcast panel…
INROADS Joins Digital Hub For Innovative Leadership And Career Development
INROADS congratulates Apple, Southern Company and Ed Farm on their commitment to promote racial equity and justice through the development of the Propel Center. This physical and virtual campus will provide students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) with access to knowledge, skills, tools and resources necessary to excel as innovators and entrepreneurs. Propel Center is…
Why US EdTech Should Consider Going Global
Celebrating the leaders and experts that are powering education into the future, host JW Marshall sets out to ask the “right questions” in EdTech to understand the changes in policy and technology that will power our universities, tradeschools, and companies – and drive growth in upskilling certifications. In a global economy, it’s hard to…
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