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4 Reasons Printed Textbooks Are Better Than Digital
Digital devices are everywhere. Most students possess at least one. We have become used to reading on laptops, tablets, e-readers and smartphones. Not laptops so much, ...
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The Secret You Must Know About Innovation Accounting for Your Edtech Startup
Even if you know everything about the lean startup methodology, there’s one tool you must have in your kit: innovation accounting. This strategy allows you to measure the quality and effectiveness of your edtech upheaval. Without innovation accounting, you’re not measuring your progress the way you should be. For several reasons, innovation can be one ...The Prevalence of Algortihms in Education
There’s an old rhetorical question that asks, “If you could keep only the alphabet or numbers, which would you choose and why?” The answer is numbers, of course, because in addition to describing quantities, numbers can do double duty as language. In fact, numbers have already become the language of education, in the form of ...How Much Bias Is Okay in Your School?
The algorithm has proven itself to be a handy tool when it comes to solving education problems. It’s also not without bias. You may be wondering how some as benign as a simple math formula can be harmful. Is essence, the algorithm present little, if any danger. It’s what happens next that alter your child’s ...Edtech Can’t Replace Poor Instruction
Edtech has not delivered on its promise to transform education. In fact, schools seldom realize the full promise of education technology. Are we expecting too much from technology? A new OECD report, Students, Computers and Learning: Making the Connections, has found that investing heavily in ICT for education doesn’t lead to appreciable improvements in student ...Why E-Textbooks Haven’t Taken Over Schools
E-textbooks have not replaced paper books at schools. There are many reasons why e-textbooks are not taking off. Let’s look at a few of them. Paper allows for more effective study Even when they have bought an e-textbook, many students print it out so they can make notes and highlight important parts of the text ...The Process of Selling Your Education/Edtech Company
While there are many reasons why edtech companies fail, there are also a number of reasons for wanting to sell off a successful edtech company. After years of watching you reach one goal after the other, your investors and shareholders may insist on some financial return. Or maybe you established your business to have a ...
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