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What Happens to Student Data Privacy When Chinese Firms Acquire U.S. Edtech Companies?

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Their main goal in acquiring United States edtech companies lies in building profitability, says Pep So, NetDragon’s Director of Corporate Development. In the edtech space, in particular, I am actually kind of excited that Chinese money is coming into the U.S. edtech startups,” Carter explains. “I It is not just an edtech, U.S.

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CoSN 2019: New Analytics Dashboard Measures Education Technology ROI

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The dashboard, Analytics Powered by Relay , allows schools to monitor how often devices are used, ensure student data privacy, make digital resources equitable, measure changes in student outcomes and measure how much time is being spent using school resources.

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Instructure Is Back on the Stock Market, But Not Much Change Expected For Canvas Users

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That’s because even with the IPO, Thoma Bravo will maintain majority ownership of Instructure, notes Phil Hill, an edtech consultant and blogger. “I They have not been the ‘evil’ company trying to use data to change their strategy.” And Instructure’s latest prospectus doesn’t mention big plans to use data or algorithms, notes Hill.

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CoSN 2025: Humans in an AI world

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Key points: CoSN 2025 will tackle AI in education, among other topics CoSN outlines trends, challenges in K-12 innovation 10 tips for using analytics and adaptive tech in schools For more news on CoSN, visit eSN’s CoSN Corner Like it or not, AI is evolving, and it is cementing its place in education.

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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

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It was early in offering programs that highlighted edtech,” says Frank Catalano, an independent industry strategist who previously served on SIIA’s education board. “It It was essentially the go-to association for the edtech industry.” Panels and keynotes covered the latest industry trends. billion in U.S.

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K-12 and Higher Ed Institutions Lead Consortium to Advance EdTech Innovation and Trust

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Does your school district or higher ed institution use a learning management system (LMS), digital curriculum resources, learning tools, assessment applications, a badging platform, a single-sign-on application launcher or a student information system? In 2006 the consortium featured 50 member organizations.

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Campus Edtech Has Shifted Focus From Tech to Ed

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But it did save instructors huge amounts of time on an administrative task, and that left space for more meaningful work with their students. A decade later, that trend toward a focus on the end users has grown and evolved in two important ways. Already, educators and students are asking good, hard questions. Absolutely not.

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