Survey uncovers big trends in online learning
Editor’s note: The HotChalk Education Index surveyed more than 25,000 students, teachers, parents, and tutors – here is an overview of the results.
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SXSWedu half time report
Editor’s note: a temperature check on the SXSWedu conference in Austin, Texas. Gives a flavour of tech developments in the education space.
Learning is changing
Editor’s note: The global nature of personal communication coupled with the easy of use of doing it – through mobile devices – is changing the way we learn, says Steve Wheeler. This will have a big impact on the role of schools and work-based learning.
What does Learning Technologies 2013 tell us about learning technologies?
The Learning Technologies 2013 conference and exhibition was the biggest ever, so what does it…
Ten innovative ideas in consumer electronics
Editor’s note: A round-up of developments from the Consumer Electronics Show in the US.
Social learning startup Grockit raises $20M
Editor’s note: Grockit, owner of Learnist, the Pinterest for learning, has raised another big chunk of funding. There’s plenty of venture capital in education technology and it is interesting to see this spill into the general life-long learning space.
Top ed-tech trends of 2012: the business of ed-tech
Editor’s note: A look at how this market is hotting up where the investment is going.
Costly hi-tech kit lies unused in schools, says study
Editor’s note: A cautionary tale from the education sector in which technology is failing to drive innovation because schools don’t properly understand how to realise the potential of the technology.
Building next generation talent systems
David Wilson of analyst elearnity told delegates at the HR Tech Europe conference that integration…
5 perspectives on the future of the human interface
Editor’s note: Worth keeping an eye on how tech hardware is developing and how that could impact human interaction with devices. This article is a useful, future looking primer.
Video: the future of learning
As a part of Ericsson’s Networked Society initiative, the company has created this 20-minute video…
Technology: from the stone axe to smart phones – another 50 blogs in 50 days
Editor’s note: Following on from his series on 50 learning thinkers, Donald Clark is writing another series, this time 50 posts on learning technologies. Today is day three and we have already looked at the axe and cave paintings.
Twitter, Facebook are bad for your self-esteem, survey finds
Is social media bad for you hello? A new British study strongly suggests that the answer is yes, with more than half of those contacted reporting that social networking has adversely affected their behavior.For those who