Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2016

Way back in 2012, I selected “The Platforming of Education” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” Re-reading that article now makes me giggle/cringe. (To be fair, re-reading any of my old articles makes me giggle/cringe.) I wrote then about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and...

There’s been a lot of trumpeting among Silicon Valley types lately that bots are poised to be the “hot new thing.” Bots are, of course, a very old thing – at least in terms of “the digital age” – traceable to the earliest theorization of computer science. (See: Alan Turing,...

This post first appeared on aud.life One of the things that I wanted to underscore in my recent keynote at Davidson College as part of its Indie Ed-Tech Data Summit was how very much I appreciate being part of a group of ed-tech thinkers who write publicly, openly on their...

For the last couple of years – at the very least since the resurgence in venture-back ed-tech startups – there’s been a steady drumbeat of complaints that the procurement system at the K–12 level is broken. It’s inefficient. It’s “dysfunctional.” I’ve heard the complaint from entrepreneurs. I’ve heard it from...

It’s far too early to say much about what the year has in store for ed-tech. But I want to call out a couple of trends – many just a continuation from last year – that seem to be popping up in “the future of education” narratives: For-Profit Higher Education...

I've wrapped up my series "Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015," so it's time to start working on 2016. I plan to keep this blog updated regularly throughout the year. I'll post thoughts as the year progresses on what I'm seeing as emerging trends. I'll also link to all the weekly...