Education Themes and Trends 2013

Gregg Alpert alpertgm8@gmail.com

February 2013

Overview

•  Education Technology •  Themes and Trends

Ed Tech Themes and Trends 1.  Blended Learning 2.  Data and Utilizing New Data 3.  Free Education Content & Products 4.  Rise of the Tablet 5.  Education in Emerging Markets 6.  The Maker 7.  Learning to Code / Bootcamps for Everything 8.  Informal Learning and Displaying Competencies 9.  Education Marketplaces / Platforms 10. Other

Education in Emerging Markets

Blended Learning

Education Technology

Data / Utilizing Data

Tablets / Mobile

Informal Learning / Displaying Competencies

Education Marketplaces

Free Content and Products

Blended Learning

Primary focus still on creating a great school environment with great teachers, school leaders and school culture

Data Lots of new data being created by

educational software applications (blended learning environments, adaptive learning platforms, behavior management and apps connected to SIS / LMS)

More effective teaching and learning; improving learning outcomes a.  Personalizing learning b.  Teachers grouping students based on competency rather than age c.  Pinpointing problem areas and where students need the most help

Utilizing New Data

Free Education Content and Products What is happening •  Free quality content in K-12 and higher ed / MOOCs are here to stay and only

getting better •  Higher Ed will get disrupted •  Companies going direct to consumer are experiencing rapid growth and a number of

huge successes •  These are all great things for the world of education; increases access and

efficiency in educating the world

Lessons Learned •  Teachers and Students want to easily test and use products •  Adoption needs to be easy •  Products need to be useful and work like consumers other non education products

(i.e. fb, google docs) •  Need to get to market extremely fast, iterate fast and move quickly

Rise of the Tablet Cheap Tablets •  Aakash, Kindle, Chromebooks, Nook, the next

tablet, software that can be used on any android based tablet

This enables a couple of things •  Easier to create blended learning models in K-12 •  Developing countries can leapfrog crappy systems

and start using top of the line SaaS products and immediately implement new tools, capture data, and provide better learning experiences

Education in Emerging Markets

Pair cheap tablets / devices + free education content & products + connected apps (via APIs) = the perfect combination for education in emerging markets

The Maker

•  DIY.org •  MakerFaire.com •  Learning to code -

becoming doers

Learning to Code / Bootcamps for Everything

Informal Learning and Displaying Competencies

•  Informal Learning (offline and online): General Assembly, Skillshare, Meetup.com, Udacity, Coursera, MITx, EdX, Udemy

•  Displaying competencies: VERI, LearningJar, Degreed, Linkedin

Taking data from offline and online courses and displaying competency for college admission and / or job prospects

Education Marketplaces / Platforms •  iTunes edu apps & iTunesU; google play for edu apps; Amazon;

edshelf edu apps •  MOOCs; Professional skills course marketplaces: Udemy, Lynda

Classroom of the Future

Appendix / Other Things I am Watching

Higher Order Thinking / Skill Development

•  Workforce Training o  Skill Development o  Retooling

•  Lumosity: brain games and training, mixing game playing and brain development

•  Minerva Project: creating a new model for higher ed

My Vision for the Future of Education

• Accessible, Efficient, Engaging, Fun

•  Teachers, Students, and Parents all working together to help a student succeed

•  Learners of all ages accessing the personalized content and tools they need to learn what they want anytime, anywhere

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of-2013.html#slide18 •  http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/startups-to-look-out-for-in-2013/?

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