Education - Issue #126: Standardized Testing, Edtech after COVID, and UK's "New Start"

Many schools used standardized tests administered early in the school year to determine where students are in their learning in order to provide individualized instruction. However, adaptive and predictive technology tools may provide a better way to gather such information, providing more meaningful data with fewer negative consequences, ideally in a way, which dovetails with remote learning.

Is the edtech boom built to last? These companies certainly make sense during a pandemic when everyone is trapped at home. But once (or if) life returns to normal, some of these companies may find themselves without a place in the post-pandemic world. To preempt that possibility, each is pursuing a different strategy to ride the current edtech wave towards permanent relevancy. Some will work better than others.

The EdTech sector creates jobs, grows exports and attracts much-needed investment. The UK Edtech sector is vibrant, growing, and can play its full part in the ‘New Start’ Industrial Strategy.

The article offers the following ways research institutions can protect their intellectual property from cybercrime:

1. Take Inventory of Your Research

2. Create Partnerships With Faculty, Staff and Students

3. Secure Remote and Collaborative Research

4. Work with Law Enforcement to Protect Information