Education - Issue #141 - An Edtech Role Model, and News from Around the World

Edtech trailblazer Ed Harrell devotes considerable time and effort to working with student entrepreneurs. For many years, he has traveled regularly to Hawaii to work with college and high school students to help them think like entrepreneurs. This work benefits the students throughout their entire lives and not just in their entrepreneurial pursuits. Ed’s work makes him a great example of how a successful edtech entrepreneur can have a positive impact on technology, not only through technology companies but by serving as a role model and teacher for the next generation of entrepreneurs.

An industry-led coalition looking at opportunities for Singapore in the educational technology sector has come up with several initiatives to position the country as a global talent hub in the field.

At the national and school levels, education technology (also known as EdTech) is closing the learning gap. In particular, virtual classrooms, TV, radio and online platforms have been activated or strengthened to support learning at a level that we’ve not seen before both inside and outside Africa.

Here are 8 trends that leaders and IT teams are watching this year:

1. More Advanced LMS

2. Rise in Sophisticated Videoconferencing Platforms

3. Proliferation of Clean Air & Healthy Building Tech

4. Increasing Use of AR & VR

5. More Robust Networks to Come

6. Outdoor Wi-Fi Is Here to Stay

7. New Ways to Give Remote Exams

8. Esports Investments to Rise in Years to Come