August 16, 2018
The August Edition

The State of EdTech

EdTech is nothing new. It’s been ten years since Dave Cormier coined the term MOOC and over five years since The New York Times dubbed it the “Year of the MOOC.” Yet, in that time much has changed, and in many ways we are only now beginning to unlock the potential of digital as a powerful tool to advance learning. This month we take a look at the promising state of EdTech today — from using machine learning to close the gender gap in STEM to helping today’s leaders upskill their analytics mastery to sparking public discourse literally across the globe.

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In This Edition

Each edition explores a facet of the digital economy and investigates the forces transforming it.

  • 01

    Harvard Business Analytics Program: Narrowing a Gap in the Big Data Age

    The explosion of available data and subsequent renaissance in data-driven decision making is poised to open up 2.7 million new jobs in analytics by 2020. To meet this growing demand, Harvard is taking an interdisciplinary approach to help professionals upskill their business analytics mastery.

  • 02

    Using Data to Power Education

    As the largest online learning platform for higher eduction, Coursera has global scale. In this flash talk from our 2018 Future Assembly, Head of Data Science Emily Glassberg Sands shares how she and her team of data scientists harness data from millions of participants to enhance learner outcomes and deliver personalized, targeted recommendations on everything from suggested courses to difficult problems.

  • 03

    Using Technology to Increase Equality of Opportunity

    Women are more likely than men to drop out of data science classes when they receive a low score in an early assignment. The Coursera team shares how they're using targeted interventions to tackle this trend and help close the gender gap in STEM.

  • 04

    Converting Information Technology to Deliberative Technology

    The Global Philosopher, a special 4-part series with BBC Radio 4, gave Professor Michael J. Sandel an opportunity to initiate global dialogue like he'd never done before. Using HBX's innovative Live Studio, the series virtually brought together individuals from across the globe to engage in lively debate about some of today's most pressing issues. In this keynote from the 2018 Harvard University IT Summit, Sandel muses on the promise — and limitations — of this style of public discourse.

  • 05

    Why K-12 Education Needs Data Strategists

    It makes sense that born-digital educational products like MOOCs would have robust data capabilities, but what about the schools and teachers that are, as they always have been, in charge of training children in the earlier stages of their education journey? Harvard Director of Education and Communication Miriam Greenberg makes the case for establishing a new profession in K-12 education: the data strategist.

  • 06

    Gamifying Student Data

    Fresno Unified School District had built a robust data-collection system, but none of it was being put to use. That is, until Harvard Strategic Data Project Fellow David Jansen developed a app that turned improving student outcomes into a compelling game.

  • 07

    HBX Live Program Teaches Entrepreneurs How to Scale Their Businesses

    Using HBS’s innovative virtual classroom, HBX Live, the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship is reaching leaders in a range of industries and locations in order to teach them how to scale their business ventures.

Events

Oct 30 2018

EDUCAUSE Annual Conference

EDUCAUSE Annual Conference
Twenty years of EdTech.

The EDUCAUSE Annual Conference calls together the best thinking in higher education IT to become even better at what we do. This is where professionals and technology providers from around the world gather to network, share ideas, grow professionally, and discover solutions to today’s challenges. It’s the largest gathering of your peers…people you can relate to, learn from, and stay connected to throughout the year.

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Jan 31 2019

Across Boundaries Conference

Across Boundaries Conference
For entrepreneurs, educators, education administrators, investors, developers, students, and industry experts who are interested in the future and current state of educational technology in early education, K-12 education, higher education or continuing education.

The LearnLaunch Across Boundaries conference, now in its 7th year, brings together an edtech community – from New England and beyond – interested in driving innovation to transform learning and increase achievement using digital technologies. Educators, education administrators, entrepreneurs, investors, education companies, and technology innovators are all part of the community that attends this yearly event to authentically learn, educate others, and discuss the burning questions of the day.The LearnLaunch Across Boundaries conference, now in its 7th year, brings together an edtech community – from New England and beyond – interested in driving innovation to transform learning and increase achievement using digital technologies. Educators, education administrators, entrepreneurs, investors, education companies, and technology innovators are all part of the community that attends this yearly event to authentically learn, educate others, and discuss the burning questions of the day.

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Influencers

  1. Emily Glassberg Sands

    Emily Glassberg Sands

    Emily has a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University and is the head of data science at Coursera.

  2. Karim Lakhani

    Karim Lakhani

    Karim is Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, the Principal Investigator of the Crowd Innovation Lab and NASA Tournament Lab and the faculty co-founder of the HBS Digital Initiative.

  3. Bharat Anand

    Bharat Anand

    Bharat is a Professor in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School, is the faculty chair of the HBX initiative, and serves on the HarvardX Faculty Committee.

  4. Janice Hammond

    Janice Hammond

    Jan is the Jesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing and the Senior Associate Dean for Culture at Community at Harvard Business School.

  5. Michael Sandel

    Michael Sandel

    Michael is a philosopher and professor at Harvard University known for his use of the Socratic method to encourage public discourse. His course Justice was the first Harvard course to be made available freely online and has been viewed millions of times.

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