General EdTech
A broad look at the technology used in education, focused on teaching & learning, to understand market forces and educational impact

Success Porn in EdTech
Exaggerating reality, declaring success, and promoting endlessly
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Interesting Reads This Week
A few of the things we found interesting this week and why
Glenda Morgan /

Less Filling, Tastes Great
The problem with on-demand, reusable content provided without an instructor
Glenda Morgan /

An Updated Overview of the Online Proctoring Market
Updated product listing and revised category descriptions based on feedback
Glenda Morgan /

Calbright College and CBE Lessons
CBE advocates would do well to back off on pure-play direct assessment
Phil Hill /

Overview of the Online Proctoring Market
Meazure Learning acquires Examity, but it's the market context that matters
Glenda Morgan /

Friday Gainful Updates
Final review phase & potential AV / ED rift
Phil Hill /

Why Pearson Is Complicit
I should describe my position in more detail
Phil Hill /

Layoffs Without Severance
The former Pearson OPM unit makes drastic cuts as strategy becomes more apparent
Phil Hill /

Friday Odds and Ends
TPS and fed policy updates, courseware articles vs headlines, and LMS usage of AI
Phil Hill /

Friday Reading List 20230623
UK perspective on OPMs and two online/digital ed surveys
Phil Hill /

Strategic Debt in Online Learning
Why short-term decisions can lead to problems down the road that will be difficult to untangle
Glenda Morgan /

Sometimes a Good Result is Just a Good Result
ASU virtual reality program achieving significant course improvements at scale
Phil Hill /

EdTech Public Market Update
Hint: the environment is getting even more difficult with generative AI impact
Phil Hill /

ASU+GSV Panel Transcript on TPS
Analysis from different lenses after the infamous guidance by blog post
Phil Hill /

U Arkansas System Board Votes Against Acquisition of University of Phoenix
It's a non-binding vote for an affiliate / licensing deal
Phil Hill /

First Impressions of ASU+GSV Summit
Glenda Morgan's thoughts on her first summit
Glenda Morgan /

Rebranding and a New Associate
We’re excited to add Glenda Morgan, recently from Gartner, to our renamed team
Phil Hill /

Three Relevant Readings on Online Education and OPMs
Research, scandal, and OPM predictions
Phil Hill /

ED Staff Should Read Their Own Guidance
More absurd arguments, although there are positive signs
Phil Hill /

Webinar March 20th
Announcing a free webinar in conjunction with WCET & SAN

A Matter of Kind, Not Degree
Addressing the arguments that 'not much has changed' with TPS guidance
Phil Hill /

Addressing Initial Questions on TPS Expansion
An informal Q&A to start
Phil Hill /

Emerging Pushback on TPS Changes
What I'm hearing, ACE Letter, and even more coverage
Phil Hill /

The Great Conflation
Think politics, not regulatory language
Phil Hill /