The Blend: August ‘22. The Digital Truth
Ready for the latest edTech news? At edCircle we love combing through the latest industry news to provide you with the best insights. This newsletter is curated by our founder C.A. Long, MFA.
What is Digital Literacy & why is it so important for leaders?
If there’s anything the pandemic has taught us, it’s that being able to collaborate with technologists and digital strategists is key to a successful digital transformation. This means professionals in every business function should become familiar with the common digital tools in their industry and how to communicate your workflows so that digital teams can help empower the business and provide guidance. Read more>
Stories we’re watching...
📈 U.S. job growth continues to surprise economists. But it could also be that the 528,000 new jobs reported in July is composed almost entirely of part time job creation. If so, the full time employment may have risen very little in July. Read more
🖥 HBCUs taking lead on a new eLearning platform. An initiative within Deloitte Digital known as Ethos is collaborating with historically Black colleges and universities to launch a new platform called HBCUv. It could lead to more inclusive learning products for diverse students.
💰 Gold stars worth $$. RedCritter has launched CritterCoin which offers students non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as incentives for positive behaviors. Top-scoring students are awarded collectible digital Critters by their teachers, which can then be converted to NFTs on the Avalanche blockchain. The approach could help connect NFTs to real world situations and the value of digital commerce. Read more
💬 Has edTech lived up to its promises? Natalia Kucirkova believes the industry needs a culture change. The portrayal of EdTech as a solution to inequitable education has confused learning access with learning achievement…The problem is that not all EdTech platforms are truly educational — in fact, data shows that very few actually are. What the platforms do provide people could be something else entirely. Read more
🎧 What we’re listening to
“Death of A Crypto Company” from The New York Times’ Daily Podcast takes us through the aspirations of digital currency in the early 2000s to decentralize banking and how far it has moved away from those goals in today’s wealth management schema.
🔥Job Postings🔥
Innovation Manager at LVMH, New York City
Asst. Director of Digital Content at Whitney Museum of Art
Learning Partner, L&D at Amazon
Learning & Instructional Design Manager at Cartier
VP of Online Learning at The Recording Academy (The Grammy Awards)
L&D Development Specialist at Meta
We’re excited to attend industry events again. The Adobe Learning Summit is offering two event tracks Strategy & Creators. Early bird pricing is available for a limited time.
“The predicted growth of the e-learning market share from 2021 to 2026 is USD 1.72 trillion at a progressing CAGR of 16.35%.” —Source
*Note job postings were only live links at time of publishing and are time sensitive from employers.
