The Blend: October ‘21
Here at edCircle LLC, we love combing through digital learning feeds to share the latest trends across sectors. This newsletter is curated by C.A.Long, MFA.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of Americans quitting their jobs rose from 942,000 in June 2021 to 4 million in July 2021. It is clear that edtech is a key resource in helping workers re-skill and also get onboarded into new organizations.
Many new learning providers, coaches & school’s are springing up to meet the demand. Even platforms like General Assembly are offerings programs like this: “The Great Resignation, Deciding If or When to Quit”. Traditional colleges are re-thinking their target continuing ed audience, as resignation rates are highest with mid-career professionals.
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OCTOBER HIGHLIGHTS
Blackboard to Merge With Anthology, forming a new org that will service thousands of colleges across the U.S.
edX Staked Its Reputation on Its Nonprofit Status. What Will It Mean To Be Part of For-Profit 2U? Taking a closer look at the new changes mean for the more than 150 university partners that helped build edX over the years.
Exploring the Next Wave of edTech and its global potential. Some of the biggest edTech growth is coming from companies outside the U.S.
Further HBR reading: Who Is Driving The Great Resignation?
“We used to think about edtech globalization in one way—from the U.S. to the rest of the world….we are now seeing truly borderless global expansion strategies spotlighting on edtech.”— Isabelle Hau
Career Development:
The State of Responsible UX by Kajsa Westman
Job Titles: It's Not Only Instructional Design by Ivett Csordas
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