submission date for A4
Hi David, can you clarify to students in this 522 forum, when A4 is to be submitted, noting the assignment instructions indicate, on or before last day of class. Is last day of class Thursday this week? With thanks, Cassy Weber
Wonderville.org, where teachers teach and earn, while students learn.
Hello ETEC 522 — I’m delighted to introduce my venture pitch, entitled: Wonderville.org, where teachers teach and earn, while students learn. I debated what format to choose, started with Prezi, then video, then reverted back to the standard pitch deck using a narrated PowerPoint, now on YouTube. The pitch details an ask of $2.5M in […]
Analysis of STEMscopes in context of market peers BrainPOP and Discovery Education
Welcome to my analysis of STEMscopes, conducted to inform an investment decision. I conducted my analysis of STEMscopes using peers BrainPOP and Discovery Education, also players within the broad online learning and engagement platform market segments. Please visit my website, for a full analysis, here. REFLECTIONS: Interestingly, I approached this project, in character as an analyst, […]
Good morning to all ETEC 522 — A2
Good morning — Brian and my A2 weeklong launch winds up tomorrow, when we’ll aggregate your insights into our final OER inputs. If you haven’t visited the GBL International site, please do so today if possible as the next OER is on deck tomorrow. We’ll look forward to your insights into this Opportunity Forecast — […]
GBL International A2
Good morning ETEC 522 — thanks Jessica and Robert for visiting the GBL International site, and a shout out to everyone to make sure you register your comments/insights into the padlets on the various pages (signing with your name if you don’t already have a padlet account). Brian will be aggregating these throughout the week. […]
Sebastian Thrun, Udacity
Sebastian Thrun, FOUNDER, PRESIDENT of Udacity About Udacity: Udacity is where lifelong learners come to learn the skills they need, to land the jobs they want, to build the lives they deserve. Udacity’s mission is to democratize education through the offering of world-class higher education opportunities that are accessible, flexible, and economical. Virtually anyone on […]
Game-based Learning International’s (GBLI) Market Opportunity Forecasts
Welcome! With unprecedented growth over the next five years expected in Game-based Learning, this market opportunity summary, presented by Game-based Learning International, Inc. (GBLI), provides insights into what is driving growth and what particular segments will be the major catalysts. Co-founders, CEO Brian Haas and Chief Creative Designer Cassy Weber, provide compelling insights into the […]
InfiniTeach
InfiniTeach Elevator Pitch Infiniteach is revolutionizing the educational landscape for individuals with autism. We are developing innovative autism resources to help parents, teachers, and therapists teach new skills to their children and students. Our first product, a comprehensive and customizable curriculum app, will be available in early 2014. Visit www.infiniteach.com for more info!
Overview of the Student Engagement Platform (SEP) Opportunity
Student Engagement Platforms are of significant interest to me professionally, since I along with a talented team of people have been building one for several years now in response to teachers and students ongoing pilot feedback. So, what is a student engagement platform? Some call it a Personalised Learning System (PLS) or a Performance […]
What is being “sold” is not technology, it is the education of future generations.
“Investors are incessant in their hunt for the next emerging market. The investment du jour? Edtech.” – Patrick Brothers, CEO and Navitas Ventures, Contributor to TechCrunch “Ed Tech market”. My efforts to synthesize Brother’s column (“things in ED TECH to look out for”, with Robyn Shulman’s FORBES post, and CBINSIGHTS MARKET MAP) is outlined as […]
Global EdTech Investments And Outlook: 10 EdTech Companies You Should Know About
FORBES investments summarizes the ‘hot’ market-darlings of the ED TECH landscape, but more importantly, highlights the mega interest in the ED TECH space. First, note, the quote, “Edtech is the Next Fintech.” This statement is significant, as follows: Finnish technology was at the forefront of telecoms network innovation in the 1990s. Finnish technology moved rudimentary […]
Greetings from Calgary/Canmore(Banff)
Hello ETEC 522, Winter 2018 community! I’m delighted to be in Ventures in Learning Technologies. This is my second course in my first year in the MET program. I took 511 last term, and in addition to 522 this term, am also taking 510. I’m an alumni of UBC (B.Comm – 1993) and University of […]
update: Posting issue in Emerging Markets — Proximity-based learning thread
By Cassy Weber on January 7, 2018
I cannot get my ‘comments post’ in Proximity-Based Learning to register in the comments column– i.e. does not show on the main Emerging Technologies page as having a comment. I’ve posted the same comments here twice, still nothing (see https://virtual.educ.ubc.ca/wp/etec522/2017/12/25/proximity-based-learning-2/). Yet my two other comments posts — one in RWL and one in Personalised Learning are […]
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