Michael Horn, principal consultant for Entangled Solutions, said that he was pleasantly surprised by the range of institution types represented in the report’s examples.
Obama’s Education Dept Issues Last Hurrah: A National Edtech Plan for Higher Education
By Jeffrey R. Young & Tony Wan
Just days before a new administration moves in, the Obama Administration’s Education Department today released a supplement to its National Education Technology Plan that focuses on higher education. At times it reads like a student’s final paper, straining to demonstrate understanding of every concept learned over a long course. In other sections it has the hint of a manifesto, with an urgent call to action that boils down to this: Colleges need to adapt to meet the changing demographics and needs of students, rather than expect them to conform to a tradition-loving system.
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Still, he and others wondered about the timing.
“It’s a strange time to be putting a supplement to the national edtech plan whose policy and priority is about to shift,” he said.
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