The ASU+GSV Summit Posts Videos of the Talks at the Event on Its YouTube Channel

The organizers of the 12th Annual ASU+GSV Summit – which took place August 9-11 in San Diego – released yesterday all of the videos of the recorded talks on the Global Silicon Valley's (GSV) YouTube channel. A total of 346 videos capture the essential talks and conversations, "with a shared focus on scaling innovation in Pre-K to Gray learning," as the event promoter said. Additionally, ASU+GSV posted a collection of almost 300 downloadable, free pictures. The 2022 ASU+GSV Summit — the most significant event in the EdTech industry – will take place four months before what is usually scheduled. It will take place in the same location of San Diego, California, on April 4-6, 2022. This 2021 annual edition attracted around 3,000 attendees, featuring 600+ speakers on a variety of subjects tackling higher-ed, K-12, workforce, and global education concerns. Arizona State University (ASU) President, Michael Crow [in the picture below], was once again the involuntary star due to his permanent focus on innovation. “We are at the beginning of innovation. Everything has been transformed except education,” he said. — IBL News • Michael Crow Proposes a Radical Change in Higher Ed through Technology-Enabled Design [Video] • The ASU+GSV Summit Attracts Thousands of Attendees in San Diego    

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Businesses, and especially those related to EdTech, are booming in the U.S. Many of them are growing fast. Inc. Magazine took a look at the most successful companies within the American independent small businesses segment and came up with its top 5000 index. These companies added 2.5 million jobs and generated 2.5 billion in revenues. In education, Inc. picked 82 companies. These are the top 10: • Outschool (70), San Francisco, CA • Honorlock (103), Boca Raton, FL • Otus (155), Chicago, IL • National Technical Institute (230), Henderson, NV • Manuscript Group (293), Washington, DC • CM Services (353), Clearwater, FL • Apps Without Code (354), Chicago, IL • Higher Ground Education (400), Lake Forest, CA • CharacterStrong (449), Puyallup, WA • Meteor Learning (477), Wakefield, MA   Look inside this year's annual ranking of the most successful private U.S. companies. #Inc5000. https://t.co/2Q9CQdAahj pic.twitter.com/6GUTkzrDJv — Inc. (@Inc) August 18, 2021

Noodle Will Launch a University Partnership Platform with a Sharing Fee of 15% to 35%

New York-based, John Katzman-created OPM (Online Program Manager), Noodle, announced last week an online platform intended for universities interested in the lifelong learning market. Columbia Business School, University of Michigan, and Case Western Reserve University have already have signed on as partners. "Noodle's platform puts university brands front and center, and provides learners with a better experience from start to completion," said Noodle CEO and Founder John Katzman. Scheduled for early 2022, the platform has been developed in partnership with D2L (Desire to Learn LMS), AstrumU, and other providers. "Unlike other platforms that take 50-65% of revenues from universities, Noodle's platform asks for only 15-35%," added Katzman. The platform provides AI-powered recommendations, microsites, teaching assistants, and counselors, as well as collaboration tools like chat/video messenger and group newsreels. It also allows schools to share their own content and those of other universities. "The chances that everything you've learned by age 21 will take you through retirement are increasingly slim," said Nikhil Sinha, an advisor to Noodle.  

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Michael Crow Proposes a Radical Change in Higher Ed through Technology-Enabled Design [Video]

Michael Crow, President at Arizona State University (ASU), advocated during the ASU+GSV Summit last week in San Diego, that the U.S. universities should be redesigned so they can take responsibility for student success and deliver knowledge through technology and adaptive learning. "We propose the radical democratization of higher education through technology-enabled design," he stated. Throughout a 25-minute talk [Slides in PDF], he stressed that "ASU is emerging as a National Service University." "We are a prototype; a new type of public university." "National Service Universities aspire to accelerate positive social outcomes through the seamless integration of cutting-edge technological innovation and scalability," he said on August 10 during his talk titled "Transforming higher education to create the future we want." He highlighted that the "main differentiator between universities becomes their capacity to develop and deploy educational technologies." "Our faculty is the driver," noted ASU's President. Moreover, "faculties are the central assets of universities." In his view, innovation should be executed around this idea. Among other initiatives, he mentioned the project of Dreamscape Learn, "that increases student engagement through game-changing learning methods." At the end of his presentation, Michael Crow detailed the capacities developed by ASU to democratize higher ed: Full Immersion, Digital Immersion, Infinitely Scalable Learning, Education through Exploration, and Math and Science Mastery for All. Complete Talk: Selected Slides:     A thank you to everyone who joined me for this morning's keynote examining why and how of fully democratizing #highered through technology-enabled design. My presentation deck can be viewed at https://t.co/5OeN8Owk60 and the video will follow soon. #asugsvsummit #edtech @ASU pic.twitter.com/ob8hkgVu9X — Michael Crow (@michaelcrow) August 11, 2021

Cornell University Defies the COVID Pandemic and Refuses to Teach Online

Online teaching is here to stay and hybrid experiences are the norm today, as almost every speaker agreed during the ASU+GSV leading ed conference, which took place this week in San Diego. Now, a question arises: What are your options as an institution when you have a beautiful campus, follow your own business model, and enjoy a powerful brand? You can certainly defy the COVID fears and threat of upcoming variants and call everyone back to campus. That seems to be Cornell's approach. This week, the Ithaca, New York-based university said that there will not be any remote teaching this semester, and it won't consider any faculty request to instruct at a distance instead of in person. "Remote teaching is not an allowable substitute for in-person instruction." In a letter addressed to faculty and instructional staff, Cornell's Provost, Michael Kotlikoff, and Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Lisa Nishii, said that the institution, following "a rigorously scientific approach," has determined that "it is appropriate to return our students, faculty and instructional staff to campus in order to resume normal in-person residential instruction." "In-person teaching is considered essential for all faculty members and instructional staff with teaching responsibilities. Accordingly, the university will not approve requests, including those premised on the need for a disability accommodation, to substitute remote teaching for normal in-person instruction." Some scholars have questioned the legality of Cornell's stance in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as Inside Higher Ed reported.

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