Shifts in EdTech: What This Top-Level Hiring Trend Means for You
Tech-focused edTech startups are ramping up their hiring, especially for roles at the intersection of UX, product, and technology. Over the past month, new chief product officer positions have popped up at: GoCoach, a professional development and education platform DreamBox Learning, a math software company Sketchy, an illustrated learning platform for medical and pharmaceutical students […]
Read More5 of the Latest edTech Trends You Need to Know
The education landscape for Fall 2021 keeps shifting, and edTech trends will shape how teachers and students work in new hybrid classrooms. From immersive learning to subscription-based content, we’re seeing edTech products that address increased needs for flexibility. Even as changing edTech trends respond to the pandemic, we still believe that the best classroom technology […]
UX in Education: Why UX Designers are the Learning Engineers of the Future
When it comes to designing UX in education, a generalist approach to product design and user experience simply doesn’t cut it. Learning products have very different requirements than consumer tech. They’re used by teachers and students in school environments to achieve high-stakes outcomes. That’s why it’s even more important to base the UX of learning […]
What Shifting Back to In-Person Learning Means for EdTech
Fall 2021 is still up in the air as school districts around the country consider whether to permanently end remote learning. In May, New York City announced that remote learning will no longer be an option for its students in the fall. In 2020, about 600,000 of its 1,000,000 students chose to learn from home. […]
A Guide to Turning Your Successful Print Product into a Digital Learning Tool
Your company has a successful print product on its hands, and you’re on the hunt for ways to turn that curriculum into a digital tool. On the surface, this seems like good business sense. You know how popular digital tools are with your users; plus, there are no shipping or warehousing costs when you move […]