10+ Best Articles on Edtech
The most useful articles on edtech from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Edtech Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on edtech by Refind users in 2023.
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How to make a MOOC “MBA” using free courses from Top 10 business schools
An MBA-equivalent education, with coursework from Penn, MIT, Northwestern, UC Berkeley, U Mich, Columbia and Dartmouth.
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on edtech—all under 10 minutes.
Unintended Lessons from MasterClass
On Monday The Information published a deep dive into the issues facing MasterClass. It is not looking pretty. Fortunately for those of us not invested in the training company, there are lessons we can…
The Benefits of Online Learning Are Also Its Weaknesses. That’s Where Advisors Help.
The last time I taught in a physical college classroom was in 1999, when my adult students shook off their weariness from a day of working and taking ...
Where Online Learning Goes Next
Why don’t more universities let people learn on their phones?
Flawed Algorithms Are Grading Millions of Students’ Essays
Fooled by gibberish and highly susceptible to human bias, automated essay-scoring systems are being increasingly adopted, a Motherboard investigation has found
Platzi picks up $62 million Series B to re-skill Latin American professionals
When it comes to scaling online communities, Platzi CEO Freddy Vega thinks that edtech can take a few notes from the video game industry. League of Legends, for example, doesn’t require players to…
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on edtech.
The difference between Gamification and Incentivization, and how to use them in edTech
Gamification does not mean ‘adding badges’. Let’s explore the real crossovers between games and edTech.
200 universities just launched 560 free online courses. Here’s the full list.
If you haven’t heard, universities around the world offering their courses online for free (or at-least partially free). These courses are…
Top 75 Online Learning Statistics & Trends for 2021
Here are the top 75 online learning statistics for 2021 that capture the current state of the eLearning industry as well as the trends.
1,300 Free Online Courses from Top Universities
Download 1,300 free courses from Stanford, Yale, MIT, Harvard, Berkeley and other great universities to your computer or mobile device. Over 45,000 hours of free audio & video lectures.
Why Education Startups Do Not Succeed
I co-founded PrepMe in 2001. We were one of the first education companies online and the first purely online, personalized platform. We were acquired in 2011 by Providence Equity-backed Ascend Lea…
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