{"id":525,"date":"2020-09-04T14:31:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T21:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/?p=525"},"modified":"2020-09-04T14:31:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T21:31:12","slug":"edsurge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/2020\/09\/04\/edsurge\/","title":{"rendered":"EdSurge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/\">EdSurge<\/a>&nbsp;is a news, community and opportunities website offering free, open resources about Educational Technologies in K-12 and Higher Education environments. It is independently produced which means that it is more likely to offer objective insights due to its degrees of separation from products and funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/virtual.educ.ubc.ca\/wp\/etec522\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1974\/files\/sites\/1974\/2019\/05\/EdSurge.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45857\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 2011 and running under CEO\/Founder Betsy Corcoran, the site covers a range of related topics including social-emotional learning, charter schools, leadership, financing, literacy, computer science, digital learning, data privacy, mergers and acquisition. It specifically offers resources under the banners of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/news\">news<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/research\">research<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/e\">events<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/product-reviews\">a product index<\/a>, a podcast,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/jobs\">a jobs board<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/accounts.edsurge.com\/subscribers\/new?_ga=2.59723118.210027048.1557973635-1937566230.1557973635\">a newsletter<\/a>. In the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/about\">About Us<\/a>&nbsp;section of the site they state<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>As a leading education news organization, we report on the people, ideas and technologies that shape the future of learning. Through our work, we aim to help educators, entrepreneurs, policymakers and other stakeholders be part of the rich and complex conversations about the evolving learning environments for everyone and the technologies and tools that support them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>What makes this site a particularly compelling place to search for market projections is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/ethics-statement\">their stand and statements on ethics<\/a>\u00a0and their transparency in terms of their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/advertising\">advertising<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/ownership-and-independence\">funding and ownership<\/a>. Their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/editorial-policies\">editorial policies<\/a>\u00a0are also designed to be both open to corrections and feedback as well as rooted in diversity, inclusivity and accuracy. 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