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Why Did the Dinosaur Survive? The 25-Year Lie About Ed Tech's Revolution
In 1994, Silicon Valley declared traditional universities dead. They said the internet would wipe them out in a decade. They repeated the same prophecy in 2004, 2012, and 2019. Yet, the number of universities has steadily grown, while the startups that swore to destroy them have crashed and burned, with a median lifespan of under three years. Why did the dinosaur survive? Join us as we dive into Martin Weller's book, 25 Years of Ed Tech, a no-holds-barred history from a true insider who built the first online courses in 1999. We'll expose the 'historical amnesia' that fuels billion-dollar hype cycles, the 'Good Enough' principle that killed perfect systems, and the crushing financial illusion that online learning saves money. From the ghost towns of Second Life to the self-fulfilling prophecies of learning analytics, this video reveals how the slow, conservative nature of universities is not a bug, but a feature—and why education, not technology, might be the only thing that saves us from the tech dystopia. Get ready to see every 'revolutionary' ed tech pitch for what it really is.
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